About
The JM World Orchestra is a program of Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI) founded in 1949.
It was first international youth orchestra of its kind, providing young musicians with professional musical opportunities at the highest artistic level, touring twice annually as ambassadors for world peace and intercultural understanding.
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Since its foundation, it has brought together over 3,000 musicians from some 63 countries, played all over the world and inspired the creation of many other similar orchestras.
It has been conducted by maestros the likes of Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein, MIcheal Tilson-Thomas, Serge Baudo, Lawrence Foster, Walter Weller, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Eduardo Mata, Jeffrey Tate, Vernon Handley, Charles Dutoit, Michel Tabachnik, Antonio Pappano, En Shao, Bobby McFerrin. Daniel Harding, Yuri Temirkanov, Kent Nagano, Yakov Kreizberg, MIcheal Tilkin, Kurt Masur and Franz-Paul Decker.
JMI is a global network of NGOs that provides opportunities for young people and children to develop through music across all boundaries. Open to all styles of music, we work for and with youth, harnessing the power of music to bridge social, geographical and cultural divides, creating an international platform for intercultural dialogue and acceptance. JMI was founded in Brussels, Belgium in 1945 by a group of compassionate musicians and organisers who saw music as a means of bringing young people together to overcome the divides created by the two World Wars. Today JMI is present in over 100 countries worldwide and continues to enable young people to develop through music across all boundaries.