The Chamber Orchestra of Europe performs for the first time at the Pannonhalma Art Festival in Hungary, curated by Hungarian pianists Dénes Várjon and Izabella Simon with whom the COE has performed several times over the years. The Festival takes place in the beautiful Archabbey of Pannonhalma and, aside from Dénes and Izabella, will feature clarinetist and composer Jörg Widmann, cellist Nicolas Altstaedt and soprano Csilla Csővári. The four concerts, performed by the COE strings, will put in parallel the music of Mendelssohn and that of Jörg Widmann.

Pannonhalma Basilica, Pannonhalma, Hungary
Our Lady Chapel, Pannonhalma, Pannonhalma, Hungary

22nd, 23rd, 24th August 2025

Late summer will see the Chamber Orchestra of Europe touring to Finland, Germany, Switzerland and the UK with soprano Golda Schultz and conductor, and COE Honorary Member, Robin Ticciati. The programme is particularly delightful and includes songs by George Gershwin, Kurt Weill, Korngold, Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein.

Helsinki Musiikkitalo, Helsinki, Finland
Beethovenfest - Opera Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Die Glocke - Musikfest Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Chiesa di San Francesco - Settimane Musicali Ascona, Locarno, Switzerland
BBC Proms - Royal Albert Hall, London, UK

28th, 31st August, 2nd and 6th September 2025

This September sees the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and its Honorary Member Sir András Schiff performing works by Mozart and Dvorak at the Herbstgold Festival in Eisenstadt, at the Dvorak Festival in Prague and at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest. On 13th September only, in Eisenstadt, the COE will be joined by Julian Rachlin, Artistic Director of Herbstgold, and world-class violinist Janine Jansen in a programme by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Beethoven.

Herbstgold - Schloss Esterházy, Haydnsaal, Eisenstadt, Austria
Dvorak Festival - Rudolfinum, Dvorak Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
Romanian Athenaeum - George Enescu Festival, Bucharest, Romania

10th, 13th, 15th and 17th September 2025

The Chamber Orchestra of Europe and its Honorary Member Sir András Schiff open this year’s Kronberg Academy Festival with two concerts on 23rd September. The theme of the Festival is Good Vibrations and the programmes should not disappoint with Schubert’s Entr’act No. 3 from Rosamunde and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto at 18.00 (also featuring violinist William Hagen, cellist Bryan Cheng and pianist Martina Consonni) followed by Schubert’s 5 Minuets and 6 Trios D89 and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 at 20.15.

Kronberg Academy Festival, Casals Forum, Kronberg, Germany

23rd September 2025

For their annual tour together, the COE and Sir Antonio Pappano are joined this year by violinist Maria Dueñas and travel to Spain, Italy, Germany and Austria, giving seven performances of Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole and Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances op. 46.

Palau de la Musica, Valencia, Spain
Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, Spain
Auditorio, Zaragoza, Spain
Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville, Spain
Teatro Comunale, Ferrara, Italy
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Schloss Esterhazy, Eisenstadt, Austria

11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 November 2025

This December, the COE and Yannick Nézet-Séguin are joined by violinist Veronika Eberle and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras in six all-Brahms concerts, travelling to Czech Republic, Luxemburg, France and the USA (New York, Philadelphia and Ann Arbor). The programme features Brahms’s Tragic Overture, Double Concerto for Violin and Cello and Symphony No. 1.

Philharmonie Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxemburg
Philharmonie, Paris, France
Carnegie Hall, New York, USA
Marian Anderson Hall, Philadelphia, USA
Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th December 2025