1. Recordings

2. Honorary Members

3. See also

4. References

5. External links

The Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE), established in 1981, is administratively based in London. The orchestra comprises about 60 members coming from across Europe. The players pursue parallel careers as international soloists, members of eminent chamber groups, and as tutors and professors of music. The orchestra receives substantial support from the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and the Underwood Trust;^[1] they have no single home resident hall and no appointed resident conductor. The orchestra is a registered charity under English law.^[2]

The idea for the COE came from musicians in the European Community Youth Orchestra, from members who were past the age limit for the ECYO and who wanted to continue working together in a chamber orchestra context. The founding members included the oboist Douglas Boyd, who served as the COE's principal oboist from 1981 to 2002. Over the years the COE has developed strong relationships with the late Claudio Abbado, Bernard Haitink and the late Nikolaus Harnoncourt, together with Thomas Adès, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Emanuel Ax, Lisa Batiashvili, Joshua Bell, the late Paavo Berglund, Renaud Capuçon and Gautier Capuçon, Isabelle Faust, Janine Jansen, Vladimir Jurowski, Leonidas Kavakos, Radu Lupu, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sakari Oramo, Murray Perahia, Maria João Pires, Sir András Schiff and Rolando Villazon.

The COE performs regularly in the major cities of Europe, with occasional visits to the United States, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia. The COE has strong links with the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the styriarte festival in Graz, the Lucerne Festival, as well as the Kölner Philharmonie (de) in Cologne, the Philharmonie de Paris and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. From 2007 to 2013, the COE was appointed Cultural Ambassador by the European Union in its Culture Programme. The COE created the COE Academy in 2009 in order to provide opportunities to gifted music students to study with COE musicians.

Recordings

The orchestra has made over 250 commercial recordings for all the major recording companies with various conductors, including the late Claudio Abbado,^[3] the late Paavo Berglund,^[4] Nikolaus Harnoncourt,^[5][6] and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The orchestra has won a number of prizes for its recordings including three Gramophone Awards for the Record of the Year and two Grammys. The COE was the first Orchestra to create its own label, “COE Records”, in association with ASV Records, now distributed by Sanctuary/Universal Music.

Honorary Members

The orchestra has awarded honorary membership to selected special collaborators; Nikolaus and Alice Harnoncourt, Bernard Haitink, Sir Andras Schiff & Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

See also

• European Union Baroque Orchestra
• European Union Youth Orchestra

References

External links

• Chamber Orchestra of Europe website

• The E.N.D. Tour
• The E.N.D Tour
• The End (TV programme)
• The Enduring Chill
• The Enduring Flame Trilogy
• The E.N.D. Volume 2
• The End World Tour
• The end world tour
• The E.N.D. World Tour
• The Eneados
• The Enemies Dance (Ancestors Album)
• The Enemies of Energy
• The Enemies of Energy (Kurt Rosenwinkel Album)
• The Enemy (1927 film)
• The Enemy (1970s band)
• The Enemy (1979 film)
• The Enemy (1980s band)
• The Enemy (2000s band)
• The Enemy (Bagley novel)
• The Enemy Chorus
• The Enemy (English band)
• The Enemy (film)
• The Enemy from Space
• The Enemy (Higson novel)
• The Enemy (Novel by Charlie Higson)