European Concert Hall Organisation - ECHO

The European Concert Hall organisation constitutes a platform for open exchange and for joint thinking on the opportunities, developments and shared challenges central to the lives of concert halls in the 21^st century. The ECHO member halls come together to learn from, and be inspired by each other and to initiate ambitious international shared initiatives.

As individual institutions the ECHO halls demonstrate huge variety – both artistically and organisationally – but what unites us is a shared ambition to present the highest quality performances to the widest possible audiences. All of the ECHO halls are producing institutions and demonstrate a high level of artistic integrity presenting a significant level of ‘own productions’ in the performance series we offer.

The ECHO members also stand for a constant reflection on our work and role as concert halls, on our relationships to our buildings, our artists, our audiences, our politics and our society.

ECHO meetings are divided into specialist working groups covering different areas of concert hall life and management. In addition to these internal events, ECHO also organises larger scale seminars open to colleagues from across the wider sector in Europe and beyond.

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