Permanent Chamber Music Seminar (2022-)

The Athens State Orchestra is pleased to announce that the Permanent Chamber Music Seminar, which has been part of its educational activities since 2022, is to be run once again during the 2024-25 academic year. The Seminar is guided and supervised by the cellist Angelos Liakakis and aims to familiarize young students with the condition of musical coexistence, while deepening their knowledge of the chamber music repertoire.
The Workshop is aimed at string and wind players as well as pianists. Participants can be advanced students in conservatories (Superior level), students in university Music Departments, graduates, and members of existing chamber music ensembles.
The Seminar consists of seven sessions in all, each one of which lasts for 90 minutes. The sessions are held in the Athens State Orchestra’s rehearsal hall at the Athens Concert Hall and are open to the public, while the final concert given by the Seminar ensembles will also take place in the Athens Concert Hall (Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall).

The Athens State Orchestra announces the Permanent Chamber Music Seminar for the academic year 2024-2025, including it at its educational actions. The Seminar is held and supervised by the cellist Angelos Liakakis and intends to initiate and strengthen young students into the condition of musical coexistence as well as the improvement in the chamber music repertoire.
The workshop is adressed to Musicians in strings, wind and piano, advanced students in conservatories (in a higher class), University students of Music departments, graduates as well as to existing chamber music ensembles.

• A total of seven classes are planned, each lasting one and a half hours. They will take place in November 9th, December 7th, January 11th, February 1st and 22nd, March 15th, and April 12th.

• The courses will take place in the rehearsal room of the Athens State Orchestra, in Megaron – the Athens Concert Hall and are open to the public.

• The final concert performed by the ensembles formed for the Seminars will be held in the Dimitris Mitropoulos room at Megaron – the Athens Concert Hall, in a date that will be announced shortly.

• In order to make the ensembles as functional and homogeneous as possible, participants may be asked to take part in a short, ten-minute audition, playing repertoire of their choice. If such auditions are considered necessary, they will take place in the latter half of October.

• The deadline for applications is the 18th of October 2024. The participation fee is 250 Euros per person for the whole seminar.

• For more information or applications, interested Musicians are requested to contact Mrs. Areti Dandaki at projects@koa.gr