Late Night with the Athens State Orchestra

Fri. 16 October 2026 22:00

Megaron the Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall

Three Athens State Orchestra musicians pose together inside an elegant concert hall. The conductor stands on the left with a raised baton, the oud soloist is at the centre holding his instrument, and the trumpeter stands on the right holding his trumpet. Warm theatrical lighting and the grand concert hall setting create the impression of a single professionally photographed ensemble.

Last year’s attempt to have a concert later than the usual featuring a repertoire in a more… “nighttime” mood, was truly successful; so, this year, in response to the requests of our loyal audience, we are attempting something similar. Marcel Khalife’s concert shall assign for the first time in our history the soloist role to the oud, performed by the Greek master, Alekos Vretos. Exotic tone colors also prevail in the Venezuelan trumpeter Pacho Flores’s performance of a work of his own. The concert, conducted by Panagiotis Diamantis, an active figure within and outside the Greek borders, closes with the overwhelming Latin music rhythms of the Argentinean Alberto Jinastera’s Dances.

Event Programme

ALEXANDER ARUTYUNYAN (1920-2012)
Trumpet concerto in A-flat major

PACHO FLORES
Cantos y Revueltas

MARCEL KHALIFE (b. 1950)
Excerpts from suite “Al Andalus” for oud and orchestra

ALBERTO GINASTERA (1916-1983)
Dances from Estancia, Op. 8a

Megaron the Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall

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