A tribute to Theodore Antoniou
Co-production with the Athens Concert Hall Organization
Fri. 20 February 2015 20:30
Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall
Theodore Antoniou, composer, conductor, academic and professor emeritus of Boston University, celebrates his eightieth birthday this year. With this concert, the Athens Megaron Concert Hall and the Athens State Orchestra, under the baton of the composer’s distinguished student, Michalis Economou, pay Theodore Antoniou the respect due to one of the most important figures in the world of music both within Greece and beyond, a great teacher who has made an inestimable contribution to his art.
19:45
Pre-concert talk, free for ticket holders
Event Programme
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
(1770–1827)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
ΜΑΝΟΥΕΛ ΝΤΕ ΦΑΓΙΑ
(1876–1946)
Celebration for orchestra
'Just drumming', concerto for snare drum (commissioned by the Athens State Orchestra)
THEODORE ANTONIOU
(1935)
Symphony no.3 (world première)
Event Programme
Featuring
CONDUCTOR
Michalis Economou
SOLOIST
Spyros Lampouras, Snare drum
