Trg Stjepana Radića 4
Zagreb 10000
Croatia
- Youth and education
Our main objectives are for young people, musicians and audiences to have access to music. Providing opportunities for young people to explore different realms of expression, imagination and creation through music improves not only young people’s mental well-being and confidence, but can be a catalyst to growth and change. As such we advocate for quality formal and non-formal music education for young people and greater music learning for young audiences.
JMCroatia takes an important role in providing opportunities for young people’s personal development. Young musicians are given the chance to perform, gain visibility, and make careers from the skills they have worked so hard to develop, providing them with confidence to take their first important steps in their musical careers.
The world of tomorrow belongs to the young people of today. They are the agents of change, and music is one of their most powerful and dedicated means, a true language of expression. JMCroatia works to help young people realize their dreams through music because we believe that their voices must be heard. Engaging with music can help young people develop the self-esteem they need to assert themselves within their personal and community spheres, taking action in
directly shaping the norms, values, beliefs and principles of tomorrow and the course of their future in their respective society. Every event is based on the belief that the powerful force of music can positively affect young people’s lives.
Initiatives include Music Week (Days of Music and Joy), where the Zagreb Philharmonic orchestra performs a series of 5 concerts for more than 10.000 visitors; school concerts; workshops with HGM Jazz Orchestra Zagreb; a national dance competition for ballet and modern dance; the Ivo Vuljevic annual awards for the best musician of the year and National Imagine Festivals and Ethno Croatia as a new project.
JM Croatia additionally organizes concert cycles for young audiences in collaboration with various cultural institutions in Zagreb, and has developed a project entitled Young for the Young, which sees music students from the Zagreb music academy present concerts for the young audiences.
JM Croatia collaborates with a number of international JMI projects including Ethno and Imagine Festivals and with HGM Jazz Orchestra Zagreb is driving force behind the development of the JM Jazz World project. On the international scope, JM Croatia also coordinates exchanges of young musicians between JMI network countries and organizes the JM Junior Orchestra in partnership with Vladimir Spivakov Charity Foundation/JM Russia.
Since 1969 it has managed the JM Croatia International Cultural Centre (ICC) in Grožnjan, where master classes, concerts, seminars and music workshops are held. Since 2006 the ICC has been established as a World Meeting Centre of JMI, providing a central meeting point for the network and their associates.