Young Composers and Performers (III)
A tribute to Richard Strauss in the 150th anniversary of his birth
Fri. 21 March 2014 20:30
Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall
This fascinating concert includes both the première of a work by Orestes Goumenos and sixteen year-old Anastasia Sgara, an up-and-coming violinist, tackling one of the greatest concerti in the violin repertoire. The distinguished maestro Stefanos Tsialis will also be conducting the Athens State Orchestra in Richard Strauss’s tone poem inspired by Nietzsche’s treatise of the same name.
19:45
Pre-concert talk, free for ticket holders
Event Programme
RICHARD STRAUSS
(1864–1949)
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30
ORESTIS GOUMENOS
(b.1984)
'Insect' (new work commissioned by A.S.O.)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY
(1809–1847)
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
Event Programme
Featuring
SOLOIST
Anastasia Sgara, violin
