Curtis on Tour Athens 2022
Rehearsals. Photo: Charis Akriviadis
Curtis on Tour, The Nina von Maltzahn Global Touring Initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music returns to Athens, where Curtis students, faculty, and alumni have appeared annually since 2015. Four unique concerts at Cotsen Hall, the auditorium of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, are presented by the Schwarz Foundation and the Gennadius Library of the ASCSA, under the auspices of the U.S. Embassy in Greece.
For more than 10 years, Curtis on Tour artists and ensembles have delighted audiences around the globe with performances that are “exhilarating from beginning to end” (The Washington Post). “One of the world’s finest music academies” (BBC Culture), the Curtis Institute of Music pairs tradition and innovation, educating exceptionally gifted young musicians as artist-citizens who engage a local and global community through music-making of the highest caliber. Grounded in the school’s “learn by doing” philosophy, tours feature extraordinary emerging artists alongside celebrated alumni.
The festival of concerts at the Gennadius Library includes four compelling programs – from a delightful concert of opera and song to chamber music favorites, such as Brahms’s thrilling piano quartet in g minor. A highlight of this year’s festival is a newly commissioned work by Richard Danielpour entitled Canti della Natura (Songs of Nature). These exciting new songs set sonnets penned by Antonio Vivaldi, which were written to accompany his own Le quattro stagioni (Four Seasons). All four concerts in Cotsen Hall will be broadcast live.
The tour continues in October to Berlin, Germany (Konzerthaus Berlin), Vercelli, Italy (Salone Dugentesco), Alicante, Spain (Auditori Teulada Moraira) and Madrid, Spain (Fundación Juan March).
All concerts start at 20:30
- Free admission with priority vouchers, available at the venue 1 hour before each concert.
- Tuesday, September 27
Violin, Cello and Piano
- Andrea Obisoviolin
- Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrinartistic direction, cello
- Pallavi Mahidharapiano
- Wednesday, September 28
Voice and Piano
- Elena Perronisoprano
- Joseph Tancreditenor
- Miloš RepickýPiano
- Thursday, September 29
Voice, Strings and Piano
- Andrea Obisoviolin
- Haesue Leeviola
- Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrinartistic direction, cello
- Pallavi Mahidharapiano
- Friday, September 30
Final Concert with Voice, Strings and Piano
- Elena Perronisoprano
- Joseph Tancreditenor
- Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrinartistic direction, cello
- Pallavi Mahidharapiano
- Miloš RepickýPiano
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About
- The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens is a leading research center for the study of the culture and civilization of Greece. With more than 145.000 rare books, archives, manuscripts, and research materials, the collections shed light on all periods of Greek history. Through public lectures, seminars, symposia, exhibitions, and publications, the Library aims to reach a broader public in order to highlight the importance of Greek culture in the formation of western civilization. Since August 2015 and in collaboration with the Schwarz Foundation, the Gennadius Library has hosted a series of four concerts of the famous Curtis Institute of Music that enliven the city’s cultural landscape at the beginning of autumn.
- The Curtis Institute of Music educates and trains exceptionally gifted young musicians to engage a local and global community through the highest level of artistry. For nearly a century Curtis has provided each member of its small student body with an unparalleled education alongside musical peers, distinguished by a “learn by doing” philosophy and personalized attention from a faculty that includes a high proportion of actively performing musicians. To ensure that admissions are based solely on artistic promise, Curtis makes an investment in each admitted student so that no tuition is charged for their studies. Curtis students hone their craft through more than 200 orchestra, opera, and solo and chamber music offerings each year and programs that bring arts access and education to the community. This real-world training allows these extraordinary young musicians to join the front rank of performers, composers, conductors, and musical leaders, making a profound impact on music onstage and in their communities. To learn more, visit Curtis.edu.
- Curtis on Tour is the Nina von Maltzahn global touring initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music. Grounded in the school’s “learn by doing” philosophy, tours feature extraordinary emerging artists alongside celebrated alumni and faculty. In addition to performances, musicians offer master classes, educational programs, and community engagement activities while on tour. Curtis on Tour also manages solo engagements for Curtis artists with professional orchestras and presenters. Since the program was established in 2008, Curtis on Tour ensembles have performed more than 375 concerts in over 100 cities in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Credits
- Curtis on Tour, the Nina von Maltzahn global touring initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music is the resident ensemble at the “Nights of Classical Music at the Gennadius Library,” which is presented by the Schwarz Foundation and the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Production: Phormigx, Media Relations: Zuma Communications, Booklet Graphic Design: Michalis Paparounis – futura Publications
Under the auspices of the U.S. Embassy in Greece
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