EC supports the European Youth Orchestra
Following Europe-wide protests, the European Commission (EC) has taken the planned liquidation of the European Youth Orchestra off the table. For the current year, it is planning a grant of 600,000 euros for the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO).
The orchestra has done outstanding work as an ambassador of the European idea for decades. Funding for 2017 is to come from the EU Commission's budget, writes the German Orchestra Association (DOV) in a press release. In May, the European Union Youth Orchestra announced that it would have to give up its activities at the end of September this year because the EU was ending its funding as part of the Creative Europe program.
Now it is important that the EU Parliament and Commission guarantee permanent funding, the press release quotes DOV Managing Director Gerald Mertens. Only without financial worries could the young musicians from all over Europe continue their work at an artistically excellent level. This would not be possible with project funding. The European Youth Orchestra needs sustainable institutional support.
