MEGARON
THE ATHENS CONCERT
HALL
CONTENTS JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
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THE DAY OF THE PERFORMANCES
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FOR STUDENTS
AND YOUNG PEOPLE
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seats are available
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aged 8-18 years.
In the case of youngsters under 15, discount
price is also offered to one escort.
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MEGARON THE ATHENS CONCERT HALL
Vass. Sophia & Kokkali
Athens 115 21
Information on 7282 333
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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Telephone booking opens one day after the date
that booking opens to the public
at the Megaron Box Offices.
Call
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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