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ATHENS CONCERT HALL
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MEGARON THE ATHENS CONCERT HALL
Vass. Sophia & Kokkali
Athens 115 21
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The Annual
Programme is subject to changes.
A detailed
programme of all performances is made availbale every three months
published by
the Athens Concert Organization
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at the Megaron Box Offices.
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FOYER EXHIBITIONS
16 March -7 May
MEGARON PLUS
Leonardo da Vinci
Secrets of his
creativity in Art and Science
From the Vinci Museum
to the Athens Concert
Hall
A presentation of da
Vinci's genius in mechanics, mathematics, flight tecnology, the art of war,
experiments in perspective and his relation to Classical Greece.
In collaboration with
the "Museo Ideale Da Vinci"
Opening hours:
daily 10.00-6 p.m.
25 May - 10 September
FERNANDO BOTERO
SCULPTURE
A presentation of 21
sculptures of the most famous
Latin American artist
The exhibition will run
in parallel with an exhibition of Botero Paintings in the National Gallery
Opening hours:
daily 10.00 a.m-6 p.m.
Sat. 1 April (at 8.30
p.m.)
A Tribute to Astor
Piazzolla
BRIDGES SERIES
Works by Astor Piazzolla
Nicola Granillo violin
Giovanni dal Missier
piano
DIMITRI MITROPOULOS HALL
Sun. 2 April (at 8.30)
Ioulia Troussa, song
recital
SPECIAL EVENTS
Songs and Lieder by W.
A. Mozart, F. Schubert,
F. Liszt, H. Wolf, R.
Strauss, M. Ravel, E. Riadis
Ioulia Troussa soprano
Chronis Banos piano
DIMITRI MITROPOULOS
SHALL
Mon 3 April (at 8.30
p.m.)
Steve Reich - Akram Khan
DANCE AT THE MEGARON
Works by S. Reich
Choreographer Akram Khan
With the participation
of
The Akrham Khan Comopany
London Sinfonietta
Conducted by Brad Lubman
Tue 4 April (at 7 pm)
"Philosophy on
stage: Heraclitus"
MEGARON PLUS
A series of dramatized
lectures by Theodosis Pelegrinis
Dean at the School of
Philosophy, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Tue 4 April (at 7 pm)
Claude Allègre, lecture
MEGARON PLUS
"Global challenges
of the 21st Century"
Speaker Claude Allègre,
Professor of Geophysics
of Paris VII.
Former Minister of
Education of he French Republic
In collaboration with
the French Embassy
and the French Institute
of Athens
Wed 5 April (at 8.30 pm)
Robert Holl, song
recital
GREAT INTERPRETERS
SERIES
Franz Schubert
"Winterreise" D 911
Robert Holl bass
Rudolf Jansen piano
Wed 5 April (at 8.30 pm)
HELLENIC GROUP OF CONTEMPORARY
MUSIC
MUSIC OF THE 20TH &
21ST CENTURY
Works by G. Kyriakakis,
L. Kanaris, A. Chrysanidis,
K. Lygnos, Ch.
Xanthoudakis
Giannis Giogiopoulos
tenor
Kostas Anastasopoulos
violin
Hellenic Group of
Contemporary Music
Conducted by Theodore
Antoniou
Thu 6 April (at 6 pm)
"Looking at the
future of musical education"
A series of lectures
Speaker: Theodore
Antoniou, President of the Greek
Composers Union,
Professor at Boston University
Fri 7 April (at 8.30 pm)
Dimitris Desyllas,
percussion instruments recital
BRIGDE SERIES
Works by J. S. Bach, I.
Xenakis, S. Fnk, M. Borboudakis,
G.Koumentakis, D.
Desyllas
Dimitrs Desyllas
percussion instruments
Sat 8, Sun 10, Tue 11
April (at 8.30 pm)
John Neumeier / Mozart
Requiem
DANCE AT THE MEGARON
Choreographer John
Neumeier
Soloists and corps de
ballet of the Hamburg Ballet
Mata katsouli soprano
Irene Karayanni mezzo
soprano
Robert Woerle tenor
Christophoros Staboglis
bass
The ERT Choir
Camerata of the Friends
of Music
Megaron Resident Orchestra
Conducted by Miltos
Logiadis
Sat 8 April (at 8.30 pm)
Daphne Evangelatos, song
recital
SPECIAL EVENTS
Lieder by F. Schubert,
R. Schumann, F.Schreker
Daphne Evangelatos mezzo
soprano
Fritz Schwinghammer
piano
Sun 9 April (at 11.30
am)
Rising Stars: David
Goode, organ recital
SUNDAY MORNINGS
Within the framework of
the Rising Stars Series
Works by J. S. Bach, F.
