For the first time in history, orchestral musicians from twelve European countries perform together in real time — not as a recording, but as a live, synchronous concert. Sixty-two string players of the Dresdner Sinfoniker take the stage in Dresden.
All other instrumental groups and two choirs perform live from their home cities across the continent — the clarinets from Athens, the percussionists from Brussels — connected over ultra-fast fibre optic networks despite distances of up to 2,200 kilometres.
Their sound and image are transmitted to Dresden in real time, where they appear life-size alongside the string orchestra on stage. The audience in Dresden experiences a complete symphony orchestra with choir, gathered across an entire continent. The concert is broadcast live to audiences worldwide.
Technical development, composers’ competition, and progressive testing across all partner locations. The real-time transmission technology is developed in collaboration with Prof. Alexander Carôt and Hochschule Anhalt, PxB Studios, and Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications.
June 2027 — Conductor Andrea Molino leads the main concert at MESSE DRESDEN, with simultaneous satellite events at partner venues across Europe. Live stream worldwide.
Documentation, knowledge transfer, and the establishment of a European network of low-latency studios at conservatories – empowering the next generation of composers and performers to collaborate across borders.
Where borders divide, music connects. Against the backdrop of a Europe under pressure, the Dresdner Sinfoniker respond with Europasinfonie: a concert for a continent and the European ideal of partnership. The project is a call for ongoing dialogue among all Europeans and a demonstration of European interconnectedness — technologically, artistically, and culturally. It is co-financed from tax funds based on the budget passed by the members of the Parliament of the Free State of Saxony.
12 World-Class Institutions — One Vision: From twelve locations across Europe, musicians from leading orchestras and choirs come together to form one virtual orchestra. Click on the locations to learn more!
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Europasinfonie is co-financed from tax funds based on the budget passed by the members of the Parliament of the Free State of Saxony.
