In an official statement of the regional government of Lower Austria, Governor Dr. Erwin Pröll confirmed that Grafenegg aspires to become the new seat of the European Youth Orchestra. With its international festival, Grafenegg « has established itself as a first class cultural city », Pröll said. The European Union Youth Orchestra has its summer residence in Grafenegg since 2014. The orchestra’s seat is curently in London, and after the Brexit, it will have to move back in the EU.
