Mondaino. La Mondaino Youth Orchestra (Myo) conquers Vienna – La Piazza Online Edition
by Angelo Chiaretti
The MONDAINO YOUYH ORCHESTRA (MYO), in its long ride from success to success, recently (July 1-6) completed a week-long tour in Austria, responding to the invitation of the State Theater of Vienna so that he would perform in the famous Golden Hall (that of the New Year’s TV Concert!) of Musikvarein.
The news first aroused disbelief, then curiosity and satisfaction in the Mondainese community, since Myo was there, in the TEMPLE OF WORLD MUSIC, as a guest in a Festival that saw participants from Bulgaria, Germany, Israel, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland and others, whose judging commission was made up of leading international experts.
Furthermore, it was the first time that a jazz-swing formation crossed the sacred gates of that theater that saw protagonists Brahams, Chopin, the Strauss brothers, Mozart, Puccini, Verdi and a thousand other authors of classical and lyric music!
Thus, the orchestral formation, founded and directed by Maestro MICHELE CHIARETTI, composed of about 30 very young elements (some even children) has long prepared for the event, it is truly historical and significant for a small reality like Mondaino.
Here is the report, inevitably synthetic, of those incredible days:
The D-DAY finally arrived at the stroke of midnight on July 1st. The bus that hosts us is brand new, on its first trip: Vienna we arrive ! For the MYO hip hip hooray!
–First day:
Shortly after dawn, MYO is already in Venice and in the afternoon it lands in Vienna, making the other musical ensembles pale, so much so that even the terrible Ming warriors immediately lined up on our side !!!!! PHOTO 1
Meanwhile, the newspapers of the city devote ample space to MYO and its founder-teacher!
A luxurious, pyramid-shaped hotel (seemed to be al Cocorico of Riccione!) welcomed us in a Chinese-dress and luxuriant vegetation.
Excellent and abundant breakfast, but in Italy it is another thing!
MYO is in full swing and the organizers are enthusiastic about wanting to hear the performances.
Go Mundane!
In the splendid Gothic setting of the Cathedral of Santo Stefano (blackened by smog!), In front of the smog of young musicians from all over the world, even the Italian ambassador in Vienna, Dr. STEFANO BELTRAMI, wanted to meet the splendid MYO guys . PHOTO 2
We companions indulge in Goulash and dark beer!
Second day:
It’s up to the Swiss from Camerata to compete with the MYO. Manifest everywhere.
The meeting takes place in the entrance hall of the House of musicselection necessary for the passage to the State Theater (Musikvarein) of tomorrow.
The heart beats, the mind rejoices, we seem to touch the sky with a finger. The boys are calm and smiling, albeit full of sweat, having to and sunny the instrumentation for the wide and sunny streets of Vienna, but in the shadow of the high-rise buildings also in autro-Hungarian style and of Princess Sissi, under the surprised of grim policemen citizens . (Friends of MYO donate a trolley for porterage! These young musicians from Romagna are TWICE WORLD CHAMPIONS!).
MYO amazes and overwhelms once again and collects universal applause: unforgettable, historic, well-deserved success.MY; MY; MY!
Girls and boys are exhausted, but happy!
We are drunk with joy and we will most certainly cherish these moments as the beautiful ones.
Third day:
Wake up at 6.00. Quick breakfast at Grand Hotel dei Congressi. Dark formal dress and off you go!
What an emotion!
In sacred respect to the Institution, we silently enter the Musikvareinthe Vienna State Theater, one of the most prestigious in the world!
Enter the Golden roomdazzled by the splendor of the friezes, columns, indescribable chandeliers and Murano glass.
It seems to me to be in the Pyramid of Pharaoh Tutankamen, so much is the chromatic effect!
We learn that at 11.00, with Teutonic precision, the MYO will perform
And here they are, suddenly, on the stage of the State Theater of the Vienna Philharmonic Society: You will not believe it (incredible said), but it is they, the girls and boys of the MONDAINO YOUTH ORCHESTRA (MYO), led by the HUGE, UNSTOPPABLE, Tireless teacher-founder-director Michele Chiaretti.
On that stage, which was one of the greatest musicians and the most famous orchestras from all over the world!
Incredulous and indescribably happy spectators in the stalls of the temple of music, we exchange smiles and pleased glances, struggling to believe that the dream of every musician is becoming a reality for young socialites.
At the pre-established time, under the watchful eye of the clerks (vainly determined to prevent us from taking videos and photographs), the Program begins with the intervention of a German female string orchestra from Stuttgart, technically perfect in its execution; then it is the turn of the indescribable orchestra from Israel, which to the sound of Jewish horns intends to remind us how music corresponds, atavistically, to the blood that flows in the veins of each of us. In addition, their magical Director gives proof of an overwhelming vitality story, suggestive as only a giant can do, that when you leave the theater you wait for a friendly photo that will remain in history! The turn of a Bulgarian orchestra comes, powerful and very numerous; finally waiting, in the general comes the MYO. The President of the Judging Commission does not find the right words, almost surprised and then throws himself on a “Ladies and Gentlemen, for you Da Mondaino, a small castle in Romagna, Italy, World Champion in two years! “
The Theater comes down from applause
Appeared as if by magic, in the gold of Musical itemsthe most famous concert hall in the world, these kids who in Mondaino we meet every day on the street and whom Michele presents calls amicably, fraternally and paternally by name: Lucia, Federica, Giulia, Davide, Pierfrancesco, Igor and so on, one after the without forgetting anyone, they quietly collect (perhaps) their moment of glory.
