Composers compose Composers
It's something that happens a lot: passionate visionaries of the new looking back at the old to redefine their identity and rejuvenate themselves through a reconnection with their roots. That's how three great 20th-century composers—Webern, Orff and Stravinsky—turned to Bach, Monteverdi and Pergolesi, respectively, transforming their music in the freshest, most sensitive and honest way imaginable. The Athens State Orchestra performs these wonderful musical transformations under the baton of Vladimiros Symeonidis, a conductor at the height of his powers, and is joined for the occasion by the outstanding mezzo-soprano, Margarita Syngeniotou.
Musical offer and Offer of Music, Leonidas Kavakos - Athens State Orchestra 15-05-2021
All around the world, the performances of Leonidas Kavakos are considered a great artistic event. In Greece, expectation is accompanied by pride, especially in difficult times, such as the pandemic we are currently experiencing. For the fifth consecutive year, the world-renowned leading violinist and conductor ascends the podium of the Athens State Orchestra. He will conduct the swansong of W.A. Mozart, the majestic Symphony No. 41 in C major, also known as the “'Jupiter Symphony”. Leonidas Kavakos collaborates with the Athens State Orchestra pro bono, donating his proceeds in aid of the Orchestra, with which he is tied with old, deep bonds.
Greek Revolution III
Manolis Kalomiris and Nikos Skalkottas are two pillars of Greek serious music composition in the first half of the 20th century. As, respectively, the founder of the National School of Music and a leading exponent of musical modernism, the two composers developed different musical idioms which are both valuable and beautiful in their own right. Kalomiris' robust Concerto, interpreted by Titos Gouvelis, and Skalkottas' imaginative Dances are living proof of the inexhaustible riches of Greek music.