2022 09 21 Festival «MusiKos» 2022 - Second concert in Kos - Small Orchestra
The Athens State Orchestra is staging its sixth "MusiKoS" Festival, in collaboration with “Next Day”, the not-for-profit International Intervention for Sustainable Development and Quality of Life, and "P-art of the solution".
The Festival has been created in order to provide high-quality artistic events, to promote wide-ranging collaborations between local authorities and musical and educational institutions, to aid development in the Greek provinces, to reach out to socially sensitive groups, and to make culture available to society as a whole. In all, 9 concerts will take place this year, all with free admission for the public. There will be two concerts on Kos and three on Rhodes, with the rest taking place on the islands of Karpathos, Kasos, Nisyros and Halki. Educational activities will be held in parallel for school children on the islands. The repertoire performed is extremely wide-ranging, extending from classical music to operetta and film music, and will be performed by prominent ensembles of the Athens State Orchestra.
The Festival could not have happened without the full support and patronage of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, the General Secretariat of the Aegean and Island Policy, the South Aegean Region, the Greek National Tourism Organization, the Dodecanese Chamber of Commerce, the Municipal Organization for Culture and Sports of Rhodes, the Municipality Organization for Culture, Sports and Crèches of Kos, the Municipality of Nisyros, the Municipality of Halki, the Municipal Organization for Culture, Sports and Education of Karpathos, and the Public Benefit Enterprise of the Municipality of Kasos. We would also like to thank VAKOUF, Kos, for its help.
Our especial thanks, too, to the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese for its cooperation, which was excellent as always.
Karaev: 3 Miniatures
Vivaldi: Four Seasons
2022 09 20 Festival «MusiKos» 2022 - Kasos - woodwind quintet
The Athens State Orchestra is staging its sixth "MusiKoS" Festival, in collaboration with “Next Day”, the not-for-profit International Intervention for Sustainable Development and Quality of Life, and "P-art of the solution".
The Festival has been created in order to provide high-quality artistic events, to promote wide-ranging collaborations between local authorities and musical and educational institutions, to aid development in the Greek provinces, to reach out to socially sensitive groups, and to make culture available to society as a whole. In all, 9 concerts will take place this year, all with free admission for the public. There will be two concerts on Kos and three on Rhodes, with the rest taking place on the islands of Karpathos, Kasos, Nisyros and Halki. Educational activities will be held in parallel for school children on the islands. The repertoire performed is extremely wide-ranging, extending from classical music to operetta and film music, and will be performed by prominent ensembles of the Athens State Orchestra.
The Festival could not have happened without the full support and patronage of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, the General Secretariat of the Aegean and Island Policy, the South Aegean Region, the Greek National Tourism Organization, the Dodecanese Chamber of Commerce, the Municipal Organization for Culture and Sports of Rhodes, the Municipality Organization for Culture, Sports and Crèches of Kos, the Municipality of Nisyros, the Municipality of Halki, the Municipal Organization for Culture, Sports and Education of Karpathos, and the Public Benefit Enterprise of the Municipality of Kasos. We would also like to thank VAKOUF, Kos, for its help.
Our especial thanks, too, to the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese for its cooperation, which was excellent as always.
A. Baltas: Small Suite
W. A. Mozart: Aria of the Queen of the Night Άρια from the Magic Flute
G. Verdi: “Questa o quella” from Rigoletto
C. Gardel: “Por una cabeza”
J. Medaglia: “El Porsche Negro“
J. Haydn: Divertimento
B. Kanas: Serenata op. 29
N. Piovani: “La vita e bella”
M. Chadzidakis: Five unforgettable melodies
2022 09 18 Festival «MusiKos» 2022 Karpathos - woodwind quintet
The Athens State Orchestra is staging its sixth "MusiKoS" Festival, in collaboration with “Next Day”, the not-for-profit International Intervention for Sustainable Development and Quality of Life, and "P-art of the solution".
The Festival has been created in order to provide high-quality artistic events, to promote wide-ranging collaborations between local authorities and musical and educational institutions, to aid development in the Greek provinces, to reach out to socially sensitive groups, and to make culture available to society as a whole. In all, 9 concerts will take place this year, all with free admission for the public. There will be two concerts on Kos and three on Rhodes, with the rest taking place on the islands of Karpathos, Kasos, Nisyros and Halki. Educational activities will be held in parallel for school children on the islands. The repertoire performed is extremely wide-ranging, extending from classical music to operetta and film music, and will be performed by prominent ensembles of the Athens State Orchestra.
