"Music is a language that needs no translation; it connects generations, crosses national borders and unites diverse communities in a single musical motif.” This was a thought announced at the opening of the concert concluding the International Summer Academy for Young Musicians, where the Zoltán Kodály World Youth Orchestra took the stage of Kölcsey Center after thirteen days of intensive rehearsals. The young musicians then performed the greatest classical works while also paying homage to founding conductor Tamás Vásáry.
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Nearly two hundred outstanding young talents from fourteen countries are coming to the 25th International Summer Academy for Young Musicians. At this large-scale professional gathering organized by the Faculty of Music at the University of Debrecen, thirty-five master instructors from Hungary and abroad will share their expertise with the students. In keeping with tradition, the Zoltán Kodály Youth World Orchestra will once again be formed from among the summer academy’s participants under the baton of conductor Zoltán Bolyky, paying tribute to the memory of Tamás Vásáry, who passed away in February.
More participants than ever before attended the twenty-fourth Summer Academy masterclasses at the Faculty of Music of the University of Debrecen and Zoltán Kodály World Youth Orchestra also gave a concert of extraordinary quality. According to Judit Váradi, the artistic director of the related series of events, this success is yet another confirmation that the Summer Academy is much needed and its prestige is growing both nationally and internationally.