:: Archive 2010 ::

Feb-March 2010 :: Second String quartet in ensemble

The German music magazine ensemble portrays Aristides Strongylis' second string quartet Troisième Hymne Delphique à Apollon in its current number (1/2010) under the heading "Das Neue Werk" (The New Work, p. 68f.). Apart from an in-depth discussion of the piece, the article also contains several excerpts of sheet-music. Moreover, its author Manuel Rösler reflects on an interesting aspect of the string quartet: "We remember Nietzsche, who opposed the Apollonian to the Dionysian element to describe opposed characters in art. This music thus seems to pose the question of what might be the Apollonian in art", to then conclude: "... a joyful play with colors and tones".

23.02.2010 :: Second String Quartet to be recorded

After its premiere on February 20, 2010, Troisème Hymne Delphique à Apollon will be recorded in the studios of German radio broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk on 23rd of February, equally played by the Apollon Musagète Quartet. The recording will be broadcasted in September 2010 on BR Klassik radio.

20.02.2010 :: Troisième Hymne Delphique à Apollon premiered in Austria

The Apollon Musagète Quartet is going to perform the premiere of Aristides Strongylis' second string quartet Troisième Hymne Delphique à Apollon at Amstetten, Austria. The concert in Amstetten's Johann-Pölz-Halle starts at 7.30pm, and the composer will give an introduction to his work before the performance from 6.30 to 7pm.

30.04.2010 :: Musinnale 3.0 in Leipzig's Westwerk

On April 30th, 2010 at 7pm, the public is invited to the opening of the art-and-music project Musinnale 3.0 at Leipzig' Westwerk venue. Latecomers will have another chance to see the works of art and performances on May 1st from 2-6pm. More on the Musinnale on the project page.

28.05.2010 :: First concert of children's composition classes

For the first time, children of the composition courses under the direction of Aristides Strongylis will be performing their works in public. The concert on Friday May 28th, 2010, will take place at 7pm at the Schumannsaal of Leipzig's Schumannhaus (Inselstraße 18). Admission free!

20.06.2010 :: Monsieur Mathieu - Children's Choir Project

On June 20th 2010, the children's education project "Monsieur Mathieu, what will be?“ will be premiered at the Leipzig opera – an acted-out musical answer to the 2004 French film "The Chorus". In this project, socially and/or physically challanged children from several Leipzig schools have devised their own play together with the opera's children's choir and the Gewandhaus orchestra, staging a very personal reaction to the film in music and acting.

13.07.2010 :: Second String Quartet pre-broadcast on BR Klassik radio

The German radio Bayerischer Rundfunk will pre-broadcast the recording of Aristides Stronyglis' second string quartet Troisième Hymne Delphique à Apollon in its late-night chamber music programme. Tune in to BR Klassik on July 13th after 10pm to listen to the recording with the Apollon Musagète Quartet.

23.09.2010 :: "Around Apollo's Temple at Delphi" - A Search for Musical Traces with Aristides Strongylis at BR-Klassik Radio

The composer will present history and origins of his second string quartet in this radio program on September 23rd, 2010. Hatto Beyerle, head of ECMA, the European Chamber Music Association, "baptized" the Polish string quartet winning the 2008 ARD competition "Apollon Musagète Quartet" and commissioned Strongylis to compose a piece on Apollo, the Greek God of the arts, for the quartet. The program will also feature some research on location, the Homeric Hymn to Apollo, ancient Greek music, an interview with Hatto Beyerle, and last not least the composer speaking about his relation to this God of the arts. On air on BR-Klassik September 23rd, 2010, 9-10pm.

24.-26.09.2010 :: Children's Composition Competion at Klassik für Kinder

As part of the Leipzig festival Klassik für Kinder, a composition competition for children aged 0-15 is open for entries until September 14th. Children interested in music can send in a piece for chamber orchestra or can orchestrate one of three pieces to choose from. The jury, consisting of Howard Arman, head of the MDR choir, the church musician Christiane Bräutigam, and Aristides Strongylis, is then going to choose the three best pieces to be premiered at the festival. Read more on the festival's website.

06.11.2010 :: Zwischen Tier und Gott at Chur (CH)

The violist Kathrin von Cube is going to perform Aristides Strongylis' piece for viola solo, Zwischen Tier und Gott, at Chur, Switzerland, on November 6th, 2010. The concert at the Chur Museum will be part of the series of chamber music concerts by Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden and will begin at 8pm.

18.11.2010 :: Monsieur Mathieu gets junge ohren price 2010

The children's education project Mon­sieur Mathieu, was wird? was awarded a second price by the network junge ohren! The choir project with Leipzig children from various social and educational backgrounds (composition workshops: Aristides Strongylis) received a price in the "Best Practice" category. Learn more about this project of the Leipzig Opera house on the projects' page.

08.12.2010 :: History of Greek Music in Leipzig

On December 8, 2010, Aristides Strongylis will talk about the "History of Modern Greek Classical Music - from Antiquity to Today" and within this also give a glimpse of his own work. The association for the Town Twinning of Leipzig and Thessa­loniki cordially invites to the event at the Leipzig Europahaus (map) at 7pm.

:: Archive 2009 ::

January 22nd, 2009 :: The Oracle at the Munich Gasteig

"New Greek Music at Munich": in Munich's Gasteig concert hall, Aristides Strongylis' piece Das Orakel [The Oracle] for harp and clarinet will be performed by ensemble oktopus on January 22nd, 2009. Among works by Anastasios Mitropoulos, Georgia Spiropoulos and Minas Borboudakis, this concert night under the direction of Konstantia Gourzi will also include the first performance of two pieces by Dimitri Terzakis.

