Schedule
May 2026
3 May | MDR Klassik | Radio Broadcasting 7:30 pm
Concert from 2nd April
Konstantia Gourzi: three diaglogues, world premiere
8 May | 50-minute Contemporary Music Concert | oktopus 50 | Carl Orff Auditorium, HMTM Munich, 6 pm
In cooperation between the Master’s program in Contemporary Music, the conducting
classes, and the composition classes of the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich
ensemble oktopus
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi
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8 May | Concert | Concert | Großes Haus, Staatstheater Mainz | Mainz, 8 pm
Konstantia Gourzi – Mainz Composer Portrait 2026
8th Symphony Concert
Konstantia Gourzi: Ο Χορός του 21 – The Dance of 21 The Dance of 21
Konstantia Gourzi: Ypsilon, a Poem for Trumpet and Orchestra in five Scenes
Konstantia Gourzi: Levitation for Orchestra, World Premiere
Robert Schumann: Sinfonie Nr. 4 d-Moll
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz
Trumpet: Simon Höfele
Conductor: Gabriel Venzago
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8 May | Concert | Olympic Sax Festival in Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki Concert Hall, 8:30 pm
Works including
Works by Jean-Baptiste Singelée, György Ligeti, Manuel de Falla, George Gershwin and Konstantia Gourzi: Voyager 1
Eternum Saxophone Quartet
Soprano saxophone: Mari Ángeles del Valle Casado
Alto saxophone: Eva Kotar
Tenor saxophone: Ajda Antolovic
Baritone saxophone: Filip Orlović
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9 May | Concert | Concert | Großes Haus, Staatstheater Mainz | Mainz, 8 pm
Konstantia Gourzi – Mainz Composer Portrait 2026
8th Symphony Concert
Konstantia Gourzi:: Ο Χορός του 21 – The Dance of 21
Konstantia Gourzi: Ypsilon, a Poem for Trumpet and Orchestra in five Scenes
Konstantia Gourzi: Levitation for Orchestra, World Premiere
Robert Schumann: Sinfonie Nr. 4 d-Moll
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz
Trumpet: Simon Höfele
Conductor: Gabriel Venzago
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9 May | Concert | Workshop Concert | Großes Haus, Staatstheater Mainz | Mainz, 11:30
am
Konstantia Gourzi – Mainz Composer Portrait 2026
Music by Konstantia Gourzi: Drei Synapten zu Ehren der Seligen Gisela…
LandesJugendOrchester Rheinland-Pfalz
Moderation: Gabriel Venzago
Conductor and Moderator: Konstantia Gourzi
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9 May | Concert | Chamber Concert I – Passion Through the Centuries | Villa Musica |
Mainz, 4 pm
Konstantia Gourzi – Mainz Composer Portrait 2026
Aleksandr Skrjabin: Piano Sonata No. 4
Konstantia Gourzi: Hommage à Mozart – three dialogues
Konstantia Gourzi: messages between trees
Joseph Haydn: Streichquartett B-Dur
Konstantia Gourzi: melodies from the sea
Béla Bartók: aus 44 Duos für 2 Violinen, Sz. 98
Konstantia Gourzi: still flying
Violin I: Sungmoon Kim
Violin II: Minju Park
Viola: Jinju Yang
Violoncello: Eunju Cheung
Piano: Gabriel Yeo
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9 May | BR-Klassik – Meine Musik | Prominent guests and their favourite music, 11:05 am
Meret Forster in conversation with Konstantia Gourzi
10 May | Concert | Chamber Concert II – Fragments of Eternity | Academy of Sciences and
Literature | Mainz, 11:30 am
Konstantia Gourzi – Mainz Composer Portrait 2026
Konstantia Gourzi: P-ILION, neun Fragmente einer Ewigkeit
Nikos Skalkottas: 5 griechische Tänze
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden
Scholarship holders of the Landesstiftung Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz
Ast Quartet
Violin I: Sungmoon Kim
Violin II: Minju Park
Viola: Jinju Yang
Violoncello: Eunju Cheung
Panel discussion with Konstantia Gourzi, Gabriel Venzago, and others
Moderation: Sabine Fallenstein (SWR-Kultur)
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13 May | Concert | Freiburger Barockorchester | Arolser Barock-Festspiele, Residenzschloss Bad Arolsen, Schlosshof, 5 pm
Works by Jean-Féry Rebel, Georg Friedrich Händel, John Cage, Antonio Vivaldi, Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Jean Baptist Lully, Luigi Boccherini, Herny Purcell, Jacob van Eyck and
Konstantia Gourzi: Saâ
Orchestra: Freiburger Barockorchester
Recorder and Conductor: Dorothee Oberlinger
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15 May | Concert | Megaron Concert Hall Athens | Athens, 8:30 pm
Konstantia Gourzi: Variation 21
Philip Glass: Double Concerto for violin and cello
Antonín Dvořák: Symphonie Nr. 7
Athens State Orchestra (KOA)
Violin: Gidon Kremer
Violoncello: Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė
Conductor: Daniel Raiskin
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22 May | Concert – World Premiere | Day and Night | Closing Concert of “Musik von Jetzt – Eigenzeit” | Philharmonie Mercatorhalle, 7:30 pm
Songs by Rabindranath Tagore in new arrangements by David Bruce, Mahan Mirarab, and
Konstantia Gourzi: balã galõ – a song for an evening at the river (world premiere)
Voice | Dramaturgy: Kamalini Mukherji
Mandolin: Avi Avital
Sarod: Swarnendu Mandal
Tabla: Sanjib Pal
Aris Quartet
Violin: Anna Katharina Wildermuth
Violin: Noémi Zipperling
Viola: Caspar Vinzens
Cello: Lukas Sieber
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22 May | Concert | Transient Festival | Aula of the Hermann-Josef-Kolleg Steinfeld | 8 pm
Opening concert: “Kinderszenen aus Istanbul”
An intercultural dialogue concert with Serra Tavsanli.
