Programme

Orchestre
Pl ce
de l’Europe

Echternach, Trifolion, Echternach, Luxembourg
Sun
Benjamin Schäfer conducting the Orchestre Place de l'Europe
©: Alfonso Salgueiro

What you’ll hear and see

The music

  • Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
  • George Gershwin Cuban Overture
  • Kay Westermann Konzert für Marimba und Orchester
  • Charles Ives Variations on «America» (arr. William Schuman)
  • George Gershwin An American in Paris (arr. Frank Campbell-Watson)

The artists

  • Orchestre Place de l’Europe
  • Benjamin Schäfer conducting
  • Jan Westermann percussion

5 years of sharing the same passion for music

In 2021, the Philharmonie created its civic orchestra, the Orchestre Place de l’Europe. Five years later, the musicians have built up a real community that is constantly evolving and pushing back its boundaries, under the guidance of their maestro Benjamin Schäfer. They begin the year of their 5th anniversary by an unmissable concert in Echternach’s Trifolion. It may inspire you to join them…

Details

  • Date Sunday 25.01.26
  • Time 17:00
  • Duration 120
  • Venue Echternach, Trifolion, Echternach, Luxembourg

Meet the Orchestre Place de l'Europe

The Philharmonie’s civic orchestra has been opening hearts and minds to the beauty of music since 2022

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The Orchestre Place de l'Europe on the Grand Auditorium's stage