Orchestre Français des Jeunes

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Orchestre Français des Jeunes
Youth orchestra
Short name	OFJ
Founded	1982 (1982)
Location	Paris, France
Principal conductor	Fabien Gabel
Website	www.ofj.fr

The Orchestre Français des Jeunes (French Youth Orchestra, French: [ɔʁkɛstʁə fʁɑ̃sɛ de ʒœn], OFJ) is the national youth orchestra of France, founded in 1982 by the Ministry of Culture.^[1][2] It consists of young musicians of ages 16 to 25, selected by audition.

In 2013, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty, the Orchestre Français des Jeunes performed a series of concerts together with its German counterpart, the Bundesjugendorchester, under the direction of Dennis Russell Davies.^[3]

It is a member of the European Federation of National Youth Orchestras.^[4]

List of musical directors[edit]

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• 1982-1983: Jérôme Kaltenbach
• 1984-1985: Emmanuel Krivine
• 1986: Sylvain Cambreling
• 1987-1991: Emmanuel Krivine
• 1992-1998: Marek Janowski
• 1998-2001: Jesus Lopez Cobos
• 2001-2004: Emmanuel Krivine
• 2004: Jesus Lopez Cobos
• 2005-2008: Jean-Claude Casadesus
• 2008: Dennis Russell Davies
• 2009-2010: Kwamé Ryan
• 2011-2014: Dennis Russell Davies
• 2015-2016: David Zinman
• since 2017: Fabien Gabel^[5]

See also[edit]

• List of youth orchestras

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