The foreign musicians live in host families of members as well as music-loving friends of the JSO. The intensive rehearsals, the love of music and the joint evening events create a wonderful community every year in which formalities or convictions, as well as nationalities or religions, take a back seat.

The rehearsals take place in English, or non-verbally, in the universal language of music and are led by Martin Lentz, our conductor of the JSO. He is supported by wonderful lecturers, including the Bremen Philharmonic, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg.

The climax of this project is the final concert in the Bremer Glocke, a fantastic hall that repeatedly enchants foreign musicians. The IYSO not only offers the JSO participants the opportunity to spend the first week of the autumn break internationally and yet in Bremen, it also paves the way to make friends all over the world, broaden one's cultural horizons and play more challenging works.