Europasinfonie

The Idea

What would it sound like if all of Europe played together?

Not in the same city. Not over a recording. But live — in real time — with musicians from twelve countries performing simultaneously as a single ensemble.

In June 2027, that question will be answered. Ten orchestras and two choirs from twelve European countries will perform together at Messe Dresden, connected over Europe’s scientific fibre-optic network. Each ensemble visible and audible to the others in real time, conducted together by a single baton.

The result is not a broadcast. It is a concert — with all the magic, that a live performance brings.

On the night of the concert, sixty-two string players of the Dresdner Sinfoniker perform on stage in Dresden. Simultaneously, from ten other cities across Europe — the clarinets from Athens, the horns from Pécs, the choirs from Salzburg and Brno — musicians play live in their home venues, connected over ultra-fast scientific networks despite distances of up to 2,200 kilometres. Their sound and image arrive in Dresden in real time, projected life-size on stage alongside the orchestra. The audience experiences a complete symphony orchestra with choir — optically and acoustically united across a continent.

12 Countries — 125+ Musicians — 3 Years of development — 500,000+ Expected Livestream Reach

The People Behind the Project

Europasinfonie is an initiative of the Dresdner Sinfoniker, based in Dresden, Germany — one of Europe’s most distinctive and internationally active orchestral ensembles, recognised with the ECHO Klassik award and the UNESCO Special Prize Welthorizont. With projects ranging from the world’s first remote-conducted concert in 2008 to a transcontinental real-time performance linking three continents in 2025, the Sinfoniker have spent 25 years pioneering precisely the format Europasinfonie now scales to a pan-European level.

Europasinfonie brings together twelve of Europe’s leading orchestral institutions — national flagship orchestras, internationally acclaimed choirs, and ensembles with centuries of combined musical tradition. Each contributes one instrumental or choral ensemble to the distributed orchestra.

Germany — Dresden
Dresdner Sinfoniker
String Orchestra

Greece — Athens
Athens State Orchestra
Clarinets

Serbia — Belgrade
No Borders Orchestra
Trumpets

Belgium — Brussels
Brussels Philharmonic
Percussion

Czech Republic — Brno
Czech Philharmonic Choir
Chamber Choir

Italy — Milan
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
Flutes

Spain — Madrid
Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid
Bassoons

Hungary — Pécs
Pannon Philharmonic
French Horns

Austria — Salzburg
Mozarteum Lab Choir
Chamber Choir

Estonia — Tallinn
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Tuba & Trombones

Poland — Warsaw
Sinfonia Varsovia
Oboes

United Kingdom
Partner and location to be announced
Piano/Celesta & Harp

Contact

Markus Rindt | rindt@dresdner-sinfoniker.de
Artistic Director Dresdner Sinfoniker

Therese Menzel | menzel@dresdner-sinfoniker.de
Managing Director Dresdner Sinfoniker

Benjamin Deiß | deiss@dresdner-sinfoniker.de
Partnership Opportunities Europasinfonie

Markus Rindt

Artistic Director

Markus Rindt founded the Dresdner Sinfoniker in 1996 and has led the ensemble ever since as its artistic and organisational director. Under his leadership, the Sinfoniker have become known internationally for projects that push the boundaries of orchestral music — in terms of repertoire, form, and context. His productions have taken the ensemble to stages from Riyadh to the US-Mexico border, earning international recognition including the ECHO Klassik and the UNESCO Special Prize Welthorizont.

Sarah Willis

Concert Host

Sarah Willis is a hornist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, presenter of the internationally acclaimed television series Sarah’s Music, and a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). With her rare combination of top-level musicianship and natural ease in front of the camera — having interviewed Gustavo Dudamel, Sir Simon Rattle, and John Adams, among others — she brings Europasinfonie to audiences far beyond the concert hall.

Andrea Molino

Conductor

Andrea Molino is one of Europe’s most versatile conductors, with a career spanning opera, concert music, and interdisciplinary productions across three continents. He has led orchestras including the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Staatskapelle Dresden, and ensembles in Asia and the Americas. His particular expertise in projects at the intersection of music and technology makes him an ideal partner for Europasinfonie.

Our Artistic Partners in more Detail

Funding and Institutional Support

Europasinfonie has received a Creative Europe grant of €1.3 million from the European Commission — one of the programme’s significant investments in transnational cultural innovation. This grant represents both financial support and an institutional endorsement of the project’s European significance.

The project’s proof-of-concept phase was supported by the Allianz Foundation, whose funding enabled the first cross-border real-time ensemble tests in 2023, confirming that what Europasinfonie proposes is technically achievable.