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MEGARON THE ATHENS CONCERT HALL

CONTENTS JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH

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A detailed programme of all performances is made availbale every three months

published by the Athens Concert Organization

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GREAT ORCHESTRAS -

GREAT CONDUCTORS SERIES

Budapest Festival Orchestra

(January 8 & 9)

Founded by Ivàn Fischer in 1983, the Orchestra has been adding a contemporary repertoire to its classical base. It has frequently appeared in international festivals in London, Lucerne and Vienna.

Ivàn Fischer

(January 8 & 9)

Ivàn Fischer studied conducting with Swarowsky and Harnoncourt in Salzburg and Vienna. He has conducted some of the most famous orchestras in Europe and America (London Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw, Berlin Philharmonic, Orchestre de Montréal, San Francisco and Los Angeles Philharmonics). His recording of works by Béla Bartòk with the Festival Orchestra of Budapest won the Mum Prize in the United States and the Erasmus Prize in Holand.

Dimitris Sgouros started his career at a very young age: he gave his first recital at the age of seven and at the age of ten, in the Spring of 1980 he made his professional début. Since then, his artistic career has been nothing short of spectacular.

He has appeared in major concert houses around the globe, with some of the world's finest orchestras and conductors. In Athens on January 8th and 9th, Dimitris Sgouros joins forces with Ivàn Fischer and the Festival Orchestra of Budapest to perform Franz Liszt's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.

Staatskapelle Dresden

(February 29, March 1)

The Staaskapelle Dresden, which recently celebrated its 450th anniversary (it is one of the oldest orchestras in Europe) with a tour in Europe, North America and Japan, is synonymous with the musical tradition of the city of Dresden. Its conductors have included Carl Maria von Weber, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Karl Böhm, Rudolf Kempe, Fritz Reiner, Fritz Busch and Giuseppe Sinopoli, and in the course of its splendid history it has given the première performance of works by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss.

Sir Colin Davis

(February 29, March 1)

A distinguished representative of Britain's musical tradition, Sir Colin Davis has conducted all the great European and American orchestras, including the BBC Symphony, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the London Symphony and the New York Philharmonic. His extensive list of recordings includes Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique with the Royal Concertgebouw, the Trojans with the London Symphony Orchestra, Handel's Messiah, and several Mozart symphonies and operas. Many of his recordings have won international awards, one of the most recent being Le Grand Prix du Disque for his recording of Alban Berg's Violin Concerto.

GREAT INTERPRETERS SERIES

Till Fellner

(January 15)

While still a student at the Vienna Conservatory, Till Fellner was already working with Hélène Sedo-Stadler, Alfred Brendel and Oleg Meisenberg. The young Viennese pianist's international career began when he won first prize at the Clara Haskil International Competition in 1993 (the first Austrian to take first place). Th Academy of St. Martin-in-the Fields, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the Vienna Symphony, the Camerata Academica Salzburg and the London Philharmonic, under the baton of conductors like Claudio Abbado, Nikolaus Hanorcourt, Marek Janowski and Sir Neville Marriner are just some of the orchestras with which he performs regularly.

One of the highlights of his career has been the series of three concerts in which the young artist performed works by Schubert and composers of the Second Viennese School (notably Alban Berg, Arnold Schönberg and Anton Webern) in London, Vienna and Vevey. He has been acclaimed by the international press as one of the most important of the younger generation of pianists.

Giorgos Petrou - Christos Papageorgiou

(February 19)

"Interpretation grippingly instinctive and spontaneous. This duo is dynamic, witty, elegant, sensitive, brilliant", wrote the Daily Telegraph following the appearance of the two Greek artists at the Barbican Centre. Every performance by this pair in any of the world's concert halls - the Barbican and the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, the Musikhaus in Basel, the Casals in Tokyo - is highly praised by the international press.

Georgios Petrou and Christos Papageorgiou have played with the London Philharmonic, the Czech Radio Orchestra and the London Soloists Orchestra.

Sylvie Guillem

(March 26, 27, 29)

The dancer who is perfectly at home in every kind of dance, moving with technical ease and radiant stagecraft; the dancer in whom Nureyev saw the brilliance of a star when she was just nineteen.

