The European Union Chamber Orchestra (EUCO) is a chamber orchestra with funding from the European Commission, founded in 1981 and initially known as the European Community Chamber Orchestra. [1] [2] [3]
The orchestra has toured worldwide and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. [1] It has performed with at that time debuting Peter Donohoe, Nikolai Demidenko, Amandine Savary, [4] Sheku Kanneh-Mason, and Tasmin Little. The orchestra has produced 18 CDs. [2]
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EUCO may be:
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