F**k Brexit? Germany’s youth orchestra seeks UK link

This is interesting. When the Bundesjugendorchestertours the UK in January it will be looking for ways to re-engage with British musicians who suffered the loss of the Erasmus programme after Brexit.

Read this:

The Bundesjugendorchester is sending out a strong signal with its planned January tour with a focus to United Kingdom. This initiative, which offers a much-needed boost to German-British dialogue following Brexit and the end of the ERASMUS+ programme, aims to promote artistic collaboration between the countries and inspire future generations. The tour also includes political and cultural encounters in co-operation with the German Embassy in London and the Consulate General in Edinburgh as well as the local Goethe-Instituts. The tour is made possible by numerous supporters, such as the Goethe-Institut and the German Federal Foreign Office, the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, the Ecclesia Group and several other companies and private donators who value the project in its symbolic importance for international cultural exchange.

Now this:
Under the direction of British pianist and conductor Wayne Marshall, the National Youth Orchestra will give concerts in Germany, Austria and the United Kingdom in January 2025. Germany’s youngest top orchestra will perform in some of Europe’s most important concert halls such as the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Musikverein in Vienna, London’s Cadogan Hall and Symphony Hall in Birmingham. The musical focus is on works by the English-speaking composers Benjamin Britten, George Gershwin and Gustav Holst. Particularly notable is the establishment of a German-British choir academy, in which young singers from Germany and the UK perform together and strengthen cultural relations between the nations.

All together now: F**k Brexit.