BIT OF HISTORY…. INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL CENTRE OF JMC IN GROŽNJAN, JMI WORD MEETING CENTRE
GROŽNJAN, an ancient town in northwestern Istria, 15km from the sea, takes great pride in its wealth of tradition, cultural heritage and natural beauty. Thanks to many painters, musicians and JMC today Grožnjan has an internationally recognised Status “City of Artists”.
Since 1969, when it was established by JMI as a first international music camp in the world, the main purpose of «Grožnjan Project» was creation of a permanent international arts centre open to young people from all over the world, giving them opportunity and artistic environment for development, education, exchanging ideas & methods working closely with their mentors.
More than 27 000 participants from more then 95 countries around the world who visited Jeunesses Musicales International Cultural Centre in Grožnjan in past 48 years are the best witnesses to it. Incredible valuable historical heritage of Grožnjan, together with all the cultural activities developed during the years was recognised by UNESCO and included in project Decade of Cultural Development in 1989.
Project of International Cultural Centre of Jeunesses Musicales Croatia in Grožnjan (ICC JMC Grožnjan - JMI World Meeting Center) is only 15 years younger then the association Jeunesses Musicales Croatia, which for the past 50 years, represent the most important Network for Youth & Music in Croatia, and it’s a part of a world association Jeunesses Musicales International based in Brussels.
With a broad spectrum of its programme, ICC JMC Grožnjan offers various music and other artistic workshops and seminars with many well-known lecturers & professors. Cultural Centre in Grožnjan is as important for the music pedagogy while it offers the possibility of high-quality teaching, improvement, exchange of the experiences and above all growing up in the atmosphere of art and cosmopolitanism.
The purpose of ICC JMC in Grožnjan is not only renovation & restoring houses and city which was at the end of 60’s in ruins and neglected, but also to return urban function trough out the intensive cultural activities.
According to the Resolution of the 60th Annual General Assembly of JMI (Indonesia 2005), ICC JMC in Grožnjan was pronounced as a World Meeting Center of Jeunesses Musicales International, together with Musikakademie Schloss Weikersheim.
In October 2008 ICC JMC in Grožnjan proudly accepted membership invitation to join ACCR /The European Network of Cultural Centres – Historic Monuments/, the Network gathers forty members from all over Europe, Brazil & Canada. Main goal of the network is the promotion of the concept of re-use of historic monuments trough cultural projects.
This year’s programme of ICC JMC in Grožnjan offers more than 50 workshops/seminars/ symposiums in various fields /Music, Dance, Architecture, Drama, Fine Art, Cinema, Social Studies…/. Concerts Season “Grožnjan Music Summer” in its broad spectrum offers Performance Programme combined of final concerts (performance or presentation) of every masterclass or workshop, Concerts of guest Ensembles & young Musicians and various concert in the frame of international exchanges. All performances are free of charge.
“You know, I don’t want my child to grow up without getting to know Groznjan”
This sentence said a parent while inquiring in the office of the Jeunesses Musicales Croatia in Zagreb in 1995 about a summer course for his daughter. *
* From The introductory word of ”ICC JMC in Groznjan 1969 to 2009” Author: Marijana Pintar
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD WELCOMING YOU IN GROZNJAN SO WE CAN CONTINUE BUILDING THIS BEAUTIFUL GROŽNJAN STORY!