Tribute to Odysseas Dimitriadis

20 years from the death of Odysseas Dimitriadis

Fri. 06 March 2026 20:30

ATHENS CONSERVATOIRE

The Athens State Orchestra honors the memory of the great conductor Odysseas Dimitriadis with a concert - tribute to his long and manifold career. From the podium of the Bolshoi to the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Dimitriadis stamped his work on the 20th century as a composer, arranger and conductor of international prestige. With 19 appearances on the podium of the Athens State Orchestra, he contributed decisively to the presentation of important works of the Russian and Greek repertoire. The concert also includes his orchestration of “Samiotissa”, paying a musical tribute to an emblematic figure.

Event Programme

ODYSSEAS DIMITRIADIS (1908-2005)
“Samiotissa” for strings

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)
Aleko’s cavatina, from the opera “Aleko”

ALEXANDER BORODIN (1833-1887)
Overture to the opera “Prince Igor” (completed by Alexander Glazunov)
Prince Igor’s aria from the second act of the homonymous opera

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
“Polonaise” from the opera “Eugene Onegin”

ZACHARIA PALIASHVILI (1871-1933)
Overture to the opera “Daisi” (“Sunset”)

MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
Excerpts from the opera “Boris Godunov”:
Act I, scene 2, the “Coronation scene”
Act II, “Boris’s Monologue”
Prelude – Dawn over the Moskva River, from the opera “Khovanshchina”
Excerpt from the opera “Boris Godunov”: Act IV, scene 2, the “Death scene”

ATHENS CONSERVATOIRE

Ticket price: 25€, 20€, 15€, 8€ (concessions)

Before the concert, an introductory speech is held by Dr. Christos Kolovos, Musicologist and Conductor.

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