2024 06 21 Music day – 2024

production of Megaron – the Athens Concert Hall

Fri. 21 June 2024 20:00

Megaron Concert Hall Gardens

The Athens State Orchestra welcomes the Music Day at the Gardens of Megaron with music created by Bernstein, Born, Strauss and Grothe. Panagiota Polyzoidou and Rafailia Kontou are the soloists of the programme. Ilias Voudouris conducts the orchestra.

Event Programme

JOHANN STRAUSS, the son

(1825–1899)

Frühlingsstimmen, Voices of Spring, Op. 410

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

(1918-1990)

"Glitter and be gay", from the operetta "Candide"

FRANÇOIS BORNE

(1840 – 1920)

Fantasie Brillante on Themes from Bizet’s Carmen (based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, 1837 – 1875)

FRANZ GROTHE

(1908 – 1982)

Lied der Nachtigall (Song of the Nightingale), from the film Sweeden's Nightingale

Event Programme

Featuring

CONDUCTOR

Ilias Voudouris

SOLOISTS

Panagiota Polyzoidou, soprano

Raphailia Kontou, flute

Featuring

CONDUCTOR

Ilias Voudouris

SOLOIST

Panagiota Polyzoidou, soprano

Raphailia Kontou, flute

Upcoming Concerts

On Tour

100 Years from Mikis Theodorakis’s birth

Fri. 14 November 2025, 21:00

Cultural and Conference Center of Heraklion, Crete

On Tour

100 Years from Mikis Theodorakis’s birth

Sat. 15 November 2025, 21:00

Cultural and Conference Center of Heraklion, Crete

Symphonic Concerts

Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2 – Ivo Pogorelich

Fri. 21 November 2025, 20:30

Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall

Chamber Music Concerts

Aenaon ensemble and friends

Mon. 24 November 2025, 20:30

B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music