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A listing of the world of Young Audiences Music, including Productions, Producers, Workshops and Organisations
"What on earth"
by Cornelia Voglmayr
2025 Best Large Ensemble
A Shoe Full of Stars
by Opera Schmopera & Gestalt Arts
A Shoe Full of Stars follows the journey of Splodge, an ordinary teenager who, after a terrorist attack, suddenly finds himself on a bizarre, magical island where conflict is bubbling up everywhere, and nothing is as it seems.
A Violinist - Space - and the Audience
by Rikskonsertene/Kulturtanken
The aim is through non verbal communication to point out a functional alternative and perhaps more functional way to present classical music to young people.
A la vie, à la mort! - forever.
by Helene Bracke
2025 Best Opera (Powered by RESEO)
Agreed
by Glyndebourne
Alex, leader of Orientis, has divided his people, casting out many to love on the island of Aquila.
Antti Paalanen & Wild Accordion
by Antti Paalanen
Musician and composer Antti Paalanen (b.
Around the World in a Violin
by Sergio Feferovich
Around the World in a Violin by Sergio Feferovich, Public Choice winner at the 2010 YAMawards.
At Your Doorstep/Vor Deiner Tür
by Windybrow Arts Centre/Market Theatre Foundation
ONE WORLD – WE ARE CONNECTED, BUT ARE WE EQUAL?
BUG SYMPHONY
by CITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF HONG KONG
Bug Symphony - The Orchestra-Theatre Spectacular tells the story of two human explorers who stumble upon a bug orchestra conducted by a praying mantis (Maestro Mantis) in the depths of the rainforest.
Bach in the Street
by Vargkatten Produktion
With its mesmerising staging and its use of musical juxtaposition, Bach in the Street explores concepts from cultural identity and people displacement to life and death in a format that is simultaneously serious and light-hearted.
BerBerio
by Wouter Van Looy / Zonzo Compagnie
A performance for a young audience about the mythical composer Luciano Berio and Cathy Berberian for 6+.
Body Rhythm Factory
by Body Rhythm Factory
Body Rhythm Factory by Body Rhythm Factory, Production of the Year winner at the 2013 YAMawards.
Calunga
by Projeto GURI
Calunga by Projeto GURI, Public Choice winner at the 2013 YAMawards.
Cavalcade en Cocazie
by RédèR Nouhaj
2025 Best Small Ensemble
Chat Perché
by Daniel Sultan (Arts Diffusion)
Chat Perché by Daniel Sultan (Arts Diffusion), Public Choice winner at the 2014 YAMawards.
Comfort Ye
by Umculo
Comfort Ye is a Music Theatre based on autobiographical texts and songs written by young South African singers.
Copper & Skin
by Zonzo Compagnie
Copper & Skin is an ode to the strength and solace of music.
Crazy for Jazz
by Jazz for Juniors
Crazy for Jazz by Jazz for Juniors, Production of the Year winner at the 2010 YAMawards.
Creatures
by ISH - Dance Collective and the Dutch Balletorkest
An adventurous journey through 500 million years of evolution, with 45 musicians from Het Balletorkest and 10 performers from ISH.
DISCONCERTO
by ORTHEMIS ORCHESTRA
More spectacular than ever!!!
Damadaka
by Damadaka
Damadaka by Damadaka, Public Choice winner at the 2012 YAMawards.
Drumblebee
by Philharmonie Luxembourg
Drumblebee by Philharmonie Luxembourg, Public Choice winner at the 2012 YAMawards.
Feedback
by Muziektheater Transparant
Feedback by Muziektheater Transparant, Production of the Year winner at the 2008 YAMawards.
Future Folk
by Electric Seeds
Ancient melodies meet live electronics in a concert about memory and reinvention.
Glimp
by Oorkaan
What do colours sound like?
HUSH - HENRY'S DREAM MACHINE
by ZONZO COMPAGNIE
Via a miniature version of an old theatre, we dive into the world of Henry Purcell.
HeartBeat
by HeartBeat Group
HeartBeat Group is three professional and enthusiastic percussion experts playing live music on anything!
