On Sunday May 19, as part of the Piano City Athens 2024 festival, seven young musicians will showcase their talent at the B&E Goulandris Foundation drawing inspiration from works of the Foundation’s Collection related to water, in seven separate piano recitals that are under the artistic direction of Irene Anastasiou.
At this year’s Piano City Athens, hosted for the second year at the B&E Goulandris Foundation, water is the meeting point between music and painting. Seven young, upcoming pianists will use expressive techniques like the rubato, dynamics and wording, to portray in their recitals the changing moods and textures of water landscapes from selected works of the Foundation’s Collection, conveying the sense of narration and image.
Both art and music can excite the senses of viewers and listeners alike. The lively colours and powerful compositions of the works that make up the Foundation’s Collection can reflect the different expressive qualities, the dynamic wording and the fluid movements of piano music, creating a live “dialogue” that results in a powerful, multisensory experience.
The Piano City Athens festival brings people together through music. Following the success of the first event in May 2023, the festival returns for the second year and from May 16 through May 20 the city will turn into an enormous concert hall, with many different piano concertos taking place in public and private venues, transforming the urban landscape. See the festival’s detailed programme at pianocityathens.gr
Concert Programme
Artistic direction: Irene Anastasiou
| 10.00-10.45 |
| Mirto Babarakou – Îles Grecques
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 871 Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 21 in C Major, op. 53 (Waldstein) Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, op. 52 Yannis Constantinidis: 8 Danses des îles Grecques pour le piano |
| 11.15-12.00 |
| Sofia Papadopoulou – I met drops in the ocean
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata in E Minor, BWV 914 Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in B Minor, K.27 Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 26, in E flat Major Op. 81a Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No 3 in A flat Major Op. 47 George Gershwin: Three Preludes |
| 12.30-13.15 |
| Ioanna Kouzi – Per terram, per mare
Claude Debussy: Six épigraphes antiques Olivier Messiaen: Préludes pour piano Maurice Ravel: Miroirs Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101 Alexander Scriabin: Study No. 2 in C sharp Minor Alexandra Papastefanou: Minerals Luciano Berio: Six encores pour piano |
| 13.45-14.30 |
| Giorgos Kefalas – Flowing Fantasy
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat Major, Op. 110 Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in in F Minor, Op. 52 Alexander Scriabin: Fantasy in B Minor, Op. 28 |
| 15.00-15.45 |
| Lida Psaraki – Minimal Drops (Intermezzo)
Ludovico Einaudi: The Dark Bank of Clouds Ludovico Einaudi: Fly Max Richter: Andras Erik Satie: Gnossienne No. 1 Lida Psaraki: Gymnopédie in Red Sergei Prokofiev: Lily Dance of the Maidens (Romeo and Juliet, Οp. 75) Aram Khachaturian: Toccata in E flat Minor, Op. 11 Frédéric Chopin: Prélude No. 4, Op. 28 |
| 16.15-17.00 |
| Asterios Theodorou – Fluid Melodies
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata in G Minor, BWV 915 Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op.109, Vivace-Prestissimo Robert Schumann: Humoreske in B flat Major, Op.20, Einfach-Hastig |
| 17.30-18.15 |
| Daniil Kolanian – At the Fountain
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911 Robert Schumann: Novelletten in F sharp Minor, Op.21, No. 8 Alexander Scriabin: Étude in D sharp Minor, Op.8, No. 12 Komitas: Shushiki in B Minor Franz Liszt: Au bord d’ une source in A flat Major Frédéric Chopin: Étude Op.25 No.11 in A Minor |
The harmony of waves
PIANO CITY ATHENS 2024
Sunday May 19, 2024 | 10.00-18.00
Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation Amphitheatre
Admission is free. Online booking is necessary, at goulandris.gr
13 Eratosthenous str., Athens 116 35, Greece. Τ. +30 210 72 52 895, F. +30 210 72 35 467, E. visit@goulandris.gr
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