Season presentation
A new musical team at the head of the Youth Orchestra of France (OFJ)
Since January 2025, Kristiina Poska has taken over as musical director for the orchestra. Alongside Amandine Beyer, for the classical session, these two extraordinary musicians will conduct the orchestra in Europe’s greatest concert halls. After its residency in Saline royale d’Arc-et-Senans in August, the OFJ makes its return to Berlioz Festival in La Côte-Saint-André, where it had played a memorable Symphonie Fantastique last year. It will be touring iconic venues such as Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Konzerthaus in Berlin and Santander’s International Festival. Autumn will see the inauguration of a new partnership with Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris), which host the OFJ in classic formation for the very first time, while Théâtre Jean-Vilar de Suresnes reunites the orchestra after a two-year absence. Winter will bring new concerts to the Opéra de Dijon, the Philharmonie de Paris, Beaux-Arts Palais in Brussels (Bozar) under Kristiina Poska’s baton. Finally, in January, the orchestra will join forces with the the french quartet Quatuor Ebène for an exceptional project : the quartet and orchestra Concerto by John Adams, Absolute Jest, in the context of Biennale des Quatuors à cordes de la Philharmonie de Paris. Orchestra meeting chamber music at its highest level.. Together with these dates, two great artists join our season : french composer Yan Maresz launches the idead of an annual residency for a composer. French pianist Alexandre Tharaud, who had discovered with great enthusiasm the OFJ in 2023, returns as a solist, and will play no fewer than two concertos : Mozart’s Piano Concerto n 23 in A Major (K 488) and Shostakovich’s second Piano Concerto in F Major (op. 102).