Tribute to Odysseas Dimitriadis

20 years from the death of Odysseas Dimitriadis

Fri. 06 March 2026 20:30

ATHENS CONSERVATOIRE

The Athens State Orchestra honors the memory of the great conductor Odysseas Dimitriadis with a concert - tribute to his long and manifold career. From the podium of the Bolshoi to the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Dimitriadis stamped his work on the 20th century as a composer, arranger and conductor of international prestige. With 19 appearances on the podium of the Athens State Orchestra, he contributed decisively to the presentation of important works of the Russian and Greek repertoire. The concert also includes his orchestration of “Samiotissa”, paying a musical tribute to an emblematic figure.

Event Programme

Works and arias by Zacharia Paliashvili, Odysseas Dimitriadis, Aristotelis Koundouroff, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Borodin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Spyridon Samaras, Anton Rubinstein and Modest Mussorgsky.

ATHENS CONSERVATOIRE

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Before the concert, an introductory speech is held by Dr. Christos Kolovos, Musicologist and Conductor.