The Festival could not have happened without the full support and patronage of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, the General Secretariat of the Aegean and Island Policy, the South Aegean Region, the Greek National Tourism Organization, the Dodecanese Chamber of Commerce, the Municipal Organization for Culture and Sports of Rhodes, the Municipality Organization for Culture, Sports and Crèches of Kos, the Municipality of Nisyros, the Municipality of Halki, the Municipal Organization for Culture, Sports and Education of Karpathos, and the Public Benefit Enterprise of the Municipality of Kasos. We would also like to thank VAKOUF, Kos, for its help.
Our especial thanks, too, to the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese for its cooperation, which was excellent as always.
A. Baltas: Small Suite
W. A. Mozart: Aria of the Queen of the Night Άρια from the Magic Flute
G. Verdi: “Questa o quella” from Rigoletto
C. Gardel: “Por una cabeza”
J. Medaglia: “El Porsche Negro“
J. Haydn: Divertimento
B. Kanas: Serenata op. 29
N. Piovani: “La vita e bella”
M. Chadzidakis: Five unforgettable melodies
Christoph Eschenbach – Zuill Bailey
These last years, Christoph Eschenbach, the legendary conductor, has a stable relationship of regular appearances with the Athens State Orchestra, which for all of us but also for our loyal audience, has a significant value. Eschenbach belongs to this -so small- group of conductors who can inspire, teach and bring to the light the essence of music and to make every orchestra give its best. Thus, we will greet him as a Teacher of great significance and as a trustful companion.
19:30, free introductory speech for ticket holders
The concert's proceeds will be granted to support the efforts of the Union "Together for Children".
2023 05 19 For the Pontian Greeks - 19 May: a day of memory
Composers, works but also the interpreters of the concert, vibrate following the dynamism and the expression of the music from Black Sea. The Athens State Orchestra and Vladimiros Symeonidis honour the day of commemoration of the Genocide of Pontians, the Greeks from Black Sea, bringing to the light valuable moments of the local musical creation. The programme ends with Tchaikovsky's symphonic last composition, the heartbreaking and so deeply confessing symphony, the "Pathetic".
2023 05 05 Journey to the centre of Music - the Symphonic Suite
A series of interactive concerts which seeks to shed light on everything that connects contemporary audiences with symphonic music, making its timeless repertoire more approachable to everyone, whether they are newcomers to the form or music lovers who are already fans. Video, Talks and Music are combined to provide a dramatized portrait of a different symphonic genre each time. Historical facts both well-known and unfamiliar, personal stories, hidden symbolisms and motifs, and the structural magic of the works are presented in an entertaining way.
2023 04 28 Dora Bakopoulou - Michal Nesterowicz
It is a great pleasure to greet the Polish eminent maestro Michał Nesterowicz once again to the orchestra's podium. The highlight of the programme he has chosen to conduct is the imposing third symphony by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, the so-called Organ Symphony, as well as a new work by the dynamic Greek composer Dimitrios Skyllas inspired by a tragic event from Greek history: the Dance of Zalongos. Dora Bakopoulou puts her proven sensitivity and ever-exquisite musical taste at the service of Ravel's celebrated Piano Concerto.
2023 04 12 Missa Solemnis - Easter concert
In Beethoven’s humanistic world, there can be no separating faith in God from faith in Man. The struggle with the concept of the divine, the agonizing dominance of doubt and a redemptive return to a renewed and sincere faith are a few of the driving forces which shape the development of the moving religious drama that unfolds in the Missa Solemnis. This unique and lengthy masterpiece from Beethoven’s late period is conducted by the inspired German maestro Christoph Poppen.
2023 04 07 Nikolai Lugansky in Rachmaninoff’s Third
Nikolai Luganksy's unparalleled virtuosity and refined expressiveness make him one of the greatest virtuosos of our time and an ideal interpreter of Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto, the Mount Everest of piano concertos. Vassilis Christopoulos, who has been consistently associated in recent years with some of the Athens State Orchestra’s most successful performances, conducts Hindemith's symphonic masterpiece inspired by the Renaissance painter Matthias Grünewald, along with the deeply spiritual Julian Suite by Philippos Tsalahouris, which pays tribute to the late and distinguished Byzantinist, Iouliani Chrysostomidou.
2022 09 29 Great Hours
Andreas Katsigiannis employs his knowledge of Byzantine and Western music to compose a musical world that's uniquely his own. A solemn prayer that recalls the wind whistling beneath Mount Athos' sacred canopy will be heard under the Attic sky, at the Herodeion, performed by Glykeria, Dimitris Basis, Eleanna Varela and the five-time Emmy award-winning American musician and actor Jonathan Jackson, along with 100 chorister from three different choirs. The narrator is the great Nikitas Tsakiroglou. The Athens State Orchestra is conducted by Stathis Soulis.
Production execution: Lavrys