Sylvie Guillem is an exceptionally gifted interpreter of both the classical ballets - Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Raymonde, Bayadera, Gisèle - and the contemporary repertoire. The greatest choreographers of our times have dedicated some of their most important works to her.

Rudu Lupu

(March 31)

One of the great pianists of the 20th century, Rudu Lupu made his first public appearance at the age of twelve, in a programme consisting exclusively of his own work. In 1961 a scholarship sent him to Moscow to continue his studies at the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied under (among others) the great master Heinrich Neuhaus. He was first prize in three international competitions: the "Van Clibern" in 1966, the "Enescu International" in 1967 and the "Leeds International in 1969. In 1989 the Union of Italian Music Critics awarded him the Abbiati Prize. He is regularly invited to perform with the world's great orchestras: the Berlin Philharmonic with which he made his début in 1978 at the Salzburg Festival, von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic, with which he opened the Salzburg Festival in 1986, the Royal Concertgebouw, Muti conducting. His recordings include Beethoven's Piano Concertos, with Zubin Mehta and the Israeli Philharmonic, and all the Mozart Sonatas for Violin and Piano, with Szymon Goldberg. In 1995 he won a Grammy Award for his Schubert Sonatas and the Edison Award for his recording of works by Schumann.

OPERA AT THE MEGARON

G. Verdi: "I Lombardi alla prima crociata"

(12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 March)

Eliane Coelho

Eliane Coelho studied architecture before devoting herself to music. After completing her studies at the Music University of Hanover, she began her career in the 1980s as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at the Volksoper in Vienna. This was folloed by all the great operatic roles with the Vienna State Opera: Electra in Idomeneo, Salome in both Richard Strauss's and Massnet's versions, Giulietta in Hoffmann's Tales, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. She has sung the roles of Salome, Electra and Donna Elvira with the Munich State Opera, and has given outstanding recitals with many fine orchestras.

Paata Burchuladze

Now world-famous for his many recordings and his performances in some of the world's greatest opera houses, Paata Burchuladze first attracted the attention of the musical world when he won first prize in the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1982.

He made his professional début with Luciano Pavarotti at Covent Garden, singing the role of Ramfis in Aida. This was followed by principal roles in The Barber of Seville, Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky) and Prince Igor (Borodin) at Covent Garden, and Macbeth, Nabucco and I lombardi at La Scala. One of his finest recordings is in the role of the Commendatore in Don Giovanni, with Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic.

BRIDGES SERIES

"Socrates' Apology", musicalk theater

(January 29 & 30)

Commissioned by the Athens Concert Hall Organization - World Première

A Tribute to the Bossa Nova

(January 31)

Eliane Elias sings Antonio Carlos Jobin

CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

From Mozart to the Second Viennese School

Camerata Academica Salzburg

Created in the birthplace of Mozart in 1951 by renowned violinist Sandor Vegh, the Camerata Academica is internationally recognised as a standard for the interpretation of the great composer's works.

Leonidas Kavakos

Leonidas Kavakos won first prize in the Sibelius (1985), Naumburg and Paganini (1988) competitions an achievement that brought him to the attention of the world. He has performed in Scandinavia, France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Austria with major orchestras (London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Cologne Philharmonic, the Philharmonic Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra) and great concertmasters (Janowski, Jarvi, Salonen, Sawallish, Simonov, Temirkanov, Vonk, Welser-Moest). He won the Gramophone Concerto Prize 1991 for the first recording of Sibelius' Violin Concerto in its initial and final forms.

Artist Quartet Vienna

From its home in Vienna, where it gives regular series of concerts, the Quartet has, since 1985, travelled widely, performing in all the world's great music centres (Paris, London, Munich, Rome, Buenos Ayres, Tokyo, Vienna) and appearing at many important international music festivals (Wiener Festwochen, Salzburg Festival, Schleswig-Holstein, Festival de Paris) with Christoph Eschenbach, Philippe Entremont, Heinrich Schiff, Misha Maisky.

