WHO WE ARE.

Triorca is a European Youth Orchestra bringing together young musicians from Britain, Serbia, Germany, and France. 

Triorca began in 2010 as a high-quality orchestra of talented musicians, aged from 16 to 25, from three diverse European city-regions - Norwich & Norfolk, Koblenz & Rheinland-Pfalz in Germany and Novi Sad & Vojvodina in Serbia. Over 200 talented young musicians from Norfolk, Germany and Serbia have been involved in the project, coming together to attend residential courses and give concerts in each country, sharing their experiences and different cultural backgrounds. They have learnt together and from each other, using the international language of music.

Background.

Triorca is an innovative musical project initiated in Norfolk which began by bringing together partners from Britain, Germany and Serbia in the creation of a vibrant - and now well established - international youth orchestra. The project is built around the long-standing twinning relationships of Norfolk and Norwich with Novi Sad and Koblenz and originally came about following the County Youth Orchestra’s highly successful trip to Novi Sad in August 2010. Norfolk young musicians performed in a joint concert with students from the Isidor Bajic Music School and the experience was enjoyed so much by both students and staff that they decided to find ways of strengthening their relationship and working even more closely together.

An EU application commissioned by the then Norfollk Music Service resulted in a grant of 200,000 Euros from the EU Cultural Programme (2007-2013) through the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency in Brussels and was launched in Norfolk on 1st July 2011. Since then, the orchestra has toured all three city-regions, and to major international venues beyond, and included some of the most talented young musicians from other European countries. Due to the recent political and arts funding shifts, Triorca currently sources funding with it's partners, sponsors and grants.

The initial project aims were:
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1. To help normalise and enrich cultural relations between talented young composers and musicians from the most culturally-liberal province (Voljvodina) of an EU Candidate Country (Serbia), and similarly-talented young artists from two geo-socio-economically similar EU regions (East Anglia in the UK and Rheinland-Pfalz,in Germany)
2. To develop the intensity, accuracy and passion of young artists by exposure to the challenging specialist conservatoire training and playing regimes in both Germany and (particularly) Serbia
3. To strengthen long-term Anglo-German young cultural links, well beyond those reflected at present via local government and city-twinning connections.

Our Mission.

Triorca has resulted in new works commissioned from young composers in each of the three countries. To prepare their performances, the orchestra’s young musicians attended residential rehearsal and training programmes in each of the three partner countries where they developed orchestral musicianship and gained experience in chamber groups, composition and jazz improvisation.

Training has always been given by inspiring young professional musicians working alongside experienced tutors and conductors based in established musical institutions. They bring culturally distinct approaches to developing professional ensemble playing and performance. Triorca’s Artistic Director is the international virtuoso, Nicholas Daniel, Principal Oboe and Associate Artistic Director of the Britten Sinfonia, who conducted the orchestra’s very first concerts, and has continued to do so ever since.
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In addition to producing music-making of the highest quality from its performers, TRIORCA also aims to help develop the creativity of the composers involved, especially those in Serbia who have for many years lacked wider audiences. Longer term the project has encouraged professional playing, training and career aspirations. It also of course helps cement long-standing political, professional and personal relationships between all the partners.