‘With the COE, I don’t feel I’m a conductor anymore. I feel I’m a musician who can make music with them.’
— Bernard Haitink, Conductor
Honorary Members
Over the years, the COE has developed particularly close and mutually enriching relationships with some conductors and soloists, working with them several times per season for many years. This was the case of Bernard Haitink †, Nikolaus and Alice Harnoncourt †, and still of Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Sir András Schiff, all Honorary Members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Please click on the thumbnails below to find out what they have said about the COE.
Bernard Haitink, Conductor
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Conductor
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor
Sir András Schiff, Pianist
Conductors
The COE has performed with many internationally renowned conductors and you can read some of their testimonials about the Orchestra by clicking on their photos.
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Conductor
Herbert Blomstedt, Conductor
Semyon Bychkov, Conductor
Karina Canellakis, Conductor
Ivan Fischer, Conductor
Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor
Emmanuel Krivine, Conductor
Sakari Oramo, Conductor
Sir Antonio Pappano
Robin Ticciati, Conductor
- ConductorsClaudio Abbado †Robert AbbadoThomas AdèsVladimir AshkenazyRudolf Barshai †Jiri Belohlavek †George BenjaminPaavo Berglund †Herbert BlomstedtPierre Boulez †Douglas BoydFrans Brüggen †Semyon BychkovKarina CanellakisMyung Whun ChungNicholas CollonJames ConlonTeodor CurrentzisThomas DausgaardAndrew DavisSir Colin Davis †Richard EgarrPeter EötvösChristoph EschenbachAdam FischerIvan FischerThierry FischerClaus Peter FlorLawrence FosterSir John Eliot GardinerGianluigi GelmettiCarlo Maria Giulini †Bernard Haitink *†Nikolaus Harnoncourt*†Thomas HengelbrockHeinz HolligerManfred HoneckPhilippe JordanJames JuddVladimir JurowskiJacek KasprzykOliver KnussenGérard KorstenEmmanuel KrivineYakov Kreizberg †Erich Leinsdorf †Lorin Maazel †Sir Charles Mackerras†Susanna MälkkiSir Neville Marriner †Yehudi Menuhin †Ingo MetzmacherMarc MinkowskiKent NaganoJohn NelsonYannick Nézet-Séguin*Mirga Grazinyte-TylaSir Roger NorringtonGianandrea NosedaSakari OramoSir Antonio PappanoMurray PerahiaLibor PesekTrevor PinnockJean-Bernard PommierGeorges Prêtres †Msistlav Rostropovich†Gennadi RozhdestvenskyJukka-Pekka SarasteSir András Schiff*Heinrich SchiffAlexander Schneider †Oscar Shumsky †Sir Georg Solti †Anu TaliRobin TicciatiMichael Tilson-ThomasOsmo VänskäEdo de WaartSandor Vegh †Ryan WigglesworthThomas ZehetmairJaap van Zweden
Soloists
The COE has also performed with many world-class soloists and directors. Please click on the thumbnails to find out more about their impressions of the COE.
