Musical promenades at the Museums – Connections

Mon. 06 April 2020 20:30

The Benaki Museum - Museum of Greek Culture (Koubari str.)

Great art can address the 'hardest’, 'deepest’ things in a very simple way... One of the sacred minimalist’s most emblematic works, Arvo Pärt's Fratres provides an ideal preface to two momentous 20th-century quartets. Shostakovich and Schnittke exploited the full capabilities of the string quartet, the finest chamber music ensemble, creating an atmospheric music which, veering between pitch darkness and the blindingly bright, always retains an authentic spirituality.

At 19:30, one hour prior to the concert, a free guided tour will be offered to auditors by Irini Papageorgiou, Curator of the Pre-Historic, Ancient Greek and Roman collections of the Museum.

Event Programme

ARVO PART

(b. 1935)

Fratres, for string quartet

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

(1906–1975)

String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73

ALFRED SCHNITTKE

(1934 – 1998)

String quartet no. 3 (1983)

Event Programme

Featuring

PARTICIPATIONS

tetART-on quartet

Morfo Papadimitriou, violin

Kostas Karageorgopoulos, violin

Alexandros Papanikolaou, viola

Ivi Papathanasiou, cello

Featuring

PARTICIPATIONS

tetART-on quartet

Morfo Papadimitriou, violin

Kostas Karageorgopoulos, violin

Alexandros Papanikolaou, viola

Ivi Papathanasiou, cello

Upcoming Concerts

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Fri. 31 October 2025, 20:30

Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall

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Tribute to Panagiotis Stefos

Mon. 03 November 2025, 20:30

Parnassos Literary Society

Symphonic Concerts

Late night with the Athens State Orchestra

Fri. 07 November 2025, 22:00

Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall

Chamber Music Concerts

From Poetry to Music…

Mon. 10 November 2025, 19:00

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF GREECE
Book Castle, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center