Liszt, M. Dupré, M. Reger
David Goode organ
Mon 10 April (at 7 pm)
John B. West, lecture
MEGARON PLUS
"A shortage of
Oxygen: from Mount Olympus to Everest"
Speaker: John B. West,
Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Physiology, School of Medicine,
University of California, San Diego
Mon 10 April (at 8.30
pm)
Boris Berezovsky, piano
recital
GREAT INTERPRETERS
SERIES
Works by S. Rachmaninov,
F. Chopin
Boris Berezovsly piano
Tue 11 April (at 7 pm)
Pavel Kohout, lecture
MEGARON PLUS
"The shine and the
poverty of democracy"
Lecture given by the
famous Czech writer in German with simultaneous translation in Greek
Tue 11 April (at 8.30
pm)
Byzantine and Ottoman
Music
BRIDGE SERIES
Music from the Byzantine
amd Ottoman period of Constantinople
Ensemble Kudsi Erguner
Muezzons of Istanbul
Conducted by Kudsi
Erguner
The Greek Byzantine
Choir
Chorus Master: Lycurgos
Aggelopoulos
Wed 12 april (at 7 pm)
Michael Nyman, lecture
MEGARON PLUS
The famous composer
presents in a world première his less well-known experimentation in visual arts
Event organized within
the framework of the programme
Metropolis: Urban Living
in the 21st Century,
WEd 12 April (at 8.30)
Rising Stars: Eggner
Trio
A Rising Stars Series
Works by R. Schuman, D.
Schostakovich, M. Ravel
Georg Eggner violin
Florian Eggner cello
Christopher Eggner piano
Thu 13 & 14 April
(at 8.30 pm)
"Greece and the
European Society of low"
Symposium
MEGARON PLUS
With the participation
of: Ch. Argyropoulos, M. Vrontakis, A. Georgiadis, T. Giannitsis, C.
Diamantouros, C. Kerameas, E. Kroustallakis, I. Manoledakis, M. Matgaritis, St.
Mathias, G. Papadimitriou, Ch. Roskis, Em. Roukounas, V. Skouris, E.
Spiliotopoulos.
Fri 14, Sat 15, Sun 16
April (at 8.30 pm)
St. Petersbug
Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov
GREAT ORCHESTRA-GREAT
CONDUCTORS SERIES
- Sergei Prokofiev:
Classical Symphony (14/4)
Vocalise (16/4)
- Dmitry Shostakovich:
Cello Concerto (14/4)
Symphony no 5 (15/4)
Violin Concerto no 1
(16/4)
- Modest Musorgsky:
Pictures at an Exhibition (14/4)
- Johannes Brahms: PIano
Concerto no 1 (15/4)
- Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony no 7 (16/4)
Natalia Gutman cello
(14/4)
Elizabeth Leonskaja
piano (15/4)
Giorgos Demertzis violin
(16/4)
St. Petersburg
Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Yuri
Temirkanov
Tue 18 April (at 8.30
pm)
Camerata of the Friends
of Music
Megaron Resident
Orchestra -Alexandros Myrat
Works by J: S. Bach, I.
Vlachopoulos, G. F. Haendel,
A Part, A. Vivaldi
Sonia Theodoridou
soprano
Raphael Mass counter
tenor
Nicolas Kynaston organ
Camerata of the Friends
of Music
Megaron Resident
Orchestra
Conducted by Alexandros
Myrat
Fri 28 April (at 8.30
pm)
"Mozart
Affinities"
Cappella de Turchini
Antonio Florio -
Patrizia Ciofi
FROM RENAISSANCE TO
BAROQUE
Works by Gian Francesco
Di Mayo, Niccolo Piccinini,
Domenico Cimarosa,
Niccolo Jammelli
Patrizia Cioffi soprano
Orchestra Barocca
Capella della Pietà de' Turchini
Conducted by Antonio
Florio
St 29 April (at 8.30 pm)
Camerata of the Friends
of Music
Megaron Resident
Orchestra - Alexandros Myrat
Works by G. Rossini, W.
