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A network of around 50 classical music competitions, EMCY has also been mounting unusual performance projects, which respond to the challenges posed by Coronavirus and the war in Ukraine.

Since 2020, the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth (EMCY) have been running BRAND New, a series of unusual performance projects joining together young musicians from across the world.

In a singularly ambitious undertaking, the virtuoso percussionist and conductor leads a three-day festival in Manchester exploring nearly five decades of Steve Reich’s music.

From jazz-inflected musical theatre to consciousness-expanding musique concrète, these are the most influential works of the last century.