This year, the Ljubljana International Orchestra is hosting the International Orchestra Academy as part of the EU project Sounds of Change, a Creative Europe programme co-funded by the European Union.     On Aug. 25, 2023, LIO will welcome musicians selected for the 2023 Orchestra Academy through the Sounds of Change open call in Ljubljana. The Academy offers curious, passionate and enthusiastic musicians an intensive program where they can develop their personal potential and gain invaluable experience for the future. Participating musicians are provided with accommodation, meals and travel expenses by Sounds of Change.  The educational program is put together by…

Sounds of Change, a  Creative Europe Project supported by the European Union, is announcing the Call for Circus Artists for Don Quixote, a European approach through circus: This project will create a circus-based staging of Richard Strauss' Quixote. The clown and stage director Lolo Fernández will be in charge of the direction and dramaturgy and the director, choreographer and performer Greta García. The show will be produced by Truca Circus, the stage company of Noletia (Spain). The resulting show will combine a circus cast of six performers (including Greta García and Lolo Fernández) accompanied by an orchestra, conducted by Oscar Ferreira (OFP) and featuring…

Sounds of Change, a Creative Europe Project supported by the European Union, is announcing the Call for Libretto. Sounds of Change aims to challenge all creatives who consider themselves available to construct a libretto and submit it to an international competition: Europe, the peninsula of Asia that we have appropriated as a Continent based on outstanding values and ideas is distinguished by the creation of a European Union. This Union was imagined as a community of values, enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaties of the European Union, which lists: Human dignity; Freedom; Democracy; the Rule of Law; Equality; Human Rights; Pluralism; Non-Discrimination; Tolerance;…