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The European Union Baroque Orchestra (EUBO) will perform in Kolarac concert hall in Belgrade on the 16th of July, Friday and with its performance will open the Belgrade Summer Festival (BELEF). This is the first time that the orchestra composed of young musicians from 12 countries will come to Serbia, being the 35th European country they perform in since the foundation of the Orchestra 25 years ago. The EUBO is a Cultural Ambassador for the EU, enjoying the founding of the European Commission’s Culture Programme.

Every year since its creation in 1985, EUBO has invited 100 talented young baroque musicians from across Europe to take part in one of the three-day audition courses. The 25 or so successful candidates, normally from up to 14 EU countries with an average age of approximately 25 years, then spend six months together, training, touring and performing throughout Europe and further afield under the world’s leading baroque specialists.

At the end of each year, the students of EUBO move on into the professional world and the whole process from audition to graduation begins again. EUBO has been so successful in its mission, that there are now former EUBO students in every major professional baroque ensemble in the world.

The orchestra will be conducted by its music director, renowned Danish harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen. These young and passionate players will perform works by Albinoni, Biber, Charpentier and Handel on original baroque instruments.

The concert is being organized within the two weeks long festival, BELEF and in cooperation with the non profit organization, called Association of Multimedia Artists AUROPOLIS, encouraging cultural activities of young people and the civil society.