The group has made more than 20 CDs, performing both classical and 20th century works, and has won the Diapason d'Or, the Prix Caecilia and the Grand Prix du Disque.

DANCE AT THE MEGARON SERIES

Dance Gala, the Mariinsky Theatre Soloists

(19, 20, 22, 23, 24 January)

Ballet de l'Opéra National de Lyon

(24-27 February)

Small Dance Theatre, Lia Meletopoulou

(4, 5 March)

"Proserpina" based on Goethe's monodrama

"Analia" Dance group, Mary Tsouti

(11, 12 March)

"Rigmina"

Dance Group "Metakinisi", Maria Tsouvala

(18, 19 March)

"A/Antilogia: a piece of story"

Vassilis Tsabropoulos, piano recital

Piano music and about dance

(24 March)

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SAT 8 BUDAPEST FESIVAL ORCHESTRA

SUN 9 IVAN FISCHER

JANUARY GREAT ORCHESTRAS-

(at 8.30 pm) GREAT CONDUCTORS SERIES

FM sponsored by the National Bank of Greece

- Franz Lizst: Hungarian Rhapsody nr. 4 in d minor

Piano Concerto nr. 2 in a major

Hungarian Rhapsody nr. 2 in e minor

- Gustav Mahler: Symphony nr. 1 in d major (1984)

Dimitris Sgouros piano

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Ivàn Fischer conductor

Ticket prices: 2500 (ST), 4000, 7000, 11000, 15000

public booking opens at 17 December

TILL FELLNER, piano recital

SAT 15 GREAT INTERPRETERS SERIES

JANUARY Sponsored by JOHNNIE WALLKER

(at 8.30 pm) - J. S. Bach: "The Well Tempered Clavier" BWV 854- 861

FM - Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano sonata nr. 29 in b flat minor,

op. 106 "Hammerklavier

Piano sonata nr. 30 in e minor, op. 109

Till Fellner piano

SUN 16 LA CAMERATA-

JANUARY ORCHESTRA OF THE FRIENDS OF MUSIC

(at 8.30 pm)

DM Cycle: Music of the 20th Century

Minimalists

Arvo Pärt, Henryk Górecli, John Taverner, Michael Nyman,

Erik Satie, Philip Glass

Patricia Rosario soprano

John Harle saxophone

Thanassis Apostolopoulos piano

La Camerata-Orchestra of the Friends of Music

Alexandros Myrat conductor

WED 19 JAZZ

JANUARY

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

(at 5 pm) Sponsored by Antenna

GROUND Works by Bobo Stenson, Kenny Wheeler, Michel

FLOOR FOYER Petrucciani

Fergus Currie double bass

Yiannis Kitsopoulos piano

Yiannis Notaras percussion instruments, drums

WED 19 DANCE GALA,

THU 20 THE MARIINSKY THEATRE SOLOISTS

SAT 22

SUN 23 DANCE AT THE MEGARON

MON 24 Sponsored by MYTILINEOS S.A.

JANUARY

(at 8.30 pm) Works by Petipa, V. Lopukhov, V. Vainonen, M. Fokine

FM G. Balanchine, A. Rotmansky, A. Gorsky

Music by P. I. Tchaikovsky, R. Drigo, A. Asafiev, C.

Saint-Saëns, Ch. Pugni, B. Khanin, A. Adam, L. Minkus

Uliana Lopatkina

Natalia Sologub

Elvira Tarasova

Diana Vishneva

Irina Zhelokina

Andrej Batalov

Igor Kolb

Anton Korsakov

Vyacheslav Samodurov

Igor Zelensky

MON 24 LECTURE

JANUARY Sponsored by the

KLONATEX GROUP OF COMPANIES S.A.

