Georgios Balatsinos returns to the Athens Megaron Concert Hall to the podium of the Athens State Orchestra on February 22nd. He will conduct a wonderful program dedicated to the Greek composer Dimitris Papadimitriou performed by the Athens State Orchestra and the internationally renowned violinist Julian Rachlin.
They will perform a Concerto for violin and orchestra as well as a new symphony work in a world first performance.
The concert is a co-production realised with the Greek Project and the support of the Onassis Foundation, you can have your ticket HERE.
About the work of Dimitris Papadimitriou, Maestro Balatsinos said that:
“Dimitris’s music has many special qualities that make it unique. What sets him apart in his work is his ability to combine different musical genres and traditions, creating music that is simultaneously modern and deeply rooted in Greek tradition.”
Maestro Balatsinos will then record the same program with Julian Rachlin and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Henry Wood Hall, London, in April.
PROGRAM:
DIMITRIS PAPADIMITRIOU
Pollock fractals
New symphonic work (first world performance)
Concerto for violin and orchestra
DIMITRIS PAPADIMITRIOU
Dimitris Papadimitriou is a composer who has been proven to move beyond and above stereotypes and all kinds of aesthetic categorizations. Multifaceted and restless, sensitive and visionary, he feels equally at home in the field of art lyrical singing, in film music and in spoken symphonic music; and it is precisely this breadth and his ability to creatively assimilate elements from different styles in his works that makes his music so interesting, original and above all sincere, with a captivating immediacy. Our very own esteemed conductor Georgios Balatsinos and Lithuanian violinist Julian Rachlin, musicians of international renown and deeply familiar with the music of today, promise dynamic readings of his works.