IHMEPOIKA A
by FINNISH NATIONAL OPERA & BALLET
A little child refugee looses his parents and finds himself in Finland.
Kryp
by CAMILLA EKELÖF AND MALIN HÜLPHERS / REGIONTEATER VÄST
In “Kryp”, one can experience cool dance and exciting contemporary jazz music.
La Balle Rouge
by DENIS GARéNAUX
The scene opens with a small red ball suspended in mid-air.
La Isla
by Nuria Núñez Hierro, Rafael R. Villalobos, María Royo, Javier Povedano, Víctor Fajardo, B3: Brouwer Trio and Alejandro García
La Isla (The Island) is a chamber opera of about an hour in length for audiences from the age of eleven.
Listen To The Silence
by Zonzo Compagnie
Listen To The Silence by Zonzo Compagnie, Production of the Year winner at the 2012 YAMawards.
Maputo - Mozambique
by Compagnie TG
Maputo - Mozambique critiques certain rituals and African artistic practices.
Mifletset Baktanah
by Ady Cohen
2025 Public Choice Award
Murmuratorium
by Companhia de Música Teatral
Murmuratorium is both a musical-theatre “performance” and an installation that can be explored in a free and informal manner.
Musiikkisirkus Avain hukassa
by Musiikkisirkus Avain hukassa
The performance Avain hukassa (The Lost Key) combines live music, contemporary circus and animated illustrations.
My father and Angry man
by ZeBU and Musikteatret SAUM
´My father and Angry Man´ is a poetic and fairylike children’s opera with live music, addressing a difficult subject – the battered family.
NOBELLUM
by Oslo Philarmonic Orchestra and David Chocron
Nobellum is a digital production, a "film concert", which attempts to use music to tell the story, accompanied by motion graphics and video to give an artistic impression of the Nobel Peace Prize, its origin, some of its most significant winners, and the breadth and depth of thei
NOISY NEIGHBOURS
by ZONZO COMPAGNIE
Zonzo Compagnie together with Stijn Grupping and Ine Van Baelen (Post from Hessdalen) and a diverse gang of children and musicians, we filmed the first swinging series: Noisy Neighbours.
Next Station
by Meraki
2025 Ebbe Høyrup Best School Concert
OUM PA PA!
by M'lart Production
A real miniature orchestra, full of humour and fantasy!
Ornitopera
by Companhia de Música Teatral
Inspired by the “The Conference of the Birds”, a 12th-century poem by the Persian poet Farid Ud-din Attar, Ornitópera is a music-theatre performance designed for the little ones and also for the adults they usually bring with them.
PAY THE PIPER
by Glyndebourne Youth Opera
Pay the Piper was a new commission for Glyndebourne Youth Opera (GYO) and featured at the core of our programme in 2022.
PETIT CONCERT À L'AUBE
by COMPAGNIE LA BULLE À SONS
Small concert in the Aube: After "Concertino pannolino", concert for babies before the march, the company Bulle à Sons invites children from 2.5 years old, to live a musical journey from dawn to dusk where the proximity is the priority.
Princess Turandot
by Walpurgis vzw
Princess Turandot by Walpurgis vzw, Public Choice winner at the 2014 YAMawards.
Projeto Tartaruga
by Miguel Nabais Pernes / Foco Musical
“And, by cleaning the Sea, they really found a treasure!
Radio Planet
by Story & Sound Company
A live radio adventure broadcasting music from an imaginary planet.
Rhythm Atlas
by The Pocket Orchestra
A high-energy journey through rhythms shared across continents.
Romeo's Passion
by Umculo
Romeo’s Passion is a chamber opera and a coming out story.
Roodhapje (Little Red Riding Food)
by Holland Opera
While reading the adaption of the famous fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood by Imme Dros, we were inspired by the role of the wolf.
Shadow Music
by Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and Oorkaan
When a young boy goes to sleep, his room comes to life.
Small Things Sing
by North Star Music Lab
A gentle sensory concert inspired by tiny movements and quiet sounds.
