What if music became a way of learning about oneself? This is the challenge that the Réidener Jugendtreff took up, running regular music workshops for young people aged 12 to 20 from March 2025 to June 2026. The workshops covered singing, songwriting, performance and stage presence. The young participants were mentored by instructors such as Pascal Gualandris, Don Gio and Claudio Borri, and received constant support from the Jugendtreff’s educational team.

The project quickly expanded beyond the realm of music. Rehearsals became opportunities to discuss topics such as self-confidence, stress management, and emotional expression. The team tailored the workshops to the participants’ needs. By the time more than fifty sessions had been completed, around sixty young people had taken part in the project, including twenty-five who were involved from start to finish, right through to the group recording and production of a music video, which was shared on social media. Several initially more reserved young people went on to play a leading role in the group, gaining confidence and artistic initiative. The project even attracted young people who did not usually participate in the Jugendtreff’s musical activities.

What if hip-hop became a space for learning how to fall, and how to get back up? That is the aim of the Nikki Ninja project, which, over the course of twelve workshops from January to March 2026, brought together two classes with very different backgrounds, where fifteen nationalities came together in the same room. Guided by Nicole Bausch and Gilles Seyler, the thirty children explored the world of Nikki Ninja by writing their first rap lyrics, whilst tackling, in a light-hearted way, issues that affect them closely: the right to make mistakes, what they dream of becoming, and what their lives will be like in twenty years’ time.

The project wasn’t limited to writing: the pupils from Mersch designed their own costumes alongside costume designer Alexandra Lichtenberger, whilst those from Eich learnt the basics of graffiti with graphic designer Sascha di Giambattista. Two ways of discovering that creativity can also be a profession. A guided tour of Neimënster, where the stage and its technical backstage areas were revealed to them, rounded off this journey ahead of the album’s release in early June, followed by a tour of open-air performances across the country. Over the course of the sessions, lasting bonds of trust were forged, opening the door to discussions about what makes them feel sad, happy or angry. It is in this closeness that Nikki Ninja finds its uniqueness: helping each child to identify their own ‘super ninja power’.

What does it mean to be a man today? It is this question, born of a very personal reflection by the actor Jan Jaroszek following the birth of his son, that the Mierscher Theater has chosen to bring to the stage. Not as a thesis, but as an act of listening. Even before opening the stage’s ‘locker room’, the creative team, led by Jan Jaroszek, Therese Lösch and Romy Weyrauch, visited seven classes in five secondary schools across the country, where, in an atmosphere of trust, they gathered the young people’s views, doubts and lived experiences regarding masculinity and gender norms. It is these very voices, recorded and sometimes recognised by their own speakers in the audience, that form the raw material of the show, structured as a news feed made up of fragments and situations that echo one another.

This dialogue did not end with the final workshop session: the participating classes remained involved in the creative process right up to the premiere on 9 and 10 June 2026 at the Mierscher Theater, and the project will continue in the autumn with a conference and a round-table discussion open to the public. This initiative was carried out with the support of the Ministry for Gender Equality and Diversity and infoMann to ensure its pedagogical accuracy.

How can a classic musical tale be transformed into a genuine community project? In Hobscheid, the Harmonie Habscht and its young musicians from Mezzo Forté Bléiser have chosen to answer this question by involving the town’s two Cycle 2.2 classes in every stage of the creation of ‘Pierchen an de Wollef’, from May 2025 to March 2026. The children did not just prepare the show: they helped shape its visual identity alongside a professional photographer, from the logo right through to the puzzles and colouring pages handed out to the audience. On stage, the cast was expanded well beyond that of the original work so that as many children as possible, including those who did not wish to perform, could find a role.

Meanwhile, the young musicians of Mezzo Forté Bléiser built the set alongside a retired carpenter and made their costumes with a costume designer and a seamstress, discovering craft skills rarely associated with music in the process. The two performances, held in front of a thousand spectators at the Centre polyvalent de Hobscheid, revealed a newfound stage confidence among the children and their two young narrators.