(at 6 pm)

CONFERENCE Lecture delivered by Gregorios Stathis, Professor of

ROOM 1 Byzantine Musicology and Psaltic Art in the Music

Department of the University of Athens

Admission free with admission tickets

WED 26 MUSIC FOR HARP

JANUARY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS

Sponsored by ATENNA

(at 5 pm)

GROUND Works by J. S. Bach, Bedrich Smetana, Leonard Salzedo

FLOOR FOYER

Harp:

Maria Bildea

Anna Dermani

Gogo Xagora

Daphne Koe

SAT 29 LA CAMERATA-

JANUARY ORCHESTRA OF THE FRIENDS OF MUSIC

Sponsored by EFG EUROBANK

(at 8.30 pm)

FM Cycle: Music of the 20th Century

Neo-Romantic

- Gustav Mahler: Adagio from the 10th Symphony

(transcription for strings Hans Stadler)

- K. A. Hartmann: Concerto funèbre

- Hubert Stuppner:Kammersymphonie nr 2

"A Mahler soirée on the Titanic on

12 April 1912"

Augustin Dumay violin

La Camerata-Orchestra of the Friends of Music

Alexandros Myrat conductor

SAT 29 THEO ABAZIS: "Socrates' Apology"

SUN 30 BRIDGE SERIES

JANUARY Sponsored by the COMMERCIAL BANK OF GREECE

(at 8.30 pm)

Musical Theatre

DM Libretto: Dimitris Gizinos

Director: Victor Ardottis

Set and Costume designer: Antonis Daglidis

Lights designer: Elias Konstantakopoulos

Socrates: Tassis Christoyannis

Melitos: Yiannis Christopoulos

Anytos: Thanassis Evangelou

Lykon: Michael Dimitrakakos

Secretary: Kerassia Samara

Soloists Ensemble conduted by Miltos Logiadis

Commissioned by the Athens Concert Hall

Organization - Premère performance

SUN 30 ENARMONIA/NICOLAS KYNASTON

JANUARY

(at 11.30 pm) SUNDAY MORNINGS

FM - J. S. Bach: Concerto in d minor, BWV 1043

- Marco Enrico Bossi: Organ Concerto

- W. A. Mozart: Symphony no 25 in g minor, KV 183

Michaela Mitropoulou violin

Giorgos Papadopoulos violin

Nicolas Kynaston organ

Enarmonia Orchestra

Ilias Voudouris conductor

MON 31 ELIANE ELIAS sings NTONIO CARLOS JOBIM

JANUARY

(at 8.30 pm) Sponsored by the COMMERCIAL BANK OF GREECE

FM Eliane Elias vocal, piano

Bob Gerg saxophone

Marc Johnson bass

Dane Stryker guitar

Satoshi Takeishi drums

WED 2 FROM MOZART

JANUARY TO THE SECOND VIENNESE SCHOOL

(at 8.30 pm) CHAMBER MUSIC ORCHESTRA

Sponsored by INTRACOM

Leonidas Kavakos, artistic director

- W. A. Mozart: Quartet in a major, KV 298

Quartet in f major, KV 368b

Quintet in a major, KV 581

- Arnold Schönberg/Johann Strauss: Kaiserwalzer, op. 437

Irene Grafenauer flute

Clara Dent oboe

Charles Neidich clarinet

Leonidas Kavakos violin

Mirijam Contzen violin

Diemut Poppen viola

Frans Helmerson cello

Ralf Gothoni piano

FROM MOZART

THU 3 TO THE SECOND VIENNESE SCHOOL

JANUARY

CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Sponsored by INTRACOM

(at 8.30 pm) Leonidas Kavakos, artistic director

DM - W. A. Mozart: Quartet in e flat major, KV 493

Quintet in e flat major, KV 452

- Arnold Schönberg: Ode to Napoleon, op. 41

Spyros Sakkas bariton

Clara Dent oboe

Charles Neidich clarinet

Sergio Azzolini bassoon

Radovan Vlatkovic horn

Mirijam Contzen violin

Diemut Poppen viola

Frans Helmerson cello

Ralf Gothoni piano

FRI 4 FROM MOZART

JANUARY TO THE SECOND VIENNESE SCHOOL

(at 6 pm) CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

CONFERENCE Leonidas Kavakos, artistic director

ROOM 1

Sponsored by INTRACOM

Lecture:

An introduction to Chamber Music by Paul Christoph Stroux

In co-operation with the Music Library of Greece

"Liliana Voudouri"

