September 2026

September 4–6 | ARD International Music Competition | String Quartet | Munich – 2nd Round
String Quartet No. 3 Anájikon, The Angel in the Blue Garden
Ars Quartet, Katarina String Quartet, Isla String Quartet, Vivace Quartet, Duke String Quartet
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September 23 | Concert | Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Festival Alte Musik Knechtsteden, 8:00 p.m.
Works by Jean-Féry Rebel, Georg Friedrich Händel, John Cage, Antonio Vivaldi, Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Luigi Boccherini, Henry Purcell, Jacob van Eyck and
Konstantia Gourzi: Saâ
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Recorder and conductor: Dorothee Oberlinger
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September 27 | Concert | Hörfest Neue Musik | Detmold, 6:00 p.m.
Works including
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden
Minguet String Quartet
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September 28–October 1 | Concerts & Education | Greek Islands: Kalymnos, Leros, Chalki, Rhodes
Four concerts and education programmes with the Ast Quartet as part of the Athens State Orchestra Festival
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October 2026

October 2 | Concert | Bach am Goldenen Horn | Christuskirche, Hanover, 7:00 p.m.
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ahmed Altinel and
Konstantia Gourzi: Three Dialogues for Kemençe and Piano
Piano and presenter: Serra Tavsanli
Kemençe: Emine Bostancı
Lighting design: Folkert Uhde
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October 10 | Concert | SpeGtra | Coronation Hall, Aachen, 8:00 p.m.
Works including Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden
Minguet String Quartet
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October 16 | CD Release | NEOS Label
Logos
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October 18 | World Premiere / Concert | Allerheiligen Hofkirche, Munich, 11:00 a.m.
1st Chamber Concert: New Works for Mallets and Strings
Works by Saverio Tasca, Andy Akiho, Mario Carro, Steve Swallow, Astor Piazzolla,
Konstantia Gourzi: Anánke for two percussionists and strings, world premiere
Commissioned by the Bavarian State Opera
Ensemble of the Bavarian State Orchestra
Carlos Vera Larrucea and Tido Frobeen, percussion
So-Young Kim, Violin I
Julia Pfister, Violin II
Johanna Maurer, Viola
Barna Károly, Violoncello
Blai Gumi Roca, Double Bass
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November 2026

November 2 | Concert | Cologne Philharmonie, 8:00 p.m.
A Journey Through Time – Past and Present in Reflection
Works by Salvatore Sciarrino, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Nadia Boulanger, Isabel Mundry, Johannes Brahms and
Konstantia Gourzi: Hommage à Mozart for Viola and Fortepiano
[Nils Mönkemeyer, viola]
William Youn, fortepiano
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November 22 | World Premiere / Concert | Philharmonie de Paris, 4:00 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: when summer touched me for guitar and cello, world premiere
Commissioned by Anja Lechner and Pablo Márquez as part of the Orient and Occident project
Anja Lechner (cello), Pablo Márquez (guitar)
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November 24 | Concert & Education | “Verbindung 2: Memory and New Beginnings” | Reaktorhalle, 7:00 p.m.
Works by Helena Cánovas Parés, Jörg Birkenkötter, Manuel de Falla, Tristan Murail, Wenchen Qin, Marvel Jem Roth, world premiere
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Soloist: Luis González Lladó
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

November 29–December 5 | Concert & Education Erasmus+ | “Verbindung 2: Six World Premieres” | Vafopoulio Cultural Center, Thessaloniki, Greece, 8:30 p.m.
Works by Luana Ambrósio, Francisco Fernandes, Danielle Lurie, Christos Papadopoulos, Stilliána Saropoulou, Felix Tetz
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Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

February 2027

February 2, 2027 | Concert & Education | “Verbindung 4: Transitions” | Reaktorhalle, 7:00 p.m.
Works by Caio de Azevedo, Bernhard Gander, György Kurtág, Johannes Maria Staud, Kaija Saariaho, Finn Mattingly, world premiere
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Soloist: Lena Neudauer
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

March 2027

March 19, 2027 | Concert | Megaron – Athens Concert Hall | Athens, 8:30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Ishaón, the Angel in the Golden Garden, Greek premiere
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Athens State Orchestra
Viola: Nils Mönkemeyer
Conductor: Giorgos Ziavras
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April 2027

April 15, 2027 | Concert | Stadttheater | Minden, 8:00 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Variation 21
Benjamin Britten: Violin Concerto, Op. 15
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38, “Spring Symphony”
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Jonathan Bloxham, conductor
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April 15, 2027 | Concert | Stadtpark Schützenhof | Herford, 8:00 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Variation 21
Benjamin Britten: Violin Concerto, Op. 15
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38, “Spring Symphony”
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Jonathan Bloxham, conductor
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April 17, 2027 | Concert | Konzerthalle | Bad Salzuflen, 7:30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Variation 21
Benjamin Britten: Violin Concerto, Op. 15
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38, “Spring Symphony”
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Jonathan Bloxham, conductor
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April 18, 2027 | Concert | Erwin-Piscator-Haus | Marburg, 8:00 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Variation 21
Benjamin Britten: Violin Concerto, Op. 15
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38, “Spring Symphony”
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Jonathan Bloxham, conductor
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May 2027

May 23, 2027 | World Premiere / Concert | Dresden Music Festival
Works by Igor Stravinsky: L’Histoire du soldat and
Konstantia Gourzi: The Blue Violin for ensemble, world premiere
Commissioned by the Dresden Music Festival
Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic
Narrator: Ulrich Noethen
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June 2027

June 1, 2027 | Concert & Education | “Verbindung 5: Traces” | Reaktorhalle, 7:00 p.m.
In cooperation with JU[M]BLE – Youth Ensemble for New Music Bavaria
Wilhelm Killmayer, among others
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Conductors: Konstantia Gourzi & Johannes X. Schachtner

June 10, 2027 | Concert | Handel Festival Halle, 9:00 p.m.
Works including
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden
Minguet String Quartet
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