A different Nutcracker, broadcast concert
On Christmas day, the Athens State Orchestra brings to life his own, Different Nutcracker, and the famous suite from Tchaikovsky's ballet. The innovative animation that was for the first time presented in 2017, has been recently awarded with the first prize at Athens AnimFest.
Wood Quintet in Elefsis
The Athens State Orchestra's Wood Quintet interprets beloved melodies of the lyric repertoire, emphasizing on the festivity ambience of these days. Let's travel with our Musicians in space and time, with another concert of the Dis)Playing Attica programme. A collaboration of the Athens State Orchesra with the Region of Attica, under the hospices of the Ministry of Foreign affairs and the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
George Enescu Festival
The Athens State Orchestra's appearance at the celebrated Georges Enescu International Festival in Bucharest alongside some of the most recognizable symphonic ensembles in the world truly was a milestone for the Orchestra and an achievement which fills us with pride, but also a sense of responsibility. The experienced conductor and former artistic director of our orchestra, Stefanos Tsialis, conducts César Franck's majestic romantic symphony and five Greek Dances by Greece's greatest composer, Nikos Skalkottas. The up-and-coming pianist of Italian descent, Saskia Giorgini, will perform an early by Enescu which is rarely heard live.
2021 10 22 Dark Currents - Camille Saint-Saëns Year
Camille Saint-Saëns Third Concerto may not enjoy the popularity of other concerti by the French Romantic composer, but it is still a wonderful work in every respect and features no shortage of innovations. Discovering it in this performance by the ever charming and irrepressibly lyrical Thodoros Tzovanakis is sure to be a highly worthwhile experience. Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony, which starkly captures Scotland's grey, melancholy and often wild landscape and the range of emotions it gives rise to, is at the heart of the concert.
Honouring the 700 years after Dante's death, the Italian Cultural Institute of Athens holds a special documentary-trip to three stations, presenting the fructus meeting of Dante's work with the Musical Art. You are invited to follow it by clicking here.
2021.07.20
The Athens State Orchestra, under the baton of Nikolaos Haliasas, presents works by Mikis Theodorakis. Mary-Ellen Nesi pariticipates as mezzo soprano and Tasos Apostolou as baritone.
2021.07.07
The Athens State Orchestra returns with particular pleasure this summer too at the idyllic place of Zografou Villa, offering to the audience a musical soiree dedicated to the charming Opera. Two rising stars of the Greek scene, soprano Vassia Alati and conductor Katia Molfesi, interpret famous and beloved arias and orchestral excerpts of German and French operas and operettas, while the programme comes to an end with Bedrich Smetana's symphonic masterpiece "Vltava" (The Moldau).
Athens State Orchestra's Soloists: A sideways look at Classicism 29.05.2021
Four musical eras, four composers who transcend time and place. A concert. A musical journey from the baroque of Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni to the jazz of Aaron Copland. And from Serge Koussevitzky’s work with its romantic and classical influences to the early romanticism of Franz Schubert.
Athens Festival 2021 24 06 2021
If any pianist today can be considered a worthy descendant of the stars of piano's golden age, that pianist is undoubtedly Daniil Trifonov. His spectacular virtuosity, coupled with his deeply expressive interpretations, guarantees a stirring rendition of Rachmaninov's evergreen Second Concerto. With the celebrated maestro Lukas Karytinos providing firm direction from the podium, the Athens State Orchestra will also perform Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony, which is often called “Shostakovich’s classical symphony” in recognition of its density, translucence and freshness. The concert will end with Giorgos Koumendakis’ atmospheric The pedal tone for a child, a work inspired by the priceless musical heritage of Byzantium.
