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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]\u201eBorn to Play Trumpet\u201c \u2013 The Slovenian Youth Orchestra and its efforts to integrate Ukrainian refugees.
\nA reportage by Milenca Stepi\u0161nik from Celje, As part of the project \u201eJugend schreibt\u201c (Youth writes) with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\/FAZ. Following discussions with the founder and director, \u017diva Ploj Per\u0161uh<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, the Ukrainian trumpeter Sasha Hrim, and, amongst other things, observations at a pre-Christmas concert rehearsal involving 35 young people \u2013 ten of whom were from Ukraine \u2013 who were professionally trained and, precisely for that reason, comfortable conversing in a common language, performing works by Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Strauss, Vivaldi and others. But also with the musician and comedian Tilen Arta\u010d, in his role as the orchestra\u2019s conductor, and thus also with musical acrobatics set to frozen food jingles, the \u2018Anton von Tirol\u2019 in a classical arrangement, and Slavko Avsenik\u2019s \u2018Trompetenecho\u2019 (\u2018Na Golici\u2019) as an unexpected, if inevitable, interlude. The reportage was supported by the Municipality of Celje<\/strong><\/span><\/a>; Project management\/Photos: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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