Attending were Chairman of the Academy of Sciences of Albania, acad. Skender Gjinushi, vice-Chairman, acad. Vasil Tole, members of the Leading Board of the Academy of Sciences, well-known artists and instrumentalists and music students.

Eno Koço, son of musicians Kristo Koço and Tefta Tashko, narrated his journey on the path of music. He started studying violin at the age of 7 at the Artistic High School of Tirana, later in Leningrad, and then graduated from the Higher Institute of Arts of Tirana in 1966. After completing his conducting studies in 1977, he was appointed conductor of the Symphonic Orchestra of the Albanian Radio-Television. Later on, he conducted the Cairo Symphony Orchestra in Egypt (1986) and was attached to the RAI Orchestra and the Turin Regio Opera (1989).

Eno Koço talked also about his life between England and Albania, since 1992, with a rich activity as a conductor, musicologist and professor.

During this event, there were also discussed on the Albanian and English publications in the field of musicology, such as the treatise “Orchestration”, in collaboration with Gjon Simoni, and the books “Tefta Tashko Koço and her time”, “Lyric Albanian civic song in the 1930s”, “Song characteristic of Korça, “The Albanian Urban Lyric Song in the 1930s”, and others.

Eno Koço holds a doctorate in philosophy (earned at the University of Leeds, 1998), with the topic “Albanian civic lyric song in the 1930s” and the title of associate professor granted by the Tirana Academy of Arts (2005)./p.s./