Residency

Residency at the Kvarner Festival, organised by Sustainable EEEMERGING and invited by festival director Michael Fender.

DANCING MAY Medieval Songs and Dances Across Europe.

Concert at the American Gardens in Opatija. Organised by the Kvarner Festival.

DANCING MAY Medieval Songs and Dances Across Europe.

Concert at the American Gardens in Opatija. Organised by the Kvarner Festival and Sustainable EEEMERGING.

DANCING MAY Medieval Songs and Dances Across Europe.

Private concert – sold out.

Anabiosis: Medieval and Traditional Music of Cyprus

Private concert – sold out.

Whispers of the Sibyls

Concert at the festival Harmonies Somnabules in France.

Medieval Music in the Dales

The 2026 Festival goes to the margins of medieval music-making… different cultures, different influences, different identities. We are performing twice and give a workshop on irregular meters in Cypriot traditional music. Check out the program of the festival:

Anabiosis: Medieval and Traditional Music of Cyprus

Situated between the Eastern Mediterranean and the Western world, Cyprus has been shaped over centuries by diverse musical and cultural influences, converging ancient rituals, with Byzantine and medieval traditions. These elements coexist as traces within the island’s soundscape, forming a continuum in which older practices are preserved, transformed, and recontextualized across time. Anabiosis (“revival” in Cypriot Greek) reflects this enduring continuity and highlights the island’s rich and beautiful musical heritage.

Sibil•la / Idrîsî / Wandering Pipers

A joined concert of three ensembles during the Medieval Music in the Dales with wonderful Idrîsî Ensemble and Wandering Pipers.

Sibil•la / Idrîsî / Wandering Pipers

A joined concert of three ensembles during the Medieval Music in the Dales with wonderful Idrîsî Ensemble and Wandering Pipers.

Whispers of the Sibyls

We continue our collaboration with Muze van Zuid, celebrating the Dutch premiere of our enchanting project ‘Whispers of the Sibyls’. The music and poignant poetry of medieval women come alive once more in the vibrant heart of Amsterdam Zuid.

Whispers of the Sibyls

A new collaboration with musicologist and academic Saskia Törnqvist, initiated by the Schiermonnikoog Festival, connects music and story telling and marks a new step in our mission of sharing medieval music

Whispers of the Sibyls

A new collaboration with musicologist and academic Saskia Törnqvist, initiated by the Schiermonnikoog Festival, connects music and story telling and marks a new step in our mission of sharing medieval music

Residency

Residency at the Athens Conservatory, organised by Sustainable EEEMERGING and invited by Dr Menelaos-Dimitris Kountouras.

DANCING MAY Medieval Songs and Dances Across Europe.

Closing concert of the Festival Vivat Curlandia!

Organised by Riga Early Music Centre (Rīgas Senās mūzikas centrs) and Sustainable EEEMERGING.

Residency

Residency at the Bauska castle in Riga Early Music Centre (Rīgas Senās mūzikas centrs), organised by Sustainable EEEMERGING.

Hildegard von Bingen

In collaboration with Wonderfeel Festival, we create a new program with music by Hildegard von Bingen and improvisations inspired by her philosophical thoughts and human’s connection of nature.

DANCING MAY Medieval Songs and Dances Across Europe.

Organised by International Music Festival Concentus Moraviae in Czech Republic and Eeemerging.

DANCING MAY Medieval Songs and Dances Across Europe.

Music on a Bicycle is organised by International Music Festival Concentus Moraviae in Czech Republic and Eeemerging. Our concert on June 13 concludes our residency at the festival.

Residency

Residency at the International Music Festival Concentus Moraviae, organised by EEEMERGING.

Music on a Bicycle is organised by International Music Festival Concentus Moraviae in Czech Republic and Eeemerging. Our concert on June 13 features 14th-century dances and concludes our residency at the festival.

Viriditas

In collaboration with Musica Antiqua Nova, we present our debut album Viriditas, featuring 12th and 13th century chants and secular songs inspired by the power of nature. Each piece is centred around the concept of Viriditas (‘greenness’), which symbolises the vibrant, life-giving energy that permeates the natural world and the essence of greenness and flora.

Viriditas

The concert presents 12th and 13th century chants and secular songs from Germany, Spain, France and Cyprus. Each piece is centred around the concept of Viriditas, which symbolises the vibrant, life-giving energy that permeates the natural world and the essence of greenness and flora.

Private concert

Echoes of Holland

In collaboration with the Muze van Zuid Festival, we developed the program “Echoes of Holland”, which focuses on new, medieval and Renaissance music from the Netherlands, inspired by the writings of the 13th-century Dutch mystic Hadewijch van Brabant. The program will present works by Hadewijch, Christian Hollander and Carolus Souliert, alongside Dutch medieval and traditional songs. To bridge past and present, the ensemble will incorporate contemporary works by Dutch and Netherlands-based composers, including: Louis Andriessen, Yannis Kyriakides and Amarante Nat.