At the first musical bars, the surprise is great in seeing and hearing a formation that combines jazz-swing with opera and classical music. But Michele’s inspiration is irrepressible and he snatches applause from right and left ..
When their repertoire ends, the president of the judges literally jumps to his feet to pronounce (in English) words of praise towards the MYO: applause and (heretical) cries of satisfaction fly in the audience, applause that still quiver on the skin of our hands and in the beats of the heart!
Things that are not easily forgotten!
We leave the theater and the boys from Israel and Mondaino sing together My Romagna in front of that sacred temple of music, then takes a walk around the city (hot climate) and a visit to the WAMozart House-Museum, waiting for a workshop (which in the comments of the participants and Michele will be wonderful) at the Universitat für Musik of Vienna.
Fourth day:
The extraordinary musical and existential tour that MYO is experiencing in Austria continues.
Today he performs in the town of Gross Siegardhs, on the outskirts of VIENNA.
Yesterday’s artistic drunkenness is thus balanced by the family atmosphere that Austrian citizens show towards our young people.
Incredibly, we are characters of five strange costumed characters (one of them is the Mayor), depicting the sellers of trimmings who passed from house to house in the past centuries. PHOTO
The concert goes very well and the hall is packed with spectators carried away by the rhythms of the swing, so much so that the Mayor asks Michele to come back next year as well.
Al, traditional dinner based on soup, rice with vegetables, baked chicken, apple juice, dessert and lots of beer!
Tomorrow day off, then in the evening Gala Dinner in the incredible, exaggerated underground halls of the Vienna City Hall, together with all the Musical Groups that participated in the Festival, where friendship and brotherhood among the peoples of the world, excellently embodied in young people , becomes joy, dances, songs and ……. amorous courtship (Spanish and Israeli the most admired).
In the elegant suit, Michele and the boys are already stars!
Good night!
Fifth day:
MYO returns to the Olympus of Musikvarein.
All Orchestral Formations participating in the Festival, called Sum cum laude (i.e. with extreme praise), they return to the stage to gather the applause of the State Theater overflowing with Viennese, relatives, friends who have gathered for this extraordinary occasion (some Mondainesi, Saludecesi, Montegridolfesi have also arrived by plane!).
When I mean to have touched the sky with a finger, I will remember the moment when the President of the Organizing Committee called the Director of MYO for the award ceremony, in a loud and well-marked voice: “Michele Chiaretti, director of MYOda Mondaino, a small castle in Romagna, Italy! “
In the afternoon, visit the Prater, the amusement park of the city, but once also famous for its football stadium and the real battles between the national football teams of Italy and Austria! (Remember ?!)
Sixth day:
Let’s go!
The personal life of each of us and universal history teach that everything, even the most beautiful, has an end.
And so also the MYO A VIENNNA adventure comes to an end.
Get up at 5.30 am, luggage, abundant breakfast, sunny day, along green valleys and rivers in the direction of the Alpine passes with the desire for flavors of native things and shouting Long live Italy!.Long live the espresso!
Mondaino we arrive!
Crossed the border: autogrill, real espresso, Parma ham, red wine.
MYO arrives in Mondaino on time at 8.30 pm: parents, friends, acquaintances, the Boldemann family, Swedish friends of my brother Goffredo and all of Mondaino, welcome and greet these extraordinary young people! Smiles, hugs, handshakes, the official photo at the foot of the Malatesta Fortress! Then, again to download and drag-and-drop tools, implants etc:
MYO FRIENDS YOU NEED A WHEELED TROLLEY!
Thus ends the extraordinary adventure of the MONDAINO YOUTH ORCHESTRA (MYO) al Vienna Youth Music Festival: happily, wonderfully, extraordinarily, during a week of intoxicating emotions:
– be invited to represent Italy and rewarded as guest of honor, out of competition, at the Vienna State Theater and perform in the Golden Hall, the most famous musical and theatrical stage in the world in a selection of concert ensembles from Countries like Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Israel, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland etc.
– Having brought jazz-swing FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER to the Temple of Classical Music.
– Having been able to participate in Educational Music Workshops under the guidance of the best International Masters.
– Be absolutely composed of young non-professional musicians, who have wonderfully become STARS, under the guidance of their Maestro – Founder-Director, Michele Chiaretti.
– be received by the Italian Ambassador in Vienna inside the Cathedral of Santo Stefano.
Finally, will it be the right time to install the tourist billboard MONDAINO COUNTRY OF MUSIC AND THEATER?
The Municipal Administration and its Mayor, Massimo Giorgi, officially announce that an evening will be organized to relive these magical days with the citizens, listen to the comments and enjoy the inhabit videos and photos of this unprecedented feat!
With the little German we have learned in five days, we shout: MY Ueber ALLES!