Journey to the Centre of Music – Religious Music
A series of interactive concerts aiming to shed light to all this that connects the modern audience with timeless symphonic music, bringing the latter closer to those who are not acquainted therewith, as
well as to its most fanatic audience. Videos, Speeches and Music interact by dramatizing each time the portrait of a different symphonic musical genre. Known and unknown historical information, personal stories, concealed symbolisms and patterns and the magic of the works' structure, presented in a delightful way.
Timpani and Orchestra
Ukranian Kiril Karabits has been for many years leading music director of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra of England, successfully conducting the symphonic ensemble in great concerts and recordings. In his debut with the Athens State Orchestra, he returns to a work he knows deeply, the ballet Spartacus, composed by Aram Khachaturian, the composer who introduced Armenian music to the hearts of the world audience. Fully acquainted with the 20th and 21st century’s avant-garde, Karabits brings to life a pioneering work by the great Greek composer, Argyris Kounadis, while expected to collaborate ideally with the leading Greek percussion virtuoso, Dimitris Desyllas, performing the cornerstone of the percussion repertoire, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra leading percussionist Werner Thärichen’s concert.
Symphonic Pink Floyd
Consistently continuing its social outreach efforts, the Athens State Orchestra is organizing yet another charity concert, bringing the complete Symphonic Pink Floyd to Greece for the first time—the authentic symphonic arrangement of iconic works by the legendary British band. Pink Floyd left an indelible mark with their innovative sound, philosophical lyrics, and iconic albums that shaped the evolution of progressive rock and continue to inspire generations the world. This is a unique musical experience where symphonic sound meets the timeless power of rock, bringing a new dimension to the band’s masterful compositions. Giorgos Aravidis, a conductor with extensive experience in creative collaborations across different musical genres, will serve as musical director.
Christmas with the Athens State Orchestra
The Athens State Orchestra, always aiming to play an active role in the musical life of rural Greece, this year chose to transmit the Christmas message in its own musical way to the capital of Messene by bringing the local audience to contact with timeless masterpieces of the erudite European creation. Young, talented conductor, Maria Bazou reimagines beloved melodies from the famous George Bizet’s opera, Carmen, while the Athens State Orchestra’s Concert Master, Apollon Grammatikopoulos and its leading flutist, Nikos Nikopoulos, take on solo roles in impressive concerts highlighting the full beauty of their instruments’ sound.
In collaboration with the Friends of Music Society of Kalamata
Christmas with the Athens State Orchestra Corinth
The Athens State Orchestra, always aiming to play an active role in the musical life of rural Greece, this year chose to transmit the Christmas message in its own musical way to Corinth by bringing the local audience to contact with timeless masterpieces of the erudite European creation. Young, talented conductor, Maria Bazou reimagines beloved melodies from the famous George Bizet’s opera, Carmen, while the Athens State Orchestra’s Concert Master, Apollon Grammatikopoulos and its leading flutist, Nikos Nikopoulos, take on solo roles in impressive concerts highlighting the full beauty of their instruments’ sound.
In collaboration with the Municipality of Corinth
New year in Broadway
My fair lady, Cabaret, Annie get your gun, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Mamma mia: all Boadway’s repertoire moves to Megaron the Athens Concert Hall just for one night!
The New Year’s gala organized by the Athens State Orchestra and Megaron the Athens Concert Hall has been for many years a successful milestone, that all lovers of music await impatiently. This time, countdown to the New Year features a musical journey to the American Broadway: beloved melodies and captivating jazz harmonies from the most popular musicals of all times return to our lips, thanks to the vivid and fresh performances of four soulful singers and the precise and energetic conducting of musical director Stathis Soulis.
Liszt's Christmas oratorio
Christmas is not exclusively connected to Santa Claus’s figure, Christmas trees, presents and family reunions; first and foremost, Christmas marks the arrival of a message of Hope, the celebration of a Birth that transcends human measure and promising something larger, beyond the narrow human view. Liszt and Kodály, two important Hungarian composers of the 19th and the 20th century correspondingly, have expressed through their music Man’s awe before God’s incarnation, in the most ideal and passionate way. The Athens State Orchestra, selected lyrical artists and active choruses, under the baton of the versatile conductor Michalis Zeke, give this Christmas the corresponding spiritual dimension through great religious music pieces, worthy of being remembered or discovered by all of us.
Stravinsky's Petrushka
Talented and renown musicians, such as Iason Keramidis, violinist, Ilias Livieratos, violist and Georgios Balatsinos, conductor, make us proud and once again prove that Greek artists may perform in an equally fascinating way as their best peers from abroad! Let’s verify it, by listening to the two soloists creating a fine musical narrative in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, and the third conducting the Athens State Orchestra, extracting the vitality and transcending energy required by the famous Stravinsky’s ballet, “Petrushka”.
Beethoven's Eroica
It’s with great pleasure and emotion that the Athens State Orchestra welcomes again, after several years, the tireless conductor and composer, Yoav Talmi, a true “Master” of music, setting his long experience in Beethoven’s work at the service of the piece that inaugurated a new era for the composer and for music all over the world: Eroica Symphony! By his side, the young British pianist, Isata Kanneh-Mason, one of the most demanded piano soloists globally, originating from a prominent music family, performs the last and clean-cut beautiful Mozart’s piano concert.