Vladimir Ashkenazy – Dimitri Ashkenazy

For its third and final appearance at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus this summer, the Athens State Orchestra welcomes another of its star duos—two musicians who in this case share a famous name: Ashkenazy. 
The celebrated conductor and pianist  Vladimir Ashkenazy will be on the podium for the concert, which features his son, the distinguished clarinettist Dimitri Ashkenazy, as the soloist in Mozart's clarinet concerto. 
The programme will open with Beethoven’s Prometheus Overture from The creatures of Prometheus, a rare piece of ballet music by the composer which was first performed in 1801 in Vienna. Then it’s time for the Mozart concerto. One of the most charming concertos in the Austrian classical repertoire, the work reveals a profound understanding of the clarinet’s virtuosic and expressive capabilities. The concert ends with Tchaikovsky’s ambitious and dramatic Fourth Symphony.