COE and Eva Gevorgyan in Eisenstadt
7th-10th May 2026

In May, the COE returns to Schloss Esterházy in Eisenstadt for the latest project in its residency there, with a programme that feels especially at home in this setting.

There could hardly be a more fitting place to perform Symphony No. 45 (Haydn) than Eisenstadt, where Joseph Haydn spent so much of his working life in the service of the Esterházy court. From there, the programme moves to Piano Concerto No. 2 (Chopin), with Eva Gevorgyan making her first appearance with the Orchestra. Still at the beginning of an already remarkable international career, Eva brings both freshness and depth to one of Frédéric Chopin’s most lyrical works. The concert closes with Symphony No. 3 (Mendelssohn), Felix Mendelssohn’s evocative portrait of Scotland’s landscape and atmosphere.

The project will be directed by Maria Włoszczowska, leading from the violin. Maria joined the COE as Leader/Director in September 2024 and shares the position at 50% with Lorenza Borrani. Maria said about her appointment: “What an adventure to look forward to! I’m so grateful to the COE for their trust, openness and warmth. To be welcomed with such a positive spirit by a group I’ve listened to and admired most of my life is a dream come true.”

Players arrive in Eisenstadt on 7 May, with rehearsals beginning the following day ahead of the concert on 10 May. The performance will be recorded by medici.tv and broadcast live, with catch-up viewing available afterwards, allowing audiences well beyond the hall to follow the project.

Eva Gevorgyan

Yamaha Young Artist, Eva Gevorgyan, is a laureate in more than forty piano competitions, including top prizes at the 2018 Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists and the 2019 Van Cliburn Young Artist Competition. More recently she has won the Prix du Bern in Switzerland in 2023, Discovery Award at the 2019 International Classical Music Awards, the Great Prize at the Russia National Orchestra Competition in 2021, in addition to being finalist and winner of the Special Prize at the Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland.

Eva’s 2025/26 season features an exciting array of debut and return appearances with leading orchestras and venues worldwide. She makes her debut with the Göttinger Symphony, Brussels Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, and Auckland Symphony. She also returns to the Belgrade Symphony and Stuttgart Philharmonic. Her recital schedule includes performances in Bad Kissingen, Bielefeld, Münster, Oporto’s Casa da Música, Berlin Konzerthaus, De Singel (Antwerp), Amare Master Pianist Series (The Hague), Fundación Scherzo (Madrid), and Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie. Eva will perform with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields at the Tonhalle Zürich, and with the Armenian National Philharmonic at the Brescia and Bergamo Festival. She also joins the Chamber Orchestra of Europe for concerts at the Esterházy Palace and a tour across Italy. In the chamber music sphere, she will collaborate with Alexandra Conunova and the Timișoara Philharmonic, and will perform with Pablo Ferrández, Yamen Saadi, and Sara Ferrández in upcoming concerts at Barcelona’s L’Auditori and with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo.

For a full biography, please visit Columbia Artists Management’s website.

Maria Włoszczowska

Polish violinist Maria Włoszczowska is recognised for her versatile musicianship, performing as a soloist, director and chamber musician, in addition to her role as Artistic Partner of the Royal Northern Sinfonia.

Recent career highlights include Maria’s solo debut at the BBC Proms with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and conductor Dinis Sousa, directing the Chamber Orchestra of Europe at Mozartwoche Salzburg, directing the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, performing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Mozart’s Violin Concerto no.5 with Orquestra XXI, and concertos by Vivaldi, Bach and Telemann with Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum under the baton of Reinhard Goebel at Leipzig’s Gewandhaus. In the 2024/25 season, Maria will perform as soloist and director with, among others, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and Amsterdam Sinfonietta, and return to the Chamber Orchestra of Europe for a number of projects.

For Maria’s full biography, please visit this page on the COE website.