The 2026–2027 Art Season in Our Orchestras

THE 2026–2027 ARTISTIC SEASON IN OUR ORCHESTRAS

To all our esteemed artist members serving in the State Symphony Orchestras,

Law No. 6940 and the related regulation secure a principle of the utmost importance for the artistic autonomy of the State Symphony Orchestras: they grant artists the right to a say in the governance of their institutions and leave the authority to determine managers to the will of the "General Assembly".

In line with this legal framework, the Executive Board elections recently held in six of our orchestras have determined the full and substitute board members who will serve in the 2026–2027 artistic season.

First of all, we thank our esteemed artists who have until now carried out these duties with great devotion — while deprived of the financial rights provided for in the said law and enjoyed in comparable art institutions. Our union has filed suit for these rights to be granted and is continuing its legal struggle.

We sincerely congratulate all our artists elected to the Executive Boards for the new term; we trust that they will preserve and advance the artistic standard and autonomy of the State Symphony Orchestras, their accumulated institutional culture, and artists' personnel rights, and we wish them success in their duties.

As the Culture Workers' Union, we believe it is vitally important to protect the autonomous structure of art institutions and to keep artists' democratic will alive. As always, our union will continue to stand by our members and to provide the necessary support, on legal and institutional ground, in the face of any problem that may arise.

We believe we will work together so that our art institutions can build a strong, free future rooted in solidarity.

Respectfully,

Culture Workers' Union Executive Board