Participants:
French Young Talents Orchestra (OFJT – Orchestre Français des Jeunes Talents / France)
Conductor: Antonin Rey (France)
At the conclusion of the summer camp organized by MIKC “Ventspils Music High School” and the French Young Talents Orchestra, a symphonic music concert will take place, with the program prepared and performed by the guests. The OFJT is an educational orchestra initiative founded in France that promotes the professional growth of young talents by offering high-quality orchestral practice and concert experience. For two consecutive years — 2024 and 2025 — the OFJT has won the Golden Award at the international orchestra competition in Vienna, Austria.
About the Camp
From August 7 to 14, 2025, MIKC “Ventspils Music High School” will host the French Orchestra of Young Talents (OFJT – Orchestre Français des Jeunes Talents) for a summer camp, which will involve more than 70 participants – young musicians and educators from France, as well as students of the string, wind and percussion departments of Ventspils Music High School.
This project provides young Latvian musicians with the opportunity to perform in an international orchestra, develop professional skills and gain valuable collaboration experience. The camp also promotes Ventspils as a cultural city in Europe.
The camp will feature intensive work in symphony orchestra and chamber music ensembles, masterclasses, and joint preparation for concerts. Young musicians will perform under the guidance of experienced teachers and a professional conductor. The concert program will include works such as Richard Wagner’s Overture to The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Gustav Holst’s Mars from The Planets, Georges Bizet’s Carmen Suite, as well as a piece by a Latvian composer.
Visitors are invited to three free concerts:
August 12 at 17.00
Open-air concert of the brass band at the “Valzivs” fountain, in the Great Square
August 13 at 18.00
Ventspils Piano 2025. Masterclass participants and the Orchestre Français des Jeunes Talents ,in the Great Hall of the Concert Hall “Latvija”
A concert of chamber music and piano music, which will also feature Peter Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto
August 14 at 18.00
Summer camp closing concert. Orchestre Français des Jeunes Talents , in the Great Hall of the concert hall “Latvija”
