Unity in Diversity

The music reflects social events, religious rites, economic conditions, and significant historical occurrences that are integral to the DNA of European identity.

The ensemble, in collaboration with European concert halls and festivals, invites singers and lute players from diverse cultural and musical backgrounds. They organize performances, workshops, and lectures with a group of six musicians. There is also room for dialogue and experimentation in the search for a common language.

The pear-shaped lute and cittern, accompanied by singing, symbolically reference Apollo, the mythological god of poetry and music. They represent beauty, melancholy, and harmony. Throughout Europe's rich history, the instrument has taken on numerous morphological forms: from the Greek Bouzouki, Balkan tambura, Neapolitan mandolin, English cittern, and Portuguese guitar to the lute, chitarrone, and theorbo families of Central and Northern Europe. Turkish instruments like the saz and Arabic oud are also part of the European musical heritage. This versatility is reflected in its unity, much like in a polytextual motet where different stories address the same subject. The underlying motivation is mutual understanding, seen as a fortunate condition for coexistence in an era of fatalism, uniformity, and fragmentation.