Admission free with admission tickets

FRI 4 FROM MOZART

JANUARY TO THE SECOND VIENNESE SCHOOL

CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Leonidas Kavakos artistic director

Sponsored by INTRACOM

- W. A. MOzart: Fantasia in f minor, KV 608

Sinfonia concertante in e flat major, KV 297b

Serenade in b major "Haffner" KV 248b

Clara Dent oboe

Charles Neidich clarinet

Sergio Azzolini bassoon

Radovan Vlatkovic horn

Leonidas Kavakos violin, conductor

Camerata Academica Salzburg

SAT 5 FROM MOZART

FEBRUARY TO THE SECOND VIENNESE SCHOOL

CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

(at 8.3o pm) Leonidas Kavakos artistic director

FM Sponsored by INTRACOM

- W. A. Mozart: Symphony no 38 in d major, "Prague"

KV 504

Rondo concertante in b flat major, KV

269

Adagio in e flat major, KV 261

Rondo in c major, KV 373

Arias:

"Chi sa qual sia", KV 582

"Vado, ma dove?", KV 583

"Ah, lo previdi" KV 272

Marina Vouloyianni soprano

Leonidas Kavakos violin, conductor

Camerata Academica Salzburg

SUN 6 FROM MOZART

FEBRUARY TO THE SECOND VIENNESE SCHOOL

Leonidas Kavakos artistic director

(at 8.30 pm)

FM Sponsored by INTRACOM

- Nikos Skalkotas: Piano Trio, A/K 42

- W. A. Mozart: String Quintet in c major, KV 515

Keyboard trio in b flat major, KV 502

- Arnold Schönberg: "Verklärte Nacht", op. 4

Leonidas Kavakos violin

Mirijam Contzen violin

Diemut Poppen viola

Hariolf Schlichtig viola

Frans Helmerson cello

Renato Ripo cello

Péter Nagy piano

MON 7 FROM MOZART

FEBRUARY TO THE SECOND VIENNESE SCHOOL

CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

(at 8.30 pm) Leonidas Kavakos artistic director

DM Sponsored by INTRACOM

- W. A. Mozart: Quartet in d major, KV 575

Quartet in e flat major, KV 428

- Anton Webern: "Slow Movement" for string quartet (1905)

6 Bagatelles, op. 9

"Five Movements", op. 5 (1929)

Artis Quartet Vienna

TUE 8 FROM MOZART

FEBRUARY TO THE SECOND VIENNESE SCHOOL

CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

(at 8.30 pm) Leonidas Kavakos artistic director

DM Spondored by INTRACOM

- W. A. Mozart/J. S. Bach: Fugue in e major, KV 405

String Quartet in c major, KV 157

- Alban Berg: String Quartet, op. 3

- Arnold Schönberg: String Quartet in f sharp minor, op. 10

(transcription for soprano and string quartet)

Julia Souglakou soprano

Artis Quartet Vienna

THU 10 FROM MOZART

FEBRUARY TO THE SECOND VIENNESE SCHOOL

(at 8.30 pm) CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

FM Leonidas Kavakos artistic director

Sponsored by INTRACOM

- W. A. Mozart: Sonata in b flat major, KV 378

Sonata in a major, KV 526

- Anton Webern: "Fopur Pieces, op. 7 (1910)

- Alexander Zemlisky: Serenade ina major for violin

and piano

- Nikos Skalkotas: Sonata nr.2 for violin and piano

Leonidas Kavakos violin

Péter Negy piano

SAT 12 LA CAMERATA-

FEBRUARY ORCHESTRA OF THE FRIENDS OF MUSIC

Sponsored by EFG ERUBANK

(at 8.30 pm)

DM Cycle: Music of the 20th Century

Scandinavian Composers

- Aulis Sallinen: String quartet nr 3, op. 19

- Carl Nielsen: Concerto for clarinet, op. 57

- Kurt Attengerb/Johannes Brahms: Sextet in g major

Spyros Mourikis clarinet

La Camerata-Orchestra of the Friends of Music

Ronald Zollman conductor

SUN 13 A tribute to Kurt Weill

MON 14 with Marianne Faithfull

FEBRUARY Berliner Symphony Orchestra

Sponsored by ALPHA CREDIT BANK

(at 3.30 pm)

