Aberdeen International Youth Festival
aberdeen international youth festival festival performing art one scotland major international cultural event ran year festival brought young people performing art company music group across globe provided showcase talent bringing together professional artist well ticketed event festival staged parade openair performance fringe programme community venue programme attracted people seventy event throughout north east scotland year concert dance show gala aberdeen held venue majesty theatre music hall lemon tree well smaller venue church queen cross church aberdeen also featured touring programme taking event rural venue aiyf programme included symphony orchestra steel band song recital jazz traditional music world music ballet contemporary traditional dance festival also produced opera opera garden well performance developed participating company working together course festival november announced aberdeen city council cease funding event march announced festival trust wound aberdeen hosted international festival youth orchestra dispute manager local organising committee regarding participation south african performer resulted event moving exeter time local organising committee aberdeen began new incarnation event aberdeen international festival music performing art name changed aberdeen international youth festival festival established fulltime office base aberdeen new chief executive stephen stenning appointed development time include creation grampian youth orchestra stewart aitken formerly artistic director wigan pier theatre company became chief executive opera garden aberdeen international youth festival opera project named aberdonian opera singer mary garden project aspired continue work providing new challenge performance young singer conceived artistic director gidon saks project brought together young singer across world three week produced fullscale opera production opera garden staged così fan tutte eugene onegin giovanni carmen magic flute falstaff turn screw hansel gretel festival dance summer school ran year welcomed teacher major school company worldwide including paris opera ballet school kirov bolshoi company dance summer school held annually part aberdeen international youth festival school offered intensive course dance student aged – performance course advanced level student fulltime training career dance music theatre course taster day younger dance student claudio abbado cheremosh ukrainian dance company kyungwha chung aaron copland zaira cosico noel edmonds evelyn glennie rolf harris nigel kennedy julian lloyd webber magnus magnusson simon rattle josé serebrier leopold stokowski university philippine concert chorus philippine baranggay folk dance troupe patron festival included lord provost city aberdeen honourable marchioness aberdeen temair dame evelyn glennie lisa milne cbe aberdeen international youth festival aiyf dance school