ECCO Concert 2026
The twentieth edition of the European Contemporary Composers Orchestra (ECCO) Concert took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 10 October 2026 at Koncertkirken Blågårds Plads.
During the ECCO Concert, the Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, under the direction of Susanne Blumenthal, performed the following works live:
- Anna Arkushyna (Ukraine) – Let Nobody but the Room
- Adrian Mocanu (Ukraine) – Kiovia: esplorazioni delle tenebre
- Balázs Horváth (Hungarian Composer Union, Hungary) – quasi ciaccona metrica
- Sophie Lacaze (SNAC, France) – Enough has been said
- Otto Nuoranne (Society of Finnish Composers, Finland) – Vinous
- Joss Smith (Danish Composers’ Society, Denmark) – Buttons Down the Back
This edition was organised with the support of Creative Europe, and in partnership with Kyiv Contemporary Music Days (KCMD) and dissemination partner Art Music Denmark.
The programme was selected by the ECCO Steering Committee, composed of Niilo Tarnanen, ECCO Chair (Finland / Society of Finnish Composers), Dušan Bavdek (Slovenia / Society of Slovene Composers), Irina Hasnaș (Romania / Union of Composers and Musicologists of Romania), and Pierre Thilloy (France / UNAC), together with Albert Saprykin and Kateryna Alymova (Ukraine / Kyiv Contemporary Music Days) and Mats Iversen Vangen (Denmark / Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen).
The call attracted a total of 146 applications. The full ECCO Call for Works 2026, including detailed information on the submission process, eligibility criteria, and selection procedure, can be consulted here.
We would like to sincerely thank all composers who submitted their work.
ECCO is ECSA’s flagship project for contemporary art music, dedicated to showcasing outstanding contemporary repertoire, promoting European composers, and fostering cross-border artistic collaboration.
Picture by Mats Iversen Vangen