FM - Kurt Weill: Symphony nr 2 "The seveb deadly sins"

Marianne Faithfull

Seongju Oh tenor

Thomas Kober tenot

Jorg Schneider bariton

Oliver Gawlik bass

Berliner Symphony Orchestra

Ralf Weikert conductor

TUE 15 BERLINER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

FEBRUARY RALF WEIKERT

(AT 8.30 PM) Sponsored by INTRACOM

FM - Giorgos Sisilianos: Symphony nr 2

(commissioned by the Athens

Concert Hall Organization-

première performance)

- César Fracck: Symphony in d minor (1886)

Berliner Symphony Orchestra

Ralf Weiker condutor

SAT 19 CHRISTOS PAPAGEORGIOU, GIORGOS PETROU

FEBRUARY piano due recital

(at 8.30 pm) Sponsored by Johnnie Walker

FM - W. A. Mozart: Sonata in d major, KV 446

- Franz Liszt: Conxewrto pathétique, S 258

- Maurice Ravel: La Walse

- Manuel Infante: Dances Andalouses

Christos Papageorgiou-Giorgos Petrou piano duo

SAT 19 LYNETTE TAPIA,soprano

FEBRUARY RISING STARS SERIES

Sponsored by P. & K SECURITIES

Arias by Bellini, Rossini, Donizzetti, Debussy, Stauss

Turina, Sodhein, Barber, Chenoweth, Nordoff,

Hageman

Lynette Tapia soprano

Thomas Bagwell piano

MON 21 LECTURE

FEBRUARY Sponsored by the

KLONATEX GROUP OF COMPANIES S.A.

Lecture delivered by Gregorios Stathis, Professor

of Byzantine Musicology and Psaltic Art in the

Department of the University of Athens

Admission free with admission tickets

TUE 12 LA CAMERATA-

FEBRUARY ORCHESTRA OF THE FRIENDS OF MUSIC

(at 8.30 pm) Sponsored by EFG EUROBANK

DM Cycle: Music of the 20th century

"Concerto"

- Ernest Bloch:Concerto grosso, nr 1

- Theodore Antoniou: Cadenza for Leonidas

(commissioned by the Athens

Concert Hall Organization)

- Stavros Xarchakos: Piano concerto

Yiannis Mavridis violin

Domna Evnouchidou piano

La Camarata- Orchestra of the Friends of music

Alexandros Myrat conductor

WED 23 YIANNIS TAXIDIS, piano recital

FEBRUARY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS

(at 5 pm) sponsored by ANTENNA

DM - Franz Schubert: 4 Imrpomtus op 90, D 899

Piano sonata in c minor, D 958

Yiannis Taxidis Piano

The Concert is dedicated to Nicolaos Doublas, the

Greek collector of musical manuscripts. Before the

concert an introductory lecture about the

collector's life and work will,be held by Panis

Vlagopoulos

In co-operation with the Music Library of Greece

"Liliana Voudouri"

THU 24 BALLET DE L'OPERA NATIONAL DE LYON

FRI 25 DANCE AT THE MEGARON SERIES

SAT 26 Sponsored by MYTILINEOS S.A.

SUN 27

FEBRUARY Mats Ek:

"Solo for two" (Music by Arvo Pärt)

"Carmen" (music by Rodion Schneidrin

after G. Bizet)

Ballet de l'Opera National de Lyon

FRI 25 BALLET DE L'OPERA NATIONAL DE LYON

FEBRUARY (WORKSHOP)

DANCE AT THE MEGARON SERIES

(at 3 pm) Sponsored by MYTILINEOS S.A.