A. Mozart, J. Turina,
M. de Falla, G. Pierné,
J. Ibert
Danae Kara piano
Camerata of the Friends
of Music
Megaron Resident
Orchestra
Conducted by Alexandros
Myrat
Tue 2 May (at 7 pm)
MEGARON PLUS
"From Matter to
Life: Chemistry"
Speaker: Jean-Marie Lehn
Wed 3 May (at 8.30 pm)
THE ATHENS CONCERT HALL
MUSIC WEDNESDAYS
Camerata Quartet
Tassos Pappas piano
Thu 4 May (at 7 pm)
"Philosophy on
Stage: Pythagoras"
MEGARON PLUS
A series of dramatized
lectures by Theodosis Pelegrinis
Fri 5 May (at 8.30)
Music & Pictures
BRIDGES SERIES
The Goldberg Variations
Carolos Zouganelis piano
Video art: Axel Arno
Sound and picture with
the cellist Maya Beiser
Sat 6 May (at 8.30 pm)
Hellenic Group of
Contemporary Music
MUSIC OF THE 2OTH &
21ST CENTURY
Musical Theatre
Works by J. Valet, G.
Drositis, A. Kalogeras
Hellenic Group of
Contemporary Music
Conducted by Theodore
Antoniou
Sun 7 May (at 11.30 am)
Camerata of the Friends
of Music
Megaron Resident
Orchestra
SUNDAY MORNINGS
Works by Ph. Glass, B.
Bartok
Camerata of the Friends
of Music
Megaron Resident
Orchestra
Conducted by Christopher
Warren-Green
Fri 12, Sat 13, Sun 14,
Tue 16, Wed 17, Thu 18, Fri 19, Sat 20, Sun 21, Tue 23 May (at 8.30 pm)
Giuseppe Verdi: Don
Carlo
OPERA SEASON
Opera in four acts
Libretto: G. Méry based
on Schiller
Director: Joseph
Franconi lee, based
on Luchino Visconti's
performance
Set and costume desgner:
Luchino Visconti
First Revival: Alberto
Fassini
Set and costume
adaptation. Alessandro Ciammarughi
Light designer: Franco
Marri
Choreography: Marta
Ferri
Sun 14 May (at 11.30 am)
Camerata of the Friends
of Music
Megaron Resident
Orchestra
Christopher Warren -
Green
SUNDAY MORNINGS
Works by W. A. Mozart,
M. Tippett
Camerata of the Friends
of Music
Megaron Resident
Orchestra
Coinducted by
Christopher Warren - Green
Mon 15 May (at 8.30 pm)
Hellenic Group of
Contemporary Music
conducted by Theodore
Antoniou
MUSIC OF THE 20TH &
21ST CENTURY
Greek Women Composers
Works by M. Krithara, E.
Skarkou, Th. Baltsavia, M. Sfakianaki etc.
Wed 17 May (at 8.30 pm)
THE ATHENS CONCERT HALL
MUSICAL WEDNESDAYS
Workd by C. Debussy, E.
Lalo, E. Chausson
Thu 18 May (at 8.30 pm)
Camerata of the Friends
of Music
Megaron Resident
Orchestra
Christopher Warren -
Green
Works by G. F. Haendel,
W. A. Mozart,
D. Shostakovich
Tue 23 May (at 7 pm)
Julian Barnes, lecture
Wed 24 May (at 8.30 pm)
International Ensemble
Modern Academy
SPECIAL EVENTS
Final concert of the
International Ensemble Modern's Summer Academy in Greece
Progranne to be
announced
Sat 27 May (at 8.30 pm)
Camerata of the Friends
of Music
Megaron Resident
Orchestra
Alexandros Myrat
Mon 29 May (at 7 pm)
Isabel Allende, lecture
The famous writer will
present her work in a dialogue with Thanassis Lalas
Thu 1, Fri 2 June (at 9
pm)
A Tribute to Lefteris
Papadopoulos
fRI 7 aPRIL (AT 8.30) PM
Works by A. Evangelatos,
G. Gershwin, A. Dvorak
Fri 26 May (at 8.30 pm)
Works by W. A. Mozart,
A. Bruckner
Fri 2 June (at 9 pm)
Works by G. Rossini,
Prokofiev, L. van Beethoven
Fri 16 June (at 9 pm)
Works by L. van
Beethoven, N. Taylor, R. Strauss
HOSTED CULTURAL EVENTS
Thu 6 April (at 8.30 pm)
A Narrationm on the Road
Work in ten parts
dedicated to Dimitris Mitropoulos
Tue 23 May (at 8.30 pm)
The Orchestra of Colours
W. A. Mozart: OPera Gala
The Orchestra of Colours
Miltos Logiadis
conductor
Sat 3 June (at 9 pm)
A Concert for the
purposes of the Greek Grand National Academy of Constantinople
Works by A. Evangelatos,
N. Skalkotas
Songs from Asia Minor
(instrumentation Sok, Sinopoulos)
Thu 15 June (at 9 pm)
Manos Chadzidakis,
Twelve years since his death
The Orchestra of Colours
Miltos Logiadis
conductor