2021 12 17 Christmas concert
At festive times of the year, we often seek to reconnect with those values great and small which we can lose sight of amidst the daily routine. For Christmas this year, the Athens State Orchestra will stage the concert it couldn’t perform last year due to the pandemic, playing the ‘Parthenon’ of the symphonic repertoire, Beethoven's revered Ninth Symphony, singing the ever-relevant “Ode to Joy” for its audience under the baton of the internationally renowned Estonian maestro, Mihkel Kütson.
2022 04 12 Big projects for small ensembles
The String Quintet, written just two months before Schubert's death, is not simply the pinnacle of the Austrian composer's chamber music, it is one of the greatest musical works of all time. Listening to it is to be taken on a long and adventurous journey you will never forget.
2022 03 14 Peace and War
The programme of this concert by the tetART-on Quartet conceptually contrasts the love of life and joie de vivre expressed in Borodin's lyric work with the tragedy and horror of war portrayed by Shostakovich in his pitch black third quartet.
2022 05 23 A sally into the Baroque
Interest in the Baroque continues to grow, and with good reason, given the treasures that are there to discover in its repertoire. And each of the works in this programme performed by outstanding members of our orchestra who have a profound knowledge of the singular features of this period, is a masterpiece.
2022 05 30 Subito
The two artists explore the phenomenon of artistic creation and set out to capture its every aspect: from non-existence and silence through to conception, inspiration and conflict and ultimately fertilization and creation.
2022 01 10 Sonatas for cello and piano
This concert marks another milestone in the long and fruitful collaboration between Angelos Liakakis and Titos Kouvelis. The three sonatas they perform approach the combination of cello and piano in different ways and with different aesthetic goals, the common denominator being the authenticity of an irresistible inspiration.
2021 12 27 Trio Opus I
The dynamic Opus I Trio, with our concertmaster on violin, performs a programme which contrasts two aspects of Romanticism: while David's trio represents a graceful and light musicality, Arensky's composition is packed with exuberantly torrid gestures. Dimitri Sykias’ 7/3 for Christmas brings the concert to a suitably festive close!
2021 12 13 Piano trio
Lovers of chamber music hold the Mendelssohn's Trio especially dear for its ability to take the breath away with its masterful writing and musicality. Alongside it, Shostakovich’s youthful trio and Ireland's Phantasie are both works that are well worth discovering.