Beethoven 250 years 04-12-2020
The distinguished Swiss Piano Trio joins forces with the Athens State Orchestra to perform Beethoven's Triple Concerto, a ‘hybrid’ work of genius which harmoniously combines the hauteur of solo rhetoric with the warmth of chamber music dialogue. The celebrated conductor Loukas Karytinos brings his respected interpretative abilities to bear on the imaginary miniatures of Greek modernism's leading exponent, Giorgos Sicilianos.
Revolutions and Revolts I
The upcoming celebration of the bicentenary of the Greek Revolution provides the inspiration for this season’s thematic cycle “Revolutions and Revolts”. The cycle will explore various aspects of the revolutionary condition and how these impact on, and are spread through, musical works. The heroic struggle of the Greek people provided the inspiration for Rossini's opera The siege of Corinth; the Orchestra will also interpret, under the baton of Phaedra Giannelou, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 and Theodosia Ntokou joins forces with the Athens State Orchestra to interpret Mendelssohn's Symphony no. 4 in A major, the "Italian" Symphony.
Opening concert of the artistic period 2020-2021
The opening piece of this artistic season will be Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, a symphony that marked the evolution of symphonic music and has been the symbol of the genuine passion and the most cataclysmic dramatism. But, even Beethoven's lesser-known works offer up real beauty and splendour to be discovered—and this is most certainly the case with the Name Day (Namensfeier) Overture. On the other hand, Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto is anything but lesser-known. One of the most popular works in the symphonic repertoire, it will performed on this occasion by the celebrated soloist, Fil Liotis.
Concert at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre 13.09.2020
Faithful to our autumnal get-together in the Garden of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, we turn our attention to the music of the internationally beloved Italian composer, Ennio Morricone, who recently passed away. Morricone had a gift for melody, but he went beyond that, extending the expressive potential of film music like few others and giving us masterful works that are as moving in the concert hall as they are in the cinema auditorium. The concert will feature music which the composer wrote between the Sixties and 2016.
Visitors are advised to bring insect repellent and a mat, or a blanket for sitting on the ground.
All of Greece, one Culture - Meeting with De Falla
The Athens State Orchestra, under the baton of Kornilios Michailidis, presents works by Manuel de Falla at Plato's Academy. Ines Zikou performs as mezzo soprano.
Meeting with De Falla - Concert at the Megaron's garden
The Athens State Orchestra, under the baton of Kornilios Michailidis, presents works by Manuel de Falla at the Garden of Megaron - the Athens Concert Hall. Ines Zikou performs as mezzo soprano. The Camerata Junior, Orchestra of the Friends of Music Society, collaborates with the Athens State Orchestra under the baton of Nikos Haliasas and with the collaboration of Christina Pantelidou as oboe d'amore soloist.