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3 February | Concert | Carl-Orff-Auditorium, Munich
Konstantia Gourzi: Aiolos Wind
Piano: Ricardo Descalzo

5 February | Concert | Kempen
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden, nine lullabies for a new world – Hommage à J.S. Bach
Minguet Quartet, viola: Gérard Caussé

9 February | Concert | Reaktorhalle, Munich, 7 p.m.
Works by Olivier Messiaen, Stefano Gervasoni, Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Claudio Ambrosini, Mark Andre
ensemble oktopus and soloists
Flute: Andrea Lieberknecht
Piano: Markus Bellheim (Messiaen)
Voice: Andreas Schmidt
Piano: Henri Bonamy (Ambrosini)
Cimbalom: Luigi Gaggero
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

14 February | Concert | Bilbao, Spain
Konstantia Gourzi: Hommage à Mozart for violin and piano
Ensemble Kuraia

18 February | World Premiere | Dovzhenko Center, Kiev, Ukraine
Konstantia Gourzi: Beauty, for large ensemble, WP
Ukho Ensemble
Conductor: Luigi Gaggero

11 March | TV Dokumentation | 3sat
„Maestras – der lange Weg der Dirigentinnen ans Pult“
A Film by Günter Atteln and Maria Stodtmeier. With Sylvia Caduff, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Barbara Hannigan, Marin Alsop, Anu Tali, Gabriela Montero, Konstantia Gourzi, Hedy Graber, Jasper Parrott, Michael Haefliger.

16 March | Concert Broadcast | BR Klassik Radio, „Horizonte“ show
Broadcast of the concert of 9 February, 2017
Hommage à Peter Sadlo – Works by Olivier Messiaen, Stefano Gervasoni, Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Claudio Ambrosini, Mark Andre
ensemble oktopus and soloists
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

18 March | Studio Recording | BR, Munich
Peter Michael Hamel: Morton Feldman in my Life (1994)
Ensemble opus21musikplus
Flute: Alissa Rossius, violin: Rebecca Hartmann, marimba: Marcel Kentaro Morikawa, piano: Henri Bonamy
Rehearsals, conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

April 2017 – March 2018 | Composer in Residence | International House of Artists Villa Concordia, Bamberg
Scholarship holder in the season 2017/18, which focussed on Greece

2 April | Concert | Ratssaal, Crailsheim, 7.30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: P-ILION, neun fragmente einer ewigkeit
Signum Quartet

11 April | Concert | Prague, Czech Republic
Konstantia Gourzi: P-ILION, neun fragmente einer ewigkeit
Signum Quartett

21 April | Concert | Reaktorhalle, Munich
Closing concert of the master class „Junge Komponisten, Junge Dirigenten“
Ensemble oktopus

5 May | Concert | Conservatorio Superior de Música, Coruña, Spain
Konstantia Gourzi: Aiolos Wind
Piano: Ricardo Descalzo

6 May | Concert | Conservatorio Superior de Música, Ferrol, Spain
Konstantia Gourzi: Aiolos Wind
Piano: Ricardo Descalzo

7 May | Concert | Festival Mujeres en la Música, Escuela de Música Andrés Isasi en Areeta, Getxo, Spain
Konstantia Gourzi: Aiolos Wind
Piano: Ricardo Descalzo

6 June | Concert Broadcast | BR Klassik Radio, „Horizonte“ show
Broadcast of the concert of 9 February, 2017
Hommage à Peter Sadlo – Works by Olivier Messiaen, Stefano Gervasoni, Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Claudio Ambrosini, Mark Andre
ensemble oktopus and soloists
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

8 June | Radio Portrait | BR Klassik Radio, „Horizonte“ show
„The Greek composer and conductor Konstantia Gourzi“, a portrait by Susanne Schmerda
Konstantia Gourzi: Ny-él, Two Angels in the White Garden

8 June | Concert | Shibuja Cultural Center Owada, Tokyo, Japan
Konstantia Gourzi: nine lullabies for a new world – Hommage à J.S. Bach
Viola: Nils Mönkemeyer

5 July | Portrait Concert | International House of Artists Villa Concordia, Bamberg
Konstantia Gourzi: nine lullabies for a new world – Hommage à J.S. Bach, „noch fürcht‘ ich“, Hommage à Mozart
Viola: Nils Mönkemeyer, piano: William Youn

23 July | World Premiere | Vielklang Festival, Tübingen
Konstantia Gourzi: A song for peace, WP
Aditya Duo: violin: Ava-Rebekah Rahman, cello: Matthias Diener

19 August | Concert | Zemplén Festival, Sárospatak, Hungary
Konstantia Gourzi: Paharión, the Red Angel in the Garden of Las Huelgas
Saint Ephraim Male Choir, Ensemble opus21musikplus with Vassilis Agrokostas (Byzantine style psalm singer, lyre), Harris Lambrakis (ney), Miltiades Papastamou (violin), Slava Cernavca (clarinet/bass clarinet)
Conductors: Tamás Bubnó, Konstantia Gourzi

24 August | Concert | Quincena Musical, San Sebastián, Spain
Konstantia Gourzi: Eine kleine Geschichte, Aiolos Wind
Piano: Ricardo Descalzo

25 August | Radio Broadcast | BR Klassik Radio
Mark André: „riss 2“ for ensemble
Ensemble oktopus and students of the Nuremberg University of Music
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

17 – 19 September | CD Recording | Tel Aviv, Israel
CD recording with works by Amos Elkana
Meitar Ensemble
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

19 September | Concert | Philharmonie, Cologne
Konstantia Gourzi: A song for peace
Aditya Duo: violin: Ava-Rebekah Rahman, cello: Matthias Diener

8 October | Concert | Wandelhalle, Bad Mergentheim
Konstantia Gourzi: Drei Synapten zu Ehren der Seligen Gisela
Landesverband Bayerischer Liebhaberorchester
Conductor: Hildegard Schön

15 October | Concert | Eifel Musik und Kunst Fest, Strempt
Konstantia Gourzi: A song for peace
Aditya Duo: violin: Ava-Rebekah Rahman, cello: Matthias Diener