Summer Tour 2016

The Aleksandar
Pavlović Award
Set up in 2008 with a generous donation from the
Orchestra’s Co-founders Lionel and Joy Bryer, the award
is a tribute to Aleksandar Pavlović, the long-standing
and former Artistic Director of the International Youth
Foundation and violin tutor to the European Union Youth
Orchestra. He is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of
Music, University of Arts in Belgrade and Visiting Professor
at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He has also
led master classes in the USA, Greece and the UK.
The Aleksandar Pavlović Award was presented
at the end of the 2015 Summer Tour to Nikolaj
Vestmar Henriques. Now on his fourth EUYO
tour, Nikolaj has been a dedicated and exemplary
member of the Orchestra since Summer 2014.
The award is presented annually.
The Lionel Bryer
Memorial Fund Award
Created in 2011, the Lionel Bryer Memorial Fund Award, is
designed to support a young musician who has demonstrated
huge musical talent and potential, but whose development
and career would benefit greatly from financial assistance.
Lionel Bryer was a highly successful London dental surgeon
who, inspired by a love of music and the desire to foster good
relations with other countries by educating young people in
their cultures, co-founded the International Youth Foundation
along with his wife, Joy. Through it they also co-founded
the Aberdeen International Youth Festival and the European
Community Youth Orchestra (now the European Union
Youth Orchestra). Originally from South Africa, Lionel was a
talented violinist and sportsman, as well as a Rhodes Scholar.
The award is presented annually and in the
summer of 2015, was awarded to Danish
trumpeter, Victor Koch Jensen.
Nikolaj Vestmar
Henriques
Danish, Bassoon
Recipient of The
Aleksandar Pavlović Award
“One of the most unique things I discovered through playing
with the EUYO is that there are so many ways to play well.
Even though we are from different countries and are taught
differently, we can all learn from each other. It gives you the
opportunity to be the musician that you want to be. No one
expects you to play a certain way, they expect to hear YOU
play, and I find the orchestra very unique in that way. This
enables us all to grow as musicians within the Orchestra.
I feel extremely lucky and very grateful to be chosen to receive
this award. Many people who have been awarded this prize
before, are people that I admire personally and professionally.
It motivates me to continue to pour all my energy and soul
into my work on the bassoon. I'll use the money that I've
received for a complete overhaul of my instrument.”
Victor Koch Jensen
Danish, Trumpet
Recipient of The Lionel Bryer
Memorial Fund Award
“Receiving the Lionel Bryer Memorial Fund Award marks
an absolute highlight of my time with the EUYO.
To be awarded this special prize is a tremendously
generous financial boost, that gives me the possibility
to go for lessons as well as auditions abroad.
Looking back on my time with the Orchestra, I can't believe
how many extraordinary friends I have met, how many epic
and tear-provoking concerts we've played, and how strong
the bonds we have tied in doing so. The EUYO creates a
vital stepping stone for young musicians like myself, and I
simply cannot imagine where I would have been without
it, not just as a musician, but also as a human being.
Mr. & Mrs. Bryer started something truly unique
when they founded this orchestra, and I'm extremely
grateful that I got to be a part of it.”
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