The Grand Budapest Concert – Hungary 2025
Indo-European Youth Orchestra is the first Western Classical Chamber/Youth Orchestra from India that performed in Europe. The first historic concert in Europe was held in Budapest, Hungary at the Danube Palace Hall on 18th August 2019. This was the first time any India-based Chamber Orchestra performed in Europe before the local music lovers. And, on 14th Aug 2022, IEYO had the 2nd edition of the Grand Budapest Concert at the Festetics Palace, Hungary before a learned and enthusiastic audience. The concert at the Festetics Palace was as thrilling for the audience as for all the musicians, everyone enjoyed the performance from the core of their hearts, and the audience showered applause generously. In 2023, IEYO presented its 3rd Grand Budapest Concert at the Royal Palace of Gödöllő as part of the Palace Concert Festival 2024 and the 4th Grand Budapest Concert on 14th August 2024 before a pact hall. This year too, IEYO was part of the famous Hungarian Palace Concert festival and performed a set of unique Indian and Western Classical intercultural repertoire for the highly appreciative European audience. The Grand Budapest Concert project is a rare opportunity, finely curated by Maestro Michael Makhal – it is the greatest musical and cultural adventure for western classical music students and advanced-level musicians from India.
We are very excited to inform you that, we are preparing for the 5th Grand Budapest Concert in Budapest, Hungary in 2025. The Indo-European Youth Orchestra will once again enthrall the audience of Budapest with a great lineup of extraordinary pieces that include (tentatively) the work of Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Elgar, Mozart, Tagore, Michael Makhal, and more.
Intercultural Repertoire
Indo-European Youth Orchestra (IEYO) is an ensemble of its kind – known for its intercultural
music performance and approach. The repertoire includes orchestral works composed on
Indian Raga and folk rhythms specifically for this genre. Maestro Michael Rupam Makhal, a
renowned Composer and Conductor from India, specializes in this genre and has been
composing various structures of such pieces for taking Indian classical music to the World
where Western musicians will have the scope to perform Indian music by following the Western
nation. Such compositions are very rare and not commonly written for the mentioned purpose.
Young musicians always learn the best when they perform with orchestras, they get inspired by their fellow musicians and get motivated to do music with a true passion. Our main goals for this concert and workshop project are to inspire young talents to fall in love with music and do music to the best of their ability, also, gain invaluable experience from playing in an international concert with musicians from different parts of the world including professionals, and be more confident, creative and also, get trained to be a great team player.
3rd Umbria Winter Festival & Masterclasses in Italy 2025
The Audition process for the Umbria Winter Fest – Italy 2025 is now Open !!
Registration: Every interested candidate must register first in order to appear for the audition. Here is the form: Click Here
A new door has been opened for the Western Classical Musicians and and students of India to take part in one of the world’s most reputed festivals – The Luci Della Ribalta International Festival and Masterclasses organised by L’Associazione Mozart Italy sede de Terni. Umbria Winter Festival is the winter edition of the same festival, which takes place at the end of Feburuary to the beginning of March.
These festivals take place in beautiful Italian towns called Narni and Terni, in Italy. Narni is an ancient hill-town and comune of Umbria, in central Italy, with 20,385 inhabitants. At an altitude of 240 m, it overhangs a narrow gorge of the Nera River in the province of Terni. Narni-Amelia (the train station) is little more than 1 hour in train from Roma Termini. Check my travel blog to know more about Rome, I wrote it especially for Indian travelers. Terni is comparatively a bigger town with higher population, where the winter fest take place.
The Association Mozart Italia sede de Terni invites classical musicians and students from all over Europe and around the world to take part in the amazing festival and masterclass program in the beautiful city of Narni. The Association brings the most prominent Maestros of Europe to conduct the Masterclasses.
Our organization MMSO is the official representative of the L’Associazione Mozart Italy for selecting the right candidate from India for the festival. Any student or professional musician desire to participate in the festival and attend the masterclasses, needs to contact us for the audition. The first level audition will be conducted by us every year. Once the candidates are selected, they will be recommended to the Italian association. Please keep your eyes on our Facebook Page India Italy Music Connection for all the upcoming updates.
For more information, you can always mail us at makhalsymphony@gmail.com