# Percujove

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Spanish youth percussion orchestra

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Concert at Jovellanos Theatre, Gijón (Spain), April 2006

**Percujove** (Valencian pronunciation: [\[ˌpeɾkuˈdʒove\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Catalan)) is a youth [percussion](/source/Percussion_instrument) [orchestra](/source/Orchestra). Created in June 2003, today it is composed of 25 young musicians, students of the [José Iturbi](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Iturbi) [Conservatorium](/source/Conservatorium) of [Valencia](/source/Valencia), Spain. The ensemble's conductor is Salvador Pelejero, of the Conservatorium.

Percujove is perhaps the only youth percussion orchestra in Europe.

Sergi in concert: 26 July 2006 in [Figueres](/source/Figueres), Spain

They have offered performances all around Europe, with concerts in [Montpellier](/source/Montpellier), [Lyon](/source/Lyon), [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), [Brussels](/source/Brussels), at the [European Parliament](/source/European_Parliament) in [Strasbourg](/source/Strasbourg), at the [European Space Agency](/source/European_Space_Agency) in Noorwijk (Netherlands), and other concerts in Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Norway, [Slovenia](/source/Slovenia), [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia), Belgium, Poland and Spain.

Percujove has also participated at the following [music festivals](/source/Music_festival):

- 14th Festival des Musiques d'Ici et d'Ailleurs de Châlons-en-Champagne (France).[\[1\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213826/http://www.musiques-ici-ailleurs.com/2005/semaine2005_4.htm)

- 11th Festival "Musique en vacances" de La Ciotat (France)

- "Les Dimanches de l'Ile Barbe" de Lyon (France)

- "Teatre,Música i Dansa a la Fresca" de Figueres ([Girona](/source/Girona), Spain) (2004–2006)

- 18th Setmana Internacional de Música (Setmana Jove) de [Dénia](/source/D%C3%A9nia) ([Alicante](/source/Alicante), Spain)

- Esbjerg Festuge Festival 2007 ([Esbjerg](/source/Esbjerg), Denmark)

- Internasjornale Rytme & Dans Fest 2007 (Homborsund and [Grimstad](/source/Grimstad), Norway)

- 43rd [Győr](/source/Gy%C5%91r) Summer - International Cultural Festival (Hungary)

- Summer Festival [Velenje](/source/Velenje) 2008 (Slovenia)

- [Pohoda](/source/Pohoda) Festival 2008 and 2009 in [Trenčín](/source/Tren%C4%8D%C3%ADn) ([Slovakia](/source/Slovakia))[\[2\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20131005034210/http://www.pohodafestival.sk/index.php/news/1497/276/Percujove-ceremonial-opening-as-it-should-be/)

- Lipcowy Music Fest 2008 and 2009 in [Katowice](/source/Katowice) (Poland),[\[3\]](http://mojekatowice.pl/p,s,403960,o,listing_informacji,id_kat,297230,id_informacji,327459.html)

- 34th Summer of Culture Festival [Bratislava](/source/Bratislava) 2009 (Slovakia)[\[4\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215627/http://www.bkis.sk/kultura-v-bratislave/archiv-festivalu-kulturne-leto-a-hradne-slavnosti/kulturne-leto-a-hradne-slavnosti-bratislava-2009/aktuality/medzinarodna-bratislava/percujove-esp/)

- 15th Christopher Summer Festival 2009 in [Vilnius](/source/Vilnius) ([Lithuania](/source/Lithuania))

- 3rd International Arts Festival 2009 in [Mažeikiai](/source/Ma%C5%BEeikiai) (Lithuania)

- 8th [Dainava](/source/Dz%C5%ABkija) music land festival 2009 in [Alytus](/source/Alytus) (Lithuania)

The ensemble performs pieces from many musical genres in its concerts, adapted by the group: [baroque](/source/Baroque), [vals](/source/Vals_Criollo), [foxtrot](/source/Foxtrot), [blues](/source/Blues), and also [zarzuela](/source/Zarzuela), [pasodoble](/source/Pasodoble) and other Spanish and [Latino](/source/Latin_America) rhythms.

## External links

- [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20060905040113/http://www.percujove.es/)

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