Sound of Climate
by Den Kulturelle Skolesekken, Oslo-Philharmonic and David Chocron
«Klangen av klima» (“Sound of Climate”) is a production commissioned by the Oslo Philharmonic from video-artist David Chocron premiered in January 2020.
Stormen
by Norwegian National Opera and Ballet
Stormen by Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, Best Opera winner at the 2014 YAMawards.
Strings Attached
by The Pocket Orchestra
A chamber concert that reveals how string instruments speak, whisper and groove.
THE ALEHOUSE SESSIONS
by Barokksolistene
In The Alehouse sessions, Barokksolistene recreate some of the atmosphere that existed in pubs and inns in London in the 17th and 18th centuries.
THE UPBEAT
by Harpa
The Upbeat - Composition Award for Children and Youth gives young people the opportunity to submit a musical composition or a draft of a composition and receive support to work out their ideas with artists.
The Cloud Catchers
by North Star Music Lab
A cinematic concert about two friends who collect sounds from the sky.
The Fluteman Show
by Gabor Vosteen
In THE FLUTEMAN SHOW Gabor rises to his vision to save the world with the most considerable instrument of humankind: the recorder.
The Moon in a Teacup
by Story & Sound Company
An intimate music-theatre tale about bedtime, courage and a moon that goes missing.
The Moon is Listening
by Karen Gillingham
‘The Moon is Listening’ is a life-enhancing project supporting inter-cultural dialogue by using digital technology to bring young people together.
The Philharmonic Moves
by Oslo-filharmonien
Music and movement are the themes when the Oslo Philharmonic, in collaboration with dancer and choreographer Kyrre Texnæs, invites to a school concert at the Oslo Concert Hall.
The Planets
by ROYAL NORWEGIAN BAND / VESTFOLD COUNTY COUNCIL / KULTURTANKEN
The stars and planets have mystified and inspired humans since the dawn of creation.
The Rhythm in You
by Smålands Musik & Teater
The Rhythm in You by Smålands Musik & Teater, Production of the Year winner at the 2014 YAMawards.
The Secret Life of Noise
by Electric Seeds
A playful electronic concert where ordinary noises become extraordinary music.
The Sound of the Northside
by James Bingham
2025 Best Participatory Project
The Wish Gatherer
by English Touring Opera
The Wish Gatherer is the first instalment in English Touring Opera's trilogy of Climate Change operas.
Thelonious
by Zonzo Compagnie
Zonzo Compagnie’s Mile(s)tones, a journey through the universe of Miles Davis, was an international hit and has toured all over the world.
Thousand buttons and four strings
by Almir & Daniel
A “Thousand buttons and four strings” is a story about two friends: Daniel on violin from Serbia and Almir on accordion from Bosnia.
Tickle
by Oorkaan, Dutch National Opera & Ballet and Philharmonie Luxembourg
In Tickle three musical characters from an art installation, come alive.
Trio Oro in Concert
by Trio Oro
TRIO ORO in Concert is custom-made to keep the audience engaged.
UTOPERA: DER LETZTE TAG
by WIENER STAATSOPER
The participatory youth opera "Der Letzte Tag" (The Final Day) tells the story of a future dystopian society in the year 2084 that has ignored all warnings, outrages, and protests from the past (2021) by the young generation and continued to take its course without consciously fa
WILD (The Musical)
by City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong
WILD (The Musical) is a multidisciplinary Broadway-style musical production set in the jungle with a classical orchestra and conductor cast as part of the story and the theatrical action.
Wurst-Case Scenario
by Funky Curry Wurst Brothers
Wurst-Case Scenario is the new, highly energetic, rhythm & comedy tour de force by the Funky Currywurst Brothers, the two clownesque master drummers and multi-instrumentalists Peter Nielsen from Copenhagen & Johannes Bohun from Vienna who met back in 2001 in London at the auditio
in Sync
by MishMash Productions and the Scottish Ensemble
in Sync is a show for young people featuring an explosion of live music from twelve phenomenal string players.