ECCO Concert & Kyiv Contemporary Music Days

ATHELAS invites you to a concert presenting six compelling examples of what is happening in European contemporary music today, expressed through the voices of composers from Ukraine, Hungary, France, Finland, and Denmark. Join us for an evening at Koncertkirken where Europe’s contemporary music converges, challenges, and inspires.

The ECCO Concert is the flagship project of the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) for contemporary art music.

The programme will be performed by Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen under the direction of conductor Susanne Blumenthal and features six works selected from 146 submissions from across Europe. Audiences can look forward to a musical journey through diverse sound worlds, aesthetic approaches, and artistic perspectives.

Programme
• Anna Arkushyna (Ukraine) – Let Nobody but the Room
• Adrian Mocanu (Ukraine) – Kiovia: esplorazioni delle tenebre
• Balázs Horváth (Hungary) – quasi ciaccona metrica
• Sophie Lacaze (France) – Enough has been said
• Otto Nuoranne (Finland) – Vinous
• Joss Smith (Denmark) – Buttons Down the Back

The concert showcases both established and emerging compositional voices from across Europe, offering a unique insight into the international contemporary music scene today.

ECCO 2026 is organised by ECSA with the support of Creative Europe, in partnership with Kyiv Contemporary Music Days and Art Music Denmark.

Athelas is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation, the Danish Ministry of Culture, the Beckett Foundation, Knud Højgaard’s Foundation, the Louis-Hansen Foundation, William Demant Fund and the Danish Tennis Foundation.