2022 07 08 The Athens State Orchestra in Crete, 1st concert in Heraklion
The Athens State Orchestra (ASO) was moved by the invitation it received from the Region of Crete to participate in the Festival of Crete, and was delighted to accept. For the first time in its 80-year presence on the Greek artistic scene, the KOA will enjoy the honour of playing for Heraklion’s music-lovers at the world-famous Knossos archaeological site.
The programme could not have failed to include a work by our great composer Mikis Theodorakis, especially since these concerts are being staged just a year after his death. In addition to his atmospheric Adagio, our Artistic Director, Loukas Karytinos, will also be conducting a performance of Beethoven's evergreen First Symphony, while our renowned concertmaster Dimitris Semsis will be taking on Beethoven's Concerto, the undisputed "Parthenon" of violin concertos.
2022 06 21 Music day - 2022
2022 06 04 Concert for child refugees from Ukraine
The latest collaboration between the Athens State Orchestra and the leading violinist and conductor Leonidas Kavakos opens a new chapter in the Orchestra's educational, social and charitable work. The proceeds from the concert will be made available for child refugees from Ukraine, many of whom are unaccompanied. The programme of the event, which was decided on at a meeting between Leonidas Kavakos and the musicians of the Athens State Orchestra, will be celebratory and participatory in nature. Its centre piece will be Brahms' iconic Fourth Symphony.
2022 07 04 Athens Festival
The Athens Epidaurus Festival and Maria Farantouri invite Festival audiences to a magical evening in memory of the late Mikis Theodorakis as a tribute to his invaluable legacy. Farantouri is joined by brilliant baritone Tassis Christoyannis under the baton of renowned conductor Miltos Logiadis.
In the first part, Farantouri will perform pieces from the iconic Canto General, a poem by Pablo Neruda, which was performed for the very first time by Farantouri and Petros Pandis, and has been praised by audiences at the greatest theatre venues around the globe. At the Roman Odeon, we will rediscover it in its original arrangement for a musical ensemble of 15 performers and two choirs (the ERT National Choir and the City of Athens Choir). In the second part, Maria Farantouri and Tassis Christoyannis, always under the baton of Miltos Logiadis, will perform seminal songs that have left a profound mark on half a century of Greek musical history, orchestrated by pianist Achilleas Wastor.
2022 07 18 Athens Festival
The year 2022 marks the 80th anniversary since the founding of the Athens State Orchestra, the oldest Greek symphonic ensemble. In the context of this celebration, the Orchestra pays tribute to the late and great Manos Hadjidakis, presenting two of his most famous works. In addition to the great value of Hadjidakis’ symphonic work that left its mark on post-WWII music, it bears mentioning that the composer had close ties with the Athens State Orchestra, having served as its director in the period 1976-1982.
2022 07 02 Athens Festival
The concert opens with one of the most important symphonic works of Antiochos Evangelatos, promiment representative of the National School of Music. Subsequently, legendary cellist Mischa Maisky performs the epic Cello Concerto by Czech Romantic composer Antonín Dvořák. In the second part of the concert, up-and-coming French conductor Lionel Bringuier conducts Rachmaninoff’s epic, timeless, and popular Symphony No. 2, the crown in the jewel of his symphonic work.
2021 12 12 Christmas concert at Euboea, Limni
Musicians of METALLON, one of the oldest and most active chamber music ensemble of the Athens State Orchestra, will interpret classical, popular Christmas songs.
2021 12 17 Christmas concert at Pedion tou Areos
Musicians of METALLON, one of the oldest and most active chamber music ensemble of the Athens State Orchestra, will interpret classical, popular Christmas songs.
2022 02 14 In the rhythm of Tango
If a dance identifies with passion and love, this is Tango. Trio Diapason calls us to move on its rhythm with some of the most popular tango pieces.
2021 12 19 Christmas concert at Metro station "Syntagma"
Metro is in the mood of these days and invites passengers to a melody, Christmas travel. Urban Rail Transport invites METALLON, one of the oldest and most active chamber music ensemble of the Athens State Orchestra. The Musicians of the Athens State Orchestra will interpret classical, popular Christmas songs.