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For three quarters of a century, the Athens State Orchestra has, uninterruptedly and steadily, been the main carrier of the existence and the advancement of symphonic music in our homeland. Despite occasional difficulties and external obstacles, or rather because of them, we are all proud to be able to continue always with the same faith and loyalty to serve the Art of Music. This anniversary concert focuses on two great Greek composers of the past and the present, Nikos Skalkotas and Giorgos Kouroupos respectively; in parallel, we welcome back with pleasure one of our “old acquaintances” the worldwide prominent pianist Anatol Ugorski.

Only a few days after our acquaintance with the Israeli composer Yoav Talmi, we will have the chance to enjoy the same brilliant artist, this time at the podium of the conductor. His deep knowledge and experience in classic and romantic repertoires guarantee unique interpretations of Haydn’s and Schumann’s symphonies. Among those, the flourishing guitar soloist Giorgos Bechlivanoglou interprets the Concerto composed by the eminent composer Dimitris Maragopoulos.

Perhaps the most celebrated “moment” in the work of the great Austrian composer is the famous Adagietto, the slow movement of the 5th Symphony which quiet imposingly accompanied, years after its composition, Visconti’s cinematographic transcription of the “Death in Venice”. However, the whole Fifth symphony is a fine piece of objet d’art, a long and adventurous internal journey in the innermost paths of human soul; the guide in this journey will be the awarded German conductor Matthias Foremny.

Easter has always been a reason to warm up our spiritual quests. And undoubtedly, Leonard Bernstein, a genuine homo universalis of music in the 20th century, achieved this with his pieces of religious metaphysical content. His music, hearty sincere and emotionally charged, together with the contemplating Elegy by the Israeli composer Yoav Talmi, impart the due reverence for this year’s Easter celebration.

After the recent loss of a historic member of the Athens State Orchestra and brilliant Greek musician and pedagogue, Charalambos Farandatos, this concert pays a minimum tribute to his memory. One of his most known disciples, Spyros Mourikis, performs Mozart’s grandiose concerto, while the great pianist and maestro Vladimir Askenazy conducts the dark Tenth Symphony of the eminent Soviet symphonist, a shattering “chronic” of Stalinism and at the same time a personal, de profundis lamentation for hopes that were confuted.

Music meets Dance. In the artistically restless Paris of the beginning of the 20th century, the two Arts prosper and walk side by side in a way that will leave an indelible mark in the evolution of both. In collaboration with the famous Fluxum Foundation, the Athens State Orchestra and its conductor Stefanos Tsialis, zealously invite all friends of both Arts to enjoy some of the most charming pages of ballet music in astonishing choreographic dramatizations.
Part of the revenues of the concert will be granted to the social program “The Pink Box” -click here to find further information about the program.

Music meets Dance. In the artistically restless Paris of the beginning of the 20th century, the two Arts prosper and walk side by side in a way that will leave an indelible mark in the evolution of both. In collaboration with the famous Fluxum Foundation, the Athens State Orchestra and its conductor Stefanos Tsialis, zealously invite all friends of both Arts to enjoy some of the most charming pages of ballet music in astonishing choreographic dramatizations.
Part of the revenues of the concert will be granted to the social program “The Pink Box” -click here to find further information about the program.

After his successful debut with the Athens State Orchestra last year, the eminent German conductor Frank Beerman returns to the podium, to submit his personal interpretational approach of an entirely German programme, in which Beethoven’s grandiose “Heroic” Symphony certainly prevails. The sensational and vocally highly demanding Strauss’s songs in Clemence Brendano’s poetry are interpreted by the, also German, coloratura soprano Julia Bauer.

Five centuries since Luther nailed his 95 theses in the door of the Wittenberg cathedral, the Christian world (not only the Evangelic one) honors the reformer who stood up against the status quo of the religious order in his era. Rationally, the Athens State Orchestra presents the Mendelson’s Symphony which is directly inspired by Luther’s figure, completing the program with Shostakovich’s dramatic 5th Symphony, a composition equally bounded to the need of reform -in another, certainly, historic time and place.

“Nosferatu” is not just a great creation of the silent German expressionism, but also the first horror movie in the history of the Seventh Art - according to many, also the best. James Bernard’s plethoric musical accompaniment of the film is of a similar strength with Friedrich Murnau’s eerie frames and will be interpreted by the Athens State Orchestra under the baton of its Director, Stefanos Tsialis, for all loyal cinephiles!