2022 11 04 A perfume of 1830
Ivo Pogorelich belongs to the artists who create extreme feelings among the audience. There are auditors who are passionate with his daring artistic choices, while others are more reserved towards them; yet nobody can remain indifferent about his performances, way more when it is a great concerto such Second Concerto by the "poet of the piano", Frédéric Chopin, which accompanies the pianist ever since his early youth. Then the much sought-after French maestro Philippe Auguin leads the performance of one of the Romantic repertoire’s most iconic and evergreen works, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique.
2022 10 21 Season Opening Concert
This season marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Athens State Orchestra. Over its eight decades of uninterrupted musical contributions as Greece’s primary symphonic ensemble, the ASO has dedicated itself to serving the masterpieces of the international and Greek symphonic repertoire. In this spirit, the season's opening concert includes a new work by the distinguished composer Dimitris Minakakis, along with two much-loved romantic works, by Bruch and Tchaikovsky, respectively. The soloist is the internationally renowned British violinist Daniel Hope, while the orchestra is conducted by its artistic director, Loukas Karytinos.
2022 10 15 Opera Gala with Lise Davidsen
The Norwegian soprano made a truly impressive entrance into the world of opera in 2015. Having won three international awards in major competitions, the doors of the world's greatest opera houses opened up before her, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, La Scala in Milan, the Vienna Opera, and the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. Since then, her career has soared to still greater heights with successive appearances in key roles in major operas, solo participations in symphonic concerts with leading orchestras, and a multitude of recordings to her name. We look forward to admiring the diva, a new star in the musical firmament, live in Greece for the first time.
2022 10 07 Towards the future
Throughout its long history, the Athens State Orchestra has supported remarkable young musicians by inviting them to perform with it. Many names that have risen to the very top of the Greek and/or international music scene have graced the orchestra's concerts with their talent at an early age. Honouring this tradition, three promising young soloists who excelled in our recent competition each perform a concerto under the baton of a maestro with whom Greek audience are very familiar, the Canadian conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe. We are sure they have a bright artistic future ahead of them.
2023 04 25 Students of the Permanent Chamber Music Workshop in concert - 7th season
It is with great joy that the Athens State Orchestra adds the "Permanent Chamber Music Seminar”, an initiative of the cellist Angelos Liakakis and pianist the Titos Gouvelis, to its Educational and Social programme from the 2021–2022 season on. The two artists, both members of the Orchestra, are known not only for their activities as soloists, but also for their long and ongoing collaboration in the field of chamber music. Considering it their duty to pass on their knowledge and experience to the younger generation, they have been running the "Permanent Chamber Music Seminar” for the last seven years with a view to introducing young students and professional musicians to the particular challenges of the chamber music repertoire. The primary focus of the seminar are the chamber music ensembles in which strings play alongside the piano. To immerse the participants as deeply as possible in the target repertoire, the seminar takes place over several months, allowing the leaders to observe the students’ progress at regular intervals. The response of the young musicians who have taken part in the Seminar to date has been overwhelmingly positive, confirming its value and necessity.
In this final concert of the seventh season of the Permanent Chamber Music Seminar, its students present compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
2022 07 10 The Athens State Orchestra in Crete, concert in Chania
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 07 09 The Athens State Orchestra in Crete, 2nd 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 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.