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 Thursday 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).

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).

Note: concerts and news of previous years can be found in the → archive