Artists & projects

The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (the royal orchestra of Flanders) is the symphony orchestra of Flanders and Belgium, with the world-renowned Queen Elisabeth Hall as its home base. As Cultural Ambassador of Flanders the orchestra will tour Germany, Austria and Slovenia in autumn 2024 with conductor Shiyeon Sung and soloists Bomsori Kim, Mariam Batsashvili and Nikolai Tokarev.

The Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE) was founded in 1981 by a group of young musicians who became acquainted as part of the European Community Youth Orchestra (now EUYO). There are now about 60 members of the COE (including a dozen founding members), who pursue parallel careers as principals or section leaders of nationally-based orchestras, as eminent chamber musicians, and as tutors of music.