DM DANCE WORKSHOP

Admission free with admission tickets

SAT 26 MEDIA DANCE INTERNATIONAL

FEBRUARY GRAN PRIX CARINA ARI

(at 6 pm) Screening of internationally awarded video dance

in co-operation with CID/UNESCO

Introduction: Sylvie Artel

Admission free with admission tickets

TUE 29 STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN, Sir COLIN DAVIS

FEBRUARY GREAT ORCHESTRAS-

GREAT CONDUCTORS SERIES

Sponsored by the NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE

- Joseph Haydn: Symphony nr 88, in g major

- Franz Schubert: Symphony nr 1 in d major, D 82

- W. A. Mozart: Symphony nr 36 "Liz", KV 425

Staatskapelle Dresden

Sir Colin Davis conductor

WED 1 STAATKAPELLE DRESDEN, Sir COLIN DAVIS

MARCH GREAT ORCHESTRAS-

GREAT CONDUCTORS SERIES

(at 8.30 pm) Sponsored by the NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE

- Joseph Haydn: Symphony nr 88 in g minor

- L. van Beethoven: Piano concerto nr 1 in c

major, op. 15

- W. A. Mozart: Synphony nr 38 in d major

"Prague", KV 504

Janis Vakarelis piano

Staatskapelle Dresden

Sir Colin Davis conductor

SAT 4 SMALL DANCE THEATRE

SUN 5 LIA MELETOPOULOU

MARCH DANCE AT THE MEGARON SERIES

(at 8.30 pm) Spondored by MYTILINEAOS S.A.

DM "Proserpina"

Choreography based on Geothe's monodrama

Director, choreographer: Lia Meletopoulou

Music: Dimitris Kamarotos

Translation, adaptation : Eleni Varapoulou

With te participation of AnnesaPapadapoulou

MON 6 LECTURE

MARCH Sponsotred by the

KLONATEX GROUP OF COMPANIES S.A.

(at 6 pm) Christos D. Lambrakis: Introduction to Verdi's

"I Lombardi alla terza crociata"

Presentation to include music examples and

projection of slides

Admission free with admission tickets

SAT 22 "ANALIA" DANCE GROUP, MARY TSOUTI

SUN 12

MARCH DANCE AT THE MEGARON SERIES

Sponsored by MYTILINEOS S.A.

(at 8.30 pm) "Rigmina"

Choreography: Mary Tsouti

Music: Theo Abazis

Set designer: Antonis Daglidis

Costume Designer: Ioanna Portolou

Light designer: Philippos Koutsaftis

"Analia" dance group

SUN 12 GIUSEPPE VERDI

TUE 14 "I LOMBARDI ALLA TERZA CROCIATA"

WED 15

THU 16 OPERA AT THE MEGARON SERIES

FRI 17

SAT 18 Ivo Guerra director

MARCH Nikos Petropoulos set and costume designer

Sergio Rossi light designer

(at 8.30 pm) Giselda: Eliane Coelho (12, 15, 17/3)

Elena Prokina (14, 16, 18/3) soprani

Oronte: Keith Ikaia Ourdy (132, 15, 17/3)

Zachos Terzakis (14, 16, 18/£)

Pagano: Dimitris Kavrakos (12, 15, 17/3)

Paata Burchuladze (14, 16, 18/3)

Arvino: Yiannis Christopoulos tenor

Viclinda: Julia Souglakou soprano

Pirro: Panagiotis Athanassopoulos bass

Sofia: Mary-Elen Nesi soprano

Greek National Opera's Orchestra and Choir

Fani Palamidi chorus master

Angelo Cavallaro conductor

Coproduction: Athens Concert Hall

Organization

Greek National Opera

SAT 18 DANCE GROUP

SUN 19 "METAKINISI", MARIA TSOUVALA

MARCH DANCE AT THE MEGARON SERIES

(at 8.30 pm) Sponsored by MYTILINEOS S.A.

"A/Antilogia: a piece of story"

Choreography: Maria Tsouvala

Music: Melina Karakosta, Nikos Spyropoulos

Set and costume designer: Christina Papoulia

Light designer: Alexandros Anastasios

"Metakinisi" dance group

MON 20 LECTURE

MARCH Sponsored by the

KLONATEX GROUP OF COMPANIES S.A.

