2021 09 11 Festival «MusiKos» 2021
This autumn, the Athens State Orchestra is staging its third annual MusiKos festival in collaboration with “Next Day”, the not-for-profit International Intervention for Sustainable Development and Quality of Life, and with the full support and under the auspices of the Hellenic Parliament, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, the General Secretariat of the Aegean and Island Policy, the South Aegean Region, the Municipal Organization for Culture and Sports of Rhodes, the Municipality of Nisyros, the Municipality of Chalki and the Municipality of Megisti.
The Festival aims to present high-quality performances, to promote wide-ranging collaborations between local authorities and musical and educational institutions, to develop the Greek provinces, to reach out to socially sensitive groups, and to make culture available to society as a whole. Eight concerts will be staged in total, all of them with free admission for the public: two on Kos (September 11 & 15), three on Rhodes (September 12, 14 & 17), and one each on the islands of Nisyros, Kastelorizo and Chalki .
The repertoire performed is extremely wide-ranging, extending from classical music to operetta and film music, and will be performed by prominent ASO ensembles. As the bicentenary of the 1821 Greek Revolution, 2021 is a key year for the nation, which is why this year's MusiKos Festival is dedicated to Greek music and Greek artists. All the concerts are thus underpinned by the desire to shed light on the course of Greek music over these two centuries of freedom.
The concerts were made possible by the support of the Ephorate of Antiquities for the Dodecanese.
ASO Soloists: In/Exhaling Music
This autumn, we will be "In/Exhaling Music" with a special focus on the unique sound of the woodwind. The programme starts with Jean Françaix's lively Concerto for bassoon and 11 strings. The concert continues with Mozart’s typically inspired Symphony no 34 in C major. The programme comes to a close with Carl Heinrich Hübler's Concert Piece for four horns and orchestra. The solo roles will be performed by five experienced members of the Athens State Orchestra. The concert will be conducted by the distinguished Michalis Economou.
Opening concert for the artistic period 2021-2022 - Stepping out into the light
Having been deprived of something as vital as the physical presence of our audiences, the Athens State Orchestra is very much looking ahead to the opening concert of its new season, which is set to be an emotional event. Our artistic director, Lukas Karytinos, will be conducting two of the greatest symphonic masterpieces of Romanticism, Mahler's Songs on the death of children and Brahms's monumental First Symphony, as well as honouring the work of one of his predecessors, the renowned composer Yannis Ioannidis, with a performance of his Metaplasis.
19:30, free introductory speech by Titos Gouvelis for ticket holders
19.06.2021
Violin and piano. Two instruments that have proved to be perfect companions and gifted us countless exhilarating musical exchanges. The Principal A' of the First Violins and deputy Concertmaster of the Athens State Orchestra, Nikos Mandilas, joins forces with the distinguished pianist Popi Malapani in an evening awash with Greek names. The concert opens with Dimitri Mitropoulos' masterly transcription of Johann Sebastian Bach's Third Partita for solo violin. This is followed by Yannis Constantinidis' Dodecanese Suite, which makes respectful and sensitive use of traditional Greek music.
The Athens String Quartet at the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens
The last musical stop of the Athens State Orchestra for 2020 is held at the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens. The Athens String Quartet honours Beethoven's 250th anniversary within the programme (Dis)Playing Attica.
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.