In this project, we invited hurdy-gurdy player Sanne van Gent and Giuseppe Doronzo, who also plays the Iranian bagpipe, Chinese hulusi, Albanian longar double flute, xaphoon and saxophone!

Medieval Music Workshops

In collaboration with Muze van Zuid and Taalhuis Amsterdam, we give workshops to children. We introduce them to medieval music and medieval instruments through stories, collaborative and interactive games, and we teach them medieval songs.

ANABIOSIS: Medieval and Traditional Music of Cyprus

As the ensemble is residence in Muze van Zuid, we present a concert dedicated to the music of Cyprus, highlighting the island’s rich and beautiful musical traditions. This program will include medieval Cypriot music from the Franco-Cypriot Codex MS Turin J.II.9, traditional songs and dances.

In this project, we invited Iranian oud player Sepand Dadbeh to join our team!

Viriditas

In collaboration with Nicolaasconcerten, we will present our debut album Viriditas that combines 12th and 13th century chants and secular songs from Germany, Spain, France and Cyprus. Each piece is centred around the concept of Viriditas, which symbolises the vibrant, life-giving energy that permeates the natural world and the essence of greenness and flora.

Φύση, Λατρεία και Θείο (Nature, Worship and the Divine)

As part of the Festival of Sacred Music, the European medieval music ensemble Sibil•la Ensemble collaborates with distinguished composers and musicians from Greece and Cyprus. With a strong emphasis on the Divine, human passion, and the need for transcendence, a musical ritual emerges—uniting medieval and contemporary music on historical instruments. The performance draws inspiration from the relationship between Nature and the Divine, as reflected in medieval musical traditions of both the West and the East.

Works by Yannis Kyriakides, Angelos Mastrantonis, and Yiannis Panayiotou have been commissioned by the ensemble in collaboration with the Greek National Opera, while Aspasia Nasopoulou’s work has been specially adapted for the group.

La Maquina ft. Sibil•la Ensemble

Our ensemble joins forces with percussion group La Maquina for a performance in The Grey Space in the Middle. La Maquina is a percussion ensemble founded and directed by our percussionist Ivan Gianakis, based on improvised music through a system of more than 150 signs.

Viriditas

In collaboration with The Royal Conservatory of The Hague and Domkerk, we introduce our album Viriditas to Conservatoriumserie: van muziektalent naar professional, students, professors, and the audiences of the beautiful Domkerk.

Van Hasselt Lecture | Peter Railton: Sharing a world with Artificially-intelligent agents

We accompany the keynote speaker Peter Railton, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, contrasting the development of AI with medieval songs about humanism.

The Van Hasselt lecture is organised jointly by the department Values, Technology and Innovation of the Faculty of Technology, Policy & Management and Studium Generale TU Delft.

‘Direct Orient’ Book Presentation by Dr. Eleni Kefala

In the corners of Athens, we perform medieval and Renaissance music to accompany the poetry from the latest book Direct Orient by Dr. Eleni Kefala, a distinguished poet and academic from Cyprus.

“Poetry set against the backdrop of Greek and world literature, where the rhythms, textures, and colors of the Epic of Gilgamesh are interwoven with those of Renaissance poetry from Cyprus and Crete, while detective fiction meets folk songs and the ancient women poets.” – Eleni Kefala

Online

‘Music Heritage Perspectives’ Podcast Premiere

In this podcast, we join forces with Imagine Heritage speaker Spyridon St. Kogkas to delve into the dimensions of Music Heritage and the lasting influence of ancient sounds in modern days.

Viriditas in ‘Dutch Audio Event’

Dutch Audio Event is the biggest show about high-end audio in the Netherlands. Together with TRPTK, Grimm Audio, and Terrason Audio, we create an event presenting our debut album, including a performance, film screening, and Q&A session with Brendon Heinst, TRPTK founder, and senior recording engineer.

Viriditas

A year after recording Viriditas in Westerkerk, we return to perform chants and secular songs about the power of nature. Join us in the beautiful city of Enkhuizen for a concert in this 15th-century monument. Admission is free!

Journey in Time: Ancient, Medieval and Traditional music of Cyprus

Sibil•la Ensemble, together with Cypriot and Greek musicians, connects different periods and aesthetic trends from the history of Cyprus. The program combines songs from ancient Cypriot ceremonies, medieval songs from the Codex of Cyprus, and traditional music that survives to this day.

Release concert: Viriditas

The release concert of Viriditas by the Sibil•la Ensemble combines medieval music with modern architecture, offering a new way of listening through the geometrical design and light of the Pastoor van Arskerk. The concert presents 12th and 13th century chants and secular songs from Germany, Spain, France and Cyprus. Each piece is centred around the concept of Viriditas, which symbolises the vibrant, life-giving energy that permeates the natural world and the essence of greenness and flora.

Viriditas X

In this new collaboration with the New European Bauhaus Festival, we present part of our album Viriditas featuring sound artists Pedro Latas and Alem (Alex Mastichiadis), along with their compositions. The performance blends medieval chants and secular songs that celebrate the force of nature with avant-garde electronic soundscapes.