The Aberdeen International Youth Festival 2010
The Aberdeen International Youth Festival (AIYF) in Aberdeen, Scotland "brings together and presents the best young performers and performing companies. It is a unique multi-arts event and has a reputation for attracting some of the finest young dance companies, classical dance academies, youth orchestras, bands and music ensembles from around the world." It is an annual festival that I have been privileged to be a part of twice - in the years 2000 and 2003. :)
This year, the Opening Ceremonies for AIYF 2010 has just kicked off - welcoming groups including The Hungarian Dance Academy, the Edinburgh Youth Orchestra, Pure Brass - one of UK’s top Brass Quintets, Cheremosh - a dance group from Canada, Doina Folk Ensemble from Romania, The Norwegian Girls Choir and so many more.
My AIYF Experience
I was then with the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus (UPCC) - my first time to go to Aberdeen was a mere 1 year after I joined the choir. It was a wonderful and memorable experience to be part of something like the AIYF - to meet other young people who were as passionate to the arts as we were - ballet dancers, theater groups, instrumentalists, choir singers, and orchestra players from Russia, Belarus, Norway, Hungary, Scotland, England, Africa, China, Iceland and numerous other places...






