A piano evening with video installation by Folkert Uhde.
Featuring works by J. S. Bach, R. Schumann, Ahmed Altinel, and
Konstantia Gourzi: wind whispers
Piano: Serra Tavsanli
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23 May | Cloister Concert | Transient Festival | Kloster Steinfeld | 11 am–8 pm
Steinfelder Resonances – A day of music, walking, readings, and conversations
Works by Josquin Desprez, Pauline Oliveros, John Cage, Maxine Troglauer, Guillaume de Machaut, Kaija Saariaho, Tarquinio Merula, Leon Senger, Frank Reinshagen, and
Konstantia Gourzi: wind whispers
Further works by Konstantia Gourzi:
Nine Lullabies for a New World – Violin: Nicole Besse
Hommage à Mozart – Three Dialogues – Violin: Nicole Besse, Piano: Erik Arndt
messages between trees – Violin: Nicole Besse, Accordion: Erik Arndt
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28 May | Concert | “Apollon” | Embassy of Greece in Berlin | 8.30 pm
Works by Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, and
Konstantia Gourzi: Apollon
Piano Trio Aydın – Park – Streuli
Özgür Aydın, piano
Tim Park, cello
Christoph Streuli, violin
June 2026
2 June | Concert | Impression 4 | Small Concert Hall, HMTM, 7 pm
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Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi
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15 June | Visionary Voices – 125 Years of Universal Edition | Arnold Schoenberg Center, 6:30 pm
Works by Gustav Mahler, Arnold Schoenberg, Kurt Weill, Arvo Pärt, Wolfgang Rihm and
Konstantia Gourzi: Atlantis 2
Harp: Elisabeth Plank
20 June | Concert | Freiburger Barockorchester | Potsdam Musikfestspiele – Ombra e Luce
Works by Jean-Féry Rebel, Georg Friedrich Händel, John Cage, Antonio Vivaldi, Heinrich Ignaz
Biber, Jean Baptist Lully, Luigi Boccherini, Herny Purcell, Jacob van Eyck and
Konstantia Gourzi: Saâ, Austrian premiere
Orchestra: Freiburger Barockorchester
Recorder and Conductor: Dorothee Oberlinger
July 2026
3 July | Concert | Opening Concert | Herrenhaus Harkotten, Sassenberg, 7 pm
Konstantia Gourzi – Composer in Residence, Romberg Festival
Works by Bernhard Romberg, André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Friedrich Gulda and Konstantia Gourzi: Telestía op. 103: Telestía (2023) – Konstantia Gourzi
Violin I: Julia Smirnova
Violin II: Christian Kim
Viola: Miguel Erlich
Violoncello: Victoria Saldarini
4 July | Concert | Chamber Music Summit – Between Romanticism and the Present |
Erbdrostenhof, Münster, 8 pm
Konstantia Gourzi – Composer in Residence, Romberg Festival
Works by Bernhard Romberg, Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann and
Konstantia Gourzi: Call of the Bees and messages between trees
Viola: Miguel Erlich
Violoncello: Konstantin Manaev
Piano: Philipp Scheucher
5 July | Concert | The Voice of the Violoncello | Herrenhaus Harkotten, Sassenberg, 3 pm
Konstantia Gourzi – Composer in Residence, Romberg Festival
Works by Bernhard Romberg, Reinhold Glière, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jean-Baptiste Barrière and
Konstantia Gourzi: A Song for Peace and Jasminarie
Violin: Julia Smirnova
Violoncello: Konstantin Manaev
17 July | Concert | Antiquity the Present: Greek Sound Worlds for String Quartet | Goldschmiedekapelle | Augsburg, 8 pm
Works by Minas Borboudakis, Iannis Xenakis, Nikos Skalkottas and
Konstantia Gourzi: still flying
String Quartet: Leopold Mozart Quartett
Violin I: Mariko Umae
Violin II: Aleksandra Manić
Viola: Christian Döring
Cello: Johannes Gutfleisch
24 July | Concert | Emilia Romagna Festival | Terrazza delle Terme, Cervia, 9 pm
Works by Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, and
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden
String Quartet: Katarina String Quartet
Violin I: Jeanel Liang
Violin II: Jérôme Chiasson
Viola: Celia Morin
Cello: Maya Enstad
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August 2026
1 August | Concert | World Harp Congress Toronto, 11.30 pm
Works by Carolina Noguera, Pier Damiano Peretti, and
Konstantia Gourzi: Atlantis 2
Harp Soloist: Elisabeth Plank
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