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Pianist
Emanuel Ax, Pianist
Lisa Batiashvili, Violinist
Joshua Bell, Violinist
Renaud Capuçon, Violinist
Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano
Isabelle Faust, Violinist
Janine Jansen, Violinist
Patricia Kopatchinskaya, Violinist
Alisa Weilerstein, Cellist
- SoloistsPierre-Laurent AimardSalvatore AccardoPiotr AnderszewskiLeif Ove AndsnesNicholas AngelichAnna Caterina AntonacciMartha ArgerichYulianna AvdeevaEmanuel AxJuliane BanseOlaf BärCecilia BartoliYuri BashmetLisa BatiashviliKathleen BattleDaniel BehleHildegard Behrens †Joshua BellRoberto BenigniKristian BezuidenhoutStephen Bishop-KovacevichKolja BlacherBarbara BonneyFlorian BöschIan BostridgeMaurice BourgueFrank BraleyKlaus Maria BrandauerGuy BraunsteinJulian BreamMichelle BreedtAlfred BrendelAngela BrowerMonserrat CaballeBruno CaninoGautier CapuçonRenaud CapuçonKaren CargillGianluca CascioliIldebrando d'ArcangeloBernard d'AscoliDiana DamrauEnzo DaraAnnette DaschSteve DavislimMichele deYoungJoyce DiDonatoPlacido DomingoVeronika EberleJames EhnesMojca ErdmannMaria EwingIsabelle FaustBernarda FinkGerald FinleyJulia FischerDietrich Fisher-Diskau†Renee FlemingMartin FröstLucio GalloSir James GalwayRobert GambillDavid GarrettCecilia GasdiaChristian GerhaherAlban GerhardtRodney GilfryMatthias GoerneHélène GrimaudTatiana GrindenkoAndreas GroethuysenEdita GruberovaWerner GüraNatalia GutmanFriedrich Gulda †Clemens HagenHilary HahnThomas HampsonBarbara HendricksRolf HindRobert HollHeinz HolligerWolfgang HolzmairDaniel HopeAlina IbragimovaSoile IsokoskiSteven IsserlisAlexander JaniczekJanine JansenDarren JeffreyDella JonesIsabelle KabatuCyprien KatsarisChristiane KargLeonidas KavakosSimon KeenlysideRalph KirshbaumEvgeny KissinZoltan Kocsis †Patricia KopatchinskayaAnu KomsiMagdalena KozenaGidon KremerElisabeth KulmanPekka KuusistoKatia and Marielle LabèqueSergei LeiferkursFrançois LeleuxJonathan LemaluPeter LikaJohn LillMarjana LipovsekHerbert LippertJan LisieckiAlexander LonquichFrank LeopardoLouis LortieRadu LupuOleg MaisenbergMischa MaiskyCharlotte MargionoAnthony MarwoodDenis MatsuevSally MatthewsKarita MattilaSylvia McNairWaltrud MeierSabine MeyerAlastair MilesShlomo MinzJohannes MoserRegula MühlemannDaniel Müller-SchottHanno Müller-BrachmannViktoria MullovaAnn MurrayAnne-Sophie MutterGeorg NiglJessye NormanGerhardt OppitzLuba OrgonasovaAlice-Sara OttCécile OussetEmmanuel PahudLuciano Pavarotti †Murray PerahiaMiklós PerényiMiah PerssonMichele PertusiFrancesco PiemontesiMaria Joao PiresLuca PisaroniAdam PlachetkaMikhail PletnevAlina PogotskinaLaszlo PolgarMaurizio PolliniChristian PolteraJean-Bernard PommierMargaret Price †Anna ProhaskaJosef ProtschkaThomas QuasthoffJean-Guihen QueyrasFlorence QuivarJulian RachlinRuggero RaimondiSamuel RameyMarina RebekaKatia RicciarelliAnna Lucia RichterAmanda RoocroftMstislav Rostropovich†Matti SalminenAdelina ScarabelliMichael SchadeChristine SchäferSir András Schiff*Heinrich Schiff †Franz-Josef SeligRudolf Serkin †Boje SkovhusBaiba SkrideLauma SkrideValeriy SokolovToby SpenceJean-Louis SteuermanTamara StefanovichCheryl StuderBarbara SukovaAkiko SuwanaiAntoine TamestitDame Kiri Te KanawaSir Bryn TerfelLucia Valentina TerraniChristian TetzlaffTorleif TehdeenJean-Yves ThibaudetNobuyuki TsujiiSarah TynanMitsuko UchidaVioletta UrmanaOsmo VänskäRolando VillazonGalina VishnevskayaStefan VladarLars VogtElizabeth von MagnusAnne-Sofie von OtterFrederika von StadeDeon van der WaltYuja WangAlisa WeilersteinEva-Maria WestbroekCaroline WidmannOliver WidmerSonya YonchevaThomas ZehetmairRuth ZiesakFrank-Peter ZimmermannTabea ZimmermannJohannette ZomerJacques Zoon