Lukas Karytinos, Alexandra Conunova and Hannah Jiwon Kim

Opening concert of the artistic period 2026-2027
Beethoven year

Thu. 08 October 2026 20:30

Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall

Conductor Loukas Karytinos stands at the center with baton raised, joined by a smiling cellist on the left and a violinist in a red dress on the right. The three musicians are posed together in a warmly lit concert hall with a dark theatrical background.

2026-2027 artistic period starts with the glory corresponding to an opening concert in which the Athens State Orchestra, under the baton of its artistic director, Lukas Karytinos, and in collaboration with two internationally renown, young and repeatedly distinguished soloists, presents important symphonic works of the 19th and the 20th century. What all of such works have in common is that their composers chose to align with their times’ avant-garde: Beethoven consciously changed the tide of music history in every single key; young Saint-Saëns followed Liszt's and Wagner’s aesthetic ideals, while Shostakovich expressed the 20th century’s outbreaks and tragedies so vividly as few others did.

Event Programme

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Violin concerto in D major, Op. 61

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Cello concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70

Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall

Ticket price: 35€, 25€, 20€, 15€ and 10€ (concessions)

At 19:30 an introductory speech will be held for ticket holders.