March 3rd, 2009 :: The glassy apple at Leipzig

Greek! is the title of a Leipzig concert night featuring Greek contemporary music on March 3rd, 2009. The MDR symphony orchestra is going to perform, among other pieces, Aristides Strongylis' The glassy apple (Der gläserne Apfel) for string orchestra and CD (2008 version). In the concert conducted by Florian Ludwig at MDR Studio Hall, the audience is also going to hear works by Dimitri Terzakis, Minas Borboudakis, Athanasia Tzanou and Konstantia Gourzi.

On Air: MDR Figaro will broadcast a live recording of this concert on March 19, 2009 at 8pm.

May 2009 :: "The Butterfly Workshop" wins national award

The musical theater project "Die Werkstatt der Schmetterlinge" (The Butterfly Workshop), a stage production by children of Leipzig's Clara Schumann school based on a book by Gioconda Belli, was awarded first prize in the German contest "Kinder zum Olymp"! This national contest by the German Endowment for Culture (Kulturstiftung der Länder) encourages children to show creativity and explore their cultural potential. 60 children from Clara Schumann elementary school staged not only the play at Leipzig's Centraltheater but also wrote the musical score for it, under the direction of Aristides Strongylis. The first prize was awarded to the "Butterfly Workshop" in the category grades 1-4 (elementary schools). Check the "Projects" page for more!

September 27, 2009 :: Preview of playback play

A preview of playback play for viola and organ can be heard on September 27, 2009 during the Waldshut International Week of Organ Music. At the Versöhnungskirche in Waldshut-Tiengen Patrick Jüdt, viola, and Trude Klein, organ, are going to perform a preview as a part of a festival morning service (10.15am).

12.12.2009 :: Greek Christmas on German TV

On German MDR television's Christmas programme Aristides Strongylis will talk with host Katrin Weber about Christmas traditions in Greece and present his arrangement of a Greek Christmas Carol. The piece will be sung by Ensemble Enchore Leipzig under the direction of Andreas Mitschke.

:: Archive 2008 ::

February 12, 2008 :: Between Beast and God at Saarbrücken

With violist Tatjana Masurenko as soloist, Zwischen Tier und Gott [Between Beast and God] will be performed at the Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken on February 12, 2008. The concert will be broadcast live on SR 2 KulturRadio.

March 16, 2008 :: about energy at Athens

The Orchestra of Colours will be performing Aristides Strongylis’ work about energy at the Athens Benaki Museum on March 16, 2008, under the direction of Miltos Logiadis.

April 17, 2008 :: about energy at Munich

The Munich ensemble oktopus under its artistic director Prof. Konstantia Gourzi will play about energy, on April 17, 2008, at 8pm. The concert entitled “Young Conductors – Contemporary Composers” will be conducted by Michail Papapetrou, Johannes X. Schachtner, and Hildegard Schön.

April 27, 2008 :: Conference "Music Moving Children“

In a talk at the conference of baden-wurttemberg State Acedemy Ochsenhausen „Musik bewegt Kinder (Music Moving Children)", Aristides Strongylis will be presenting the subject "Composition for children", illustrating the subject's specific structures.

May 23, 2008 :: Konzerthaus Berlin :: Die Zeit des Narziss

At the Berlin Konzerthaus, the Iturriaga Quartet will be performing Die Zeit des Narziss [Narcissus' Time] on May 23rd. The concert will be part of the series "Studio Neue Musik", including works of Manfred Trojahn, Peter Weirauch, Karl Heinz Wahren and Gabriel Iranyi.

June 15, 2008 :: Narzissus in France

In June, Die Zeit des Narziss [Narcissus' Time] will be performed in France for the first time. In a concert at the church Chapelle Notre-Dame de L'île at Luzech (département Lot, Midi-Pyrénées), the Iturriaga Quartet will be playing Aristides Strongylis' most often performed string quartet.

July 14-17, 2008 :: Recording of playback play

Aristides Strongylis' work playback play for viola and organ will be recorded at the church of Polditz (Saxony) on July 14-17. Performing artists will be David Timm, musical director of Leipzig university, at the Ladegast organ (completed in 1868) of the Polditz church, and Matthias Sannemüller, solo violist of the MDR symphony orchestra. The work has been commissioned and will be produced by the radio station MDR-Figaro.

July 26, 2008 :: Narcissus in France again

After its first perfomance in France in June, the string quartet Die Zeit des Narziss will again be heard by French audiences in July, this time at the Festival Autour du Quatuor at Olargues. The piece will be performed by the Iturriaga Quartet.

December 28, 2008 :: Fighting the Tiger at Athens

December 28, 2008, will see the performance of Aristides Strongylis' Der Kampf mit dem Tiger [Fighting the Tiger] - a Chinese fairy tale for ensemble - by members of the Orchestra of Colours. The concert at the Athens' Benaki Museum will be directed by Miltos Logiadis.

:: Archive 2007 ::

July 1, 2007 :: Narcissus in Spain

The Iturriaga Quartet will be performing Aristides Strongylis' string quartet Die Zeit des Narziss [Narcissus' Time] in Spain at the international Granada Festival on July 1st, 2007, and in Cadiz on July 3rd. This will be the first time that this work is being heard in Spain.

Dec. 20, 2007 :: Narcissus in Oviedo

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