The AOIDE Symphony – sometimes also performing as “AOIDE Strings” or “AOIDE Winds” ensembles respectively – places the great opportunity we call “Europe as a Chance” into the perspective it deserves. Besides striving for standards of the highest artistic level, the symphony’s principal concern is to add more weight to this chance, instil it firmly in the hearts and minds of the people, inspire enthusiasm and ultimately illustrate that Europe can be a great deal more than merely a marriage of convenience: A wonderful place to live for more than five hundred million people.