Now in its 42nd year, you can rely on EUCO still to bring the best classical music to venues far and wide with world-class soloists and musical rising stars.
Joined September 2013
- Tweets 1,485
- Following 871
- Followers 814
- Likes 2,116
112 Photos and videos
They love their outside concerts in Southern Italy, while those on the stage struggle! There was once a huge rain storm in Avellino (beyond Napoli). The audience sat on the Monastery's stairs. Somehow there was enough space for players' bows and the acoustics helped us.
Must have been in 1998, with István Párkányi directing and the crickets chirping loudly in the rhythm of the first movement of KV 136...
1
3
74
14 Dec 2025
At least there is a Royal Fest. Hall for orchestral concerts. Around the UK many theatres (since covid) closed for refurbs and, on re-opening, managers forgot about classical music. The regional orchestras do concerts out of their ACE budgets but chamber musicians also need work
2
45
7 Dec 2025
A cello is always with us. Well done, Julian! We have fond memories of recording this 12 years ago.
6 Dec 2025
In today's @observer
observer.co.uk/news/national…
2
590
5 Dec 2025
Stop Angela Rayner from taking our allotments - Sign the Petition! c.org/JPwFyK6RJz via @UKChange
28
15 Nov 2025
Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham - Sign the Petition! c.org/p4XBZRyYMS via @UKChange
1
1
75
EuropeanUnionChamberOrchestra retweeted
9 Nov 2025
Generaldirektor und Nachrichtenchefin der #BBC müssen wegen nachweislich gezielter Desinformation ihren Posten räumen. In einigen Jahren werden auch in Deutschland solche Schritte erfolgen.
1
5
196
3 Jun 2025
Great to hear @RachPodger live @BBCRadio3, while waiting for her performance with Brecon Baroque @klfestival on July 19. Could you back announce this?
1
118
8 May 2025
Looks very like the wonderful buildings of England's Hanseatic town with its famous 74-year old Festival @KLFestival (and an artistic director formerly well known across Europe)
1
124
8 May 2025
For 20 years EUCO was always in a far distant country, invited by EU Delegations for their Europe Day celebrations. Often such stirring speeches were given just before we went on stage. Then the EU Commission decided to only fund the (expensive) Youth Orchestra.....
7 May 2025
As we prepare for our 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 🇲🇩𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗼𝘃𝗮 on 🇪🇺Europe Day 2025, we are honoured by the words of @GlennMicallef , 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁.
With our youth and our music, we are proud to be part of a vision of peace, cooperation, and shared values that unite us across borders.
Concert information: euyo.eu/news/europe-day-2025…
@EU_Commission
#playingforeurope #euyomusicians #euyoinmoldova #europeancommission #EuropeDay #9may #EuropeanUnion #RepublicOfMoldova
1
77
26 Mar 2025
The last sentence of the article sums up a problem. Learning how to listen to music, for audience satisfaction, is more important than shrill participatory activities which schools and music hubs prefer because kids have fun. Rarely do they lead to serious musical understanding
26 Mar 2025
Thoughts on the state of UK classical music from The Critic.
2
94
25 Mar 2025
Looking forward very much to Ben's recital with the wonderful Daniel Lebhardt this Friday in the Town Hall @KLFestival
24 Mar 2025
✨ At YCAT, we are enormously privileged to support each artist’s unique journey.
Together, our focus is not simply on the next milestone, but on helping our artists discover who they are, exploring their creativity, and building authentic and sustainable careers.
#YCAT40
90
EuropeanUnionChamberOrchestra retweeted
20 Mar 2025
I was so excited to learn German at school. It was a new code to decipher, access to a new bunch of countries to add to French, words and grammar that were closer to English (and words that made a teenage boy chuckle), the door to Dutch, Swedish and Afrikaans. #ShoutOutForGerman
2
11
39
1,505
18 Mar 2025
One very positive outcome of 1990 was that wonderful East German musicians could come to play in the then ECCO. Much enthusiasm from them (and from Brussels)
17 Mar 2025
"Trennung von Staat und Gesellschaft in einem Rechtsstaat" - ging es bei dieser Forderung der Ost-SPD von 1990 noch vorrangig um die weitere Entflechtung von Rumpfstaat und SED/PDS-Strukturen, dürfte dies im BRD-Parteienbeutestaat von heute als "gesichert rechtsextrem" gelten.
1
3
107
5 Mar 2025
Indeed fun, even fascinating. A conductor who we worked with in the mid-1980s would always say that 'East of Rosenheim is not the same!'.
5 Mar 2025
Looking forward to returning to Vienna this weekend to discuss the state of Germany at the famous Burgtheater. Discussing Germany in Austria is always fun - a curious mix of distance and familiarity. If you happen to be in town, come along👇🇦🇹🇩🇪
burgtheater.at/veranstaltung…
81
21 Feb 2025
Fantastic news! @EUCO1 worked a lot with the British Council over the years and indeed performed in Manila in 1991.....on one of our first Asian tours for the EU Commission. Important talks with their Ambassador (in his garden) led to good future orchestral connections.
20 Feb 2025
Excited to announce that I have been chosen as a recipient of @phBritish 2025 "Connections Through Culture" programme. I will be working closely with musicians in Manila and Leyte, #Philippines later this year.
#Culture #Music #Art
1
2
128
14 Feb 2025
Bravo YCAT! Sadly the ecology is being upset as the number of concerts outside UK major cities diminishes. Young talents need work but regional promoters need help to cover costs & their fees. Look at chambermusicfund.org.uk & help fund it to sustain opportunities for them.
13 Feb 2025
We are so grateful for the overwhelming support for YCAT during our 40th Anniversary season!
A heartfelt thank you to Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music, for this inspiring endorsement of our work.
Learn more 👉 ycat.co.uk
#YCAT40
2
94
EuropeanUnionChamberOrchestra retweeted
4 Feb 2025
Elizabeth if it wasn't you putting this up I would think it's some kind of spoof! I've spent my whole working life in music and the arts and I sometimes now wonder what the point of it all was. Our culture really is running on empty.....
4 Feb 2025
“While historic theatres & ballet companies face cuts, £100,000s have been splashed on ‘decolonising’ pole dancing. @ace_national should be funding worthwhile art projects instead of niche activism.”
The arm’s-length funding model’s broken. #SaveWNO
telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02…
2
2
4
663
14 Jan 2025
In the 1990s we provided expats once or twice a year with some much needed classical music. (Emirates Airlines allowed stopovers on their Asian routes without charge). In early 2000s we proposed to Abu Dhabi a residency. Within months a UAE Symph. Orch. existed great venues
13 Jan 2025
Met a chap recently who lives in Dubai and told me it has "everything you could ever want". I rather suspect it has absolutely nothing that I'd ever want, but obviously I nodded and said it sounded wonderful.
1
143
5 Jan 2025
It's Jan. 5 and I've just learned that I share my birthday with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli in 1920, Alfred Brendel in 1931 and Maurizio Pollini in 1942. What a great line-up.
1
97