(at 6 pm) Lecture deleivered by Gregorios Stathis,

Professor of Byzantine Musicology and Psaltic

in the University of Athens

Admission free with admission tickets

WED 22 LA CAMERATA-

MARCH ORCHESTRA OF THE FRIENDS OF MUSIC

(at 8.30 pm) Sponsored by EFG EUROBANK

DM Cycle: Music of the 20th century

Jazz influences

- Darius Milhaud: La Crétion du Monde

(transcription for piano and springs

- Aaron Copland: Clarinet concert

- Gene Pritsker: Cries and execrations of the Mob

(dedicated to Militiadis Papastamou

première performance)

- Frank Zappa: Uncle Remus

Marie Cécile Boulard clarinet

Miltiadis Papastamou violin

Theodoros Kotepanos piano

La Camerata-Orchestra of the Friends of Music

Grzegorz Nowak conductor

FRI 24 VASSILIS TSABROPOULOS, piano recital

MARCH DANCE AT THE MEGARON SERIES

(at 8.30 pm) Sponsored by MYTILINEOS S.A.

DM Piano music on and about dance

- L. v. Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, op. 126

- Robert Schumann: Daviddsbründelertänze,

op. 6 (1837)

- Sergei Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet

- Igor Stravinsky: Three Movements from

"Petrushka" 1921

Vassilis Tsabropoulos piano

SUN 26 SYLVIE GUILLEM, dance recital

MON 27 GREAT INTERPRETERS SERIES

WED 29

MARCH sponsored by JOHNNIE WALKER

(at 8.30 pm) Choreography by Maurice Bejart, Pierre Darde

FM Sylvie Guillem

Laurent Hilaire

WED 29 cammerTon

MARCH Sponsored by ANTENNA

(at 5 pm) Works and transcriptions by Gershwin, Joplin,

Ellington, Monk and Piazzola

Dimitris Vassilakis saxophone

Nina Patrikidou violin

Lena Kisheliova violin

Misha Kichlitsina cello

Kostas Konstantinou double bass

Alexandros Christidis artistic director

FRI 31 RADU LUPU, piano recital

MARCH GREAT INTERPRETERS SERIES

Sponsored by JOHNNIE WALKER

(at 8.30 pm)

FM - Frédéric Chopin: Fanasia in f minor, op. 49

- Robert Schumann: Fantasia in c major, op. 17

- Leoš Janàcek: "In the Mists"

- Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata nr 23 in f minor,

op. 57 "Appassionata"

ATHENS STATE ORCHESTRA

FRI 14 - Béla Bartók: Concerto nr 2

JANUARY - Igor Stravinsky: "The Rite of Spring"

Uwe Matschke piano

(at 8.30 pm)

FM Byron Fidetzis conductor

FRI 28 - W. A. Mozart: Sinfonia concertante, KV 297b

JANUARY - Carl Orff: Carmina Burana

(at 8.30 pm) Felicia Filip soprano

FM Mircea Mihalache counter tenor

Lawrence Craig bariton

Vangelis Christopoulos oboe

Nikos Ginos clarinet

Vangelis Skouras horn

Spyros Argyropoulos bassoon

with the participation of

ERT Choir

Macedonia Choir

The Athens Conservatory's Pupils Choir

Antonis Kontogeorgiou chorus master

Ilarion Ionescu-Galati condoctor

FRI 11 - Gioacchino Rossini: "La gazza ladra", ouverture

FEBRUARY - Maurice Ravel: Piano concerto for the left hand (1929-30)

- Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony nr 9, op. 70

(at 8.30 pm) Natalia Michailidou piano

Lukas Karytinos conductor

FRI 18 "Romeo and Juliet in music"

FEBRUARY Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Berlioz

(at 8.30 pm) Dimitris Chorafas conductor

WED 12 BRITISH SCHOOL OF ATHENS

JANUARY - J. S. Bach: Suite nr 3 in c major, BWV 1010

- Franz Schubert: Sonata in a minor for cello and piano

"Apreggione" D821

- Fanny Mendelsohn: Fantasia & Capriccio for cello and

piano, op. 40

Steven Isserlis cello

Janis Vakarelis piano

WED 16 ERT NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

FEBRUARY Programme to be announced

MON 27 ERT CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ORCHESTRA

MARCH Programme to be announecd