ESOF '26 - Coimbra

Coimbra – Portugal

26/03/2026 – 29/03/2026

The 2026 edition of the European Student Orchestra Festival takes us to Coimbra in Portugal and will be hosted by the Orquestra Académica da Universidade de Coimbra!

Musical Programme

26 Mar 2026

21:30

Convento São Francisco – Antiga Igreja

Opening Concert
Orquestra Académica da Universidade de Coimbra

Josephina Vaz Monteiro — Miniaturas Orquestrais (Folha d’Era, Nocturno)
David Sousa — Rapsódia Eslava
Luís de Freitas Branco — Paraísos Artificiais
Joly Braga Santos — Variações sobre um Tema Alentejano
27 Mar 2026

21:00

Teatro Académico de Gil Vicente

Sinfonietta of Leuphana University Lüneburg

Emilie Mayer — Symphony No. 1 in C minor

Leipziger Universitätsorchester

Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
28 Mar 2026

17:30

Teatro Académico de Gil Vicente

Orchestre Universitaire de Strasbourg
Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82
Béla Bartók — Dance Suite

21:00

Teatro Académico de Gil Vicente

Orchestre Symphonique Étudiant de Toulouse
Antonín Dvořák — Slavonic Dance No. 6, Op. 46
Léo Delibes — Prélude and Mazurka from Coppélia
Alexander Borodin — Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Edvard Grieg — Symphonic Dance No. 1, Op. 64
Antonín Dvořák — Polonaise (Act II) from Rusalka
Arturo Márquez — Danzón No. 2
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Trepak from The Nutcracker

Meet the team

Inês Sequeira (Coordinador)
Joana Sayal (Vice-Coordinador)
André Granjo (Conductor)
Henrique Martins (Treasurer)
Tiago Rodrigues (Logistics)
Leonor Lopes (Logistics)
Ricardo Peres (Logistics)
Sara Rodrigues (Logistics)
André Rocha (Logistics) 
Beatriz Veiga (Logistics)
Irina Vieira (Logistics)
Paulo Lopes (Logistics)
Ana Magno (Logistics)

If we all end up in prison one day for illegal music downloads, I can only hope that they divide us by music genres.