Schedule

20 January 2021 | Ultraschall Festival Berlin | World Premiere / LIVE Radio Concert | from the Haus des Rundfunks (Großer Sendesaal des rbb), 8 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: messages between the trees for viola and bourdon (2020)
Viola: Nils Mönkemeyer
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Link to the Radio-Concert | 20  January 2021, 8 p.m.
Repeat of the concert on Deutschlandfunk | 21 January 2021, 9 p.m.

Interview with Nils Mönkemeyer (in German)| rbb Radio, 20 January 2021, 5:10 p.m.

21 January 2021 | CD Release Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt – Beethoven Homage | Eight World Premieres | Ambiente Audio
World premieres by Martina Eisenreich, Konstantia Gourzi, Marco Hertenstein, Dorothea Hofmann, Evelyn Huber, Birgit Stolzenburg, Enjott Schneider
New composition by Konstantia Gourzi: Néome, trio for clarinet, percussion and piano
ensemble oktopus and soloists
Christian Benning: vibraphone, Slava Cernavca: clarinet, Evelyn Huber: harp, Carlos Vera Larrucea: percussion, Wolfgang Lohmeier: percussion, Kai Rapsch: English horn
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

26 January 2021 | World-premiere | Deutschland Funk, 9 p.m.
Repeat of the concert from Ultraschall Festival Berlin, 20 January 2021
Link

29 January 2021 | World Premiere | Concert Hall, Joseph Keilberth Hall, Bamberg, 8 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Variation 21 for orchestra
Commissioned by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra for “The encore! project
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Cristian Macelaru
CONCERT IS CANCELLED

30 January 2021 | World Premiere | Theater, Schweinfurt, 7.30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Variation 21 for orchestra
Commissioned by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra for “The encore! project
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Cristian Macelaru
CONCERT IS CANCELLED

31 January 2021 | World Premiere | City Theater, Guided, 7.30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Variation 21 for orchestra
Commissioned by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra for “The encore! project
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Cristian Macelaru
CONCERT IS CANCELLED

22 February 2021 | Radio Recording | RSO Vienna
Konstantia Gourzi: Gedichte zu Prometheus
Orchestra: Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna
Conductor: Marin Alsop

26 February 2021 | Round Table | Düsseldorf
Round Table “Women Conductors”
State Parliament NRW Düsseldorf

1 March 2021 | 2x listen Contemporary | Konzerthaus Berlin, Werner-Otto-Saal, 8 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Hommage à Mozart – three dialogues for viola and piano
Viola: Nils Mönkemeyer
Piano: William Youn
THE CONCERT WILL BE POSTPONED

13 March 2021 | Radio broadcast Deutschland Funk | Klassik-Pop-et cetera, 10 a.m.
Moderation: Konstantia Gourzi
Link to the Radio show

25 March 2021 | World Premiere | Megaron, Concert Hall Athens, 5 p.m. (MEZ) / 6 p.m. (OEZ)
Konstantia Gourzi: The Dance of 21 for Orchestra
Commissioned by the Athens State Orchestra (KOA)
Orchestra: Athens State Orchestra (KOA)
Conductor: Stefanos Tsialis
THE CONCERT WILL BE POSTPONED

27-28 April 2021 | Jury | Dirigentenforum des Deutschen Musikrates
Selection conducting for the admission of new scholarship holders to the Conductors’ Forum
Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

30 April 2021 | CD Release | Anájikon | ECM New Series
with Nils Mönkemeyer, William Youn, Lucerne Academy Orchestra, Minguet Quartett

02 May 2021 | Concert | Rostock, 5 p.m.
Signum Quartet
Konstantia Gourzi: No. 2 “P-Ilion, 9 Fragments of an Eternity”, Op. 33/2
Further works by Mozart, Fokkens, Schubert, Bach, Beethoven and Webern

18 May 2021 | Concert | Großer Saal Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, 7 p.m.
Livestream concert broadcast | BR Klassik Radio
Michael Nyman: For Cage
Magnus Lindberg: Ottoni
Sofia Gubaidulina: Quattro
George Aperghis: Ruins
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati: Constellation
Peter Ablinger: White/white 3
ensemble oktopus
Trombone solo: Mikael Rudolfsson
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

9 June 2021 | World Premiere | Megaron, Athens Concert Hall, Audio and Video Recording
Konstantia Gourzi: The Dance of 21 for orchestra
Commissioned by the Athens State Orchestra (KOA)
Orchestra: Athens State Orchestra (KOA)
Conductor: Stefanos Tsialis

13 June 2021 | Concert broadcast from 2 May | Grundton D, Deutschlandfunk
Signum Quartet
Konstantia Gourzi: No. 2 “P-Ilion, 9 Fragments of an Eternity”, Op. 33/2
Further works by Mozart, Fokkens, Schubert, Bach, Beethoven and Webern
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22 June 2021 | Jury | NOPeras!
1st jury meeting for project selection. Art Foundation NRW

2 July 2021 | Premiere | #GoldbergReflections at Stahlhallen am Südbahnhof | Liepe & Co. Festival 2021
Konstantia Gourzi: lullabies for three flowers
for violin and string orchestra, world premiere
Commissioned composition by Niklas Liepe
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Violin: Niklas Liepe
Conductor: Christoph Koncz

7 July 2021 | World Premiere | Orangerie im Rosenpark, Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Two Cavaliers in the Rose Park
Works by Debussy, Brahms, Hertenstein, Franck and
Konstantia Gourzi: Melodies from the Sea for viola and piano, world premiere
Viola: Nils Mönkemeyer
Piano: William Youn

16 July 2021 | Concert | Klimt Villa Vienna
Auner Quartet
Works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden

17 July 2021 | Concert – World Premiere | Hydra Island, 9 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Three Songs for Hydra – The Rock of Freedom
Commissioned by the Municipality of Hydra in cooperation with the German Embassy in Athens
String quartet: Aris Quartett
Piano: William Youn
Soprano: Alexia Voulgaridou

19 July 2021 | Concert | Novi Vinodolski
Auner Quartet
Works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden

20 July 2021 | Concert | Porec
Auner Quartet
Works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden

21 July 2021 | Concert | Rovinj
Auner Quartet
Works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden

29 July 2021 | Concert | 5th Dodoni Festival | Ancient Theater of Dodoni, 9 p.m.
Auner Quartet
Works by Nikos Skalkottas, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and Konstantia
Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden
In cooperation with Austrian Embassy Athens, 5 th Dodoni Festival, Zografeio School, the Center
for Greek-Austrian Interface Information

31 July 2021 | Concert | Hydra Island, 9 p.m.
Auner Quartet
Works by Nikos Skalkottas, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and Konstantia
Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden
In cooperation with the Austrian Embassy Athens, the Center for Greek-Austrian Interface
Information and the Municipality in Hydra

4 August 2021 | Concert | Ljubljana
Auner Quartet
Works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden

18 August 2021 | World Premiere – Concert | Molyvos International Music Festival, 9 p.m.
New work: Songs for Hellas
Piano: Danae and Kiveli Dörken
Tenor: Julian Prégardien
Commissioned by the Molyvos Festival in cooperation with the German Embassy in Athens