Heroes II - The Athens State Orchestra and the Philharmonic Society of Corfu
The Athens State Orchestra is delighted to collaborate with the Philharmonic Society of Corfu. A venerable and important musical institution, the Philharmonic Society of Corfu has been driving musical advancement on Corfu for 180 years now. Within the Philharmonic Society of Corfu, many generations of distinguished Musicians have been initiated in Music, whose abilities eventually shined within our nation's symphonic ensembles. The Philharmonic Society of Corfu and the Athens State Orchestra offer up a rich and far from stereotypical programme of works in tune with the spirit of Greek Independence Day, March 25.
Georgios Balatsinos conducts the Athens State Orchestra
Concert at Onassis Stegi
These three Greek premieres take orchestral sound in completely unexpected directions. Instrumental timbres drawn from the deep wells of musical time – Antiquity, Byzantium, and the Renaissance – characterize works by Kalliope Tsoupaki and Dimitrios Skyllas. Chaya Czernowin’s exceptional mastery, on the other hand, is evident in the sensations she engenders from the creation of a unique acoustical space.
Musical promenades at the Museums VIIΙ - In G…
We cannot hope to familiarize ourselves more fully with the great composers and their more ‘personal’ musical moments without a knowledge of their chamber works. Traditionally, it is here that composers feel free to try out new ideas and dare to experiment with the innovations that will later find appear into their large-scale symphonic works. This is certainly true of both these extraordinary quintets, which provide unique insights into Dvořák and Prokofiev’s richly phantasmagoric worlds.
Educational concert 13-03-2020
The Athens State Orchestra, within its collaboration with Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall, will participate to the educational programme held by the Athens Concert Hall for young students of primary and secondary schools. More information will be released shortly in brochures and in the website of Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall.
Educational concert 12-03-2020
The Athens State Orchestra, within its collaboration with Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall, will participate to the educational programme held by the Athens Concert Hall for young students of primary and secondary schools. More information will be released shortly in brochures and in the website of Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall.
Educational concert 11-03-2020
The Athens State Orchestra, within its collaboration with Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall, will participate to the educational programme held by the Athens Concert Hall for young students of primary and secondary schools. More information will be released shortly in brochures and in the website of Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall.
Musical promenades at the Museums VII 2019-2020
Three distinguished woodwind principals from the Athens State Orchestra join forces beyond the confines of symphonic music, placing their delicate, lyrical, penetrating sound at the service of a programme distinguished by its lightness of mood, classical (and neoclassical) clarity, and musicality.
Breakthroughs and Pioneers IV – Beethoven: 250 years
Iason Keramidis, who holds the prominent position of associate concertmaster of the Munich Philharmonic, performs one of the most adventurous, moving and exuberant quartet's in the violin repertoire: Shostakovich’s First. Giancarlo Andretta, a maestro with a long and exceptional career spanning both the opera and symphonic repertoires, contributes to the celebrations of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth by conducting his ever-fresh Eroica Symphony.
Beethoven: 250 years 28-02-2020
We are delighted to be welcoming back the rising violinist Linus Roth after few years as the soloist in Beethoven’s monumental Concerto. Our faithful audience is well aware of Vassilis Christopoulos' virtues, as the conductor who has played such a key role in the Orchestra's development in recent years. His consistently detailed and thorough approach promises an unforgettable “Pastoral".
Musical promenades at the Museums VI - Musical confessions
The musical idioms of Mendelssohn and Shostakovich could not be more different. And yet both of the superb quartets tackled by the Aenaon quartet in this concert are redolent with emotions which draw on harrowing experiences from the composers’ lives: for Mendelssohn, the untimely death of his beloved sister; for Shostakovich, the deep feelings he nurtured for his student Galina Ustvolskaya.