Artelier is a project conceived and organized by the youth collective F.O.M.O. (Friends Who Organize Magical Occasions), in partnership with Stayfou asbl. Held on January 24, 2026, at Les Rotondes under the theme “Rediscovering Winter’s Beauty,” the event offered a warm and inspiring day featuring a variety of creative workshops. Designed by young people for young people, the project aimed to make local culture more accessible, highlight local artists and initiatives, and strengthen community ties during the winter months. The program was a huge success: more than 190 participants took part in the event. The overwhelmingly positive feedback and enthusiasm generated by this open and participatory format have confirmed the value of this initiative, which fully demonstrates young people’s ability to conceive and carry out ambitious and unifying cultural projects.

Bringing together the amateur and professional worlds of dance: this has been the mission of the AWA Platform since its creation in 2018 by choreographers Baptiste Hilbert and Catarina Barbosa. For its fourth edition, running from February 16 to March 1, 2026, the biennial brought together dancers from across the country and beyond, with workshops held at TROIS C-L and performances at Kinneksbond.

The professional masterclasses, led by international collectives such as VERONAL and Fighting Monkey, were fully booked every day. On the amateur side, the Platform continued the inclusive programme it launched in 2024, with workshops dedicated to the over-55s, young people and people with disabilities, led by the English dance educator Joel O’Donoghue. The highlight of this year’s festival was a new work by choreographer Anne-Mareike Hess with the CND Luxembourg Junior Company, which gave young aspiring dancers the chance to experience a professional creative process from the inside. Both the opening and closing nights, which featured eight pieces by emerging choreographers, were sold out.

What if a simple everyday object, found at the back of a drawer or at a car boot sale, could become a work of art? This was the experience of a group of children from the Maison Relais and a Cycle 4.1 year group at the Campus am Ale Bësch in Eschdorf, working alongside the artist Lynn Scheidweiler. Over the course of fifteen two-hour workshops, between February and July 2025, the children observed, repurposed and transformed found or recycled objects, giving them an unexpected new lease of life. These installations were then set up in the rural landscape of Tadler, forming part of the Marionettefestival programme in the form of a treasure hunt inviting families to go in search of curiosities. To create this trail, the children could count on the support of Pit Krack, the village’s collector and second-hand dealer, who not only provided the vintage objects to be reworked but also organised the hunt for curiosities through the village streets himself. On 10 June 2025, a morning of performances brought together 400 children from the municipality of Esch-sur-Sûre, followed by a walk during which everyone discovered their classmates’ creations. The most curious children went home with a paper theatre specially created by the illustrator Annick Sinner. Over the course of the project, the young participants moved from being spectators to becoming creators and initiators of their own projects.

There was just one theme: ‘European Union’. Everything else, such as the colours, symbols and composition, was left entirely up to the young participants. The Graffiti@Bauschelt project brought together thirteen young people aged between 11 and 25 from the Haute-Sûre lake region, from 19 to 21 September 2025, under the guidance of artist Raphael Gindt from the Kamellebuttek collective, in Baschelt, in the municipality of Boulaide (Bauschelt). Following a brief introduction to the European theme, the participants freely explored what Europe means to young people living in rural areas: freedom of movement, openness towards neighbouring countries, and their relationship with nature and mobility. Their ideas were then translated into sketches, and subsequently into a mural created using spray paint. The project, initially planned for a single wall, was extended to two sections to create visual continuity between the two surfaces. The young people were also involved in choosing the content posted on social media to extend the initiative beyond the wall.

To mark the 10th anniversary of Reboredo’s Music School in Differdange, its founder, João Reboredo, led an artistic and educational project that brought together 40 students around the story of a little boy who dreamed of starting a music school. With the guidance of five educators, the young participants were involved in every stage of the creative process, from writing the lyrics to creating the illustrations, as well as rehearsing and recording the songs performed during music classes. This collaborative project resulted in the publication of an illustrated book and a CD, which serve as lasting testimonies to the experience. The project served as a powerful vehicle for self-expression, inclusion, and personal growth. Beyond its artistic success, this initiative underscored the importance of promoting diversity and inclusion in school-based cultural projects. The very positive feedback from participants, who are eager to continue recording new songs and creating new stories, demonstrates lasting motivation and a real commitment to collective artistic practice.

This project, led by the non-profit organization Club Créatif pour Jeunes Actifs, aimed to bring together eight young participants aged 16 to 25 to create three short films. From brainstorming and scriptwriting to acting in front of the camera, the participants were involved in every stage of the project.

Following the workshops and filming, a screening was held at Cercle Cité, giving the participants the opportunity to walk the red carpet and proudly present the culmination of several months of work.