News – Archive

17 February | Concert | Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
New Music and Improvisation – ensemble oktopus
Works by Sharp, Hübner, Schneid and Riessler
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

26 February | Concert | Konzertkirche Neubrandenburg, 7 p.m.
31th Neubrandenburg Concert Night: „Simsalabim“
Konstantia Gourzi: Flammenarie
Accompanied by a photo presentation by Norbert Banik
Ensemble opus21musikplus

6 March | Concert | Black Box, Gasteig, Munich
Konstantia Gourzi: P-ILION – neun fragmente einer ewigkeit, string quartet no. 2
TripleStrings as quartet

8 March | Concert | Konzerthaus Berlin
Camerata Europea – Light and Darkness
Konstantia Gourzi: Aiolos Wind
Piano: Paul Cibis

17 March | Concert | Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
New Music International – ensemble oktopus
Works by Vähi, Lienenkämper, Müller, Rossi
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

3 April | World Premiere | Gasteig, Munich
Zypriotischer Frühling
Konstantia Gourzi: Jasminarie, WP
Soprano: Sonia Theodoridou, tarhu: Michalis Cholevas

5 April | Concert | National Theater Apollon, Patras, Greece
Konstantia Gourzi: Ieratiki Poiisi
Orchestra of Patras
Byzantine style psalm singer: Panagiotis Andriopoulos, clarinet: Giorgos Bourdopoulos, piano: Tassos Spiliotopoulos

19 May | Concert | Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
New Music between North and South
Works by Sicilianos, Gazouleas, Korsun, Henze, Ajax
ensemble oktopus
Artistic Director: Konstantia Gourzi

24 July | World Premiere | Carl-Orff-Saal, Gasteig, Munich
Closing performance of the Education Programme
Masayuki Nakaji: “Urashima-Fantasie”, WP
Commissioned for the Participants of the Education Programme and the ensemble opus21musikplus
Choreography: Anna Ressel
Artistic Director: Konstantia Gourzi

11 September | World Premiere | Marstallplatz, Munich, 2.30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: time zero
Commissioned by the Archiepiscopal Bishopric Munich-Freising for the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11
Gospel singer: Joan Orleans, Arab singer: Ayoub Bout, Byzantine style psalm singer: Vassilis Agrokostas, tenor: Demos Flemotomos
Ensemble opus21musikplus: violin solo and mouth organ: Miltiades Papastamou, violins: Alexander Gilman, Felix Weber, viola: Nils Mönkemeyer, cello: Anja Lechner, Kontrabass: Sebastian Gieck, clarinet: Vaeceslav Cernavca, saxophone: Matthieu Bordenave, trumpet and flugelhorn: Thomas Berg, percussion: Angelos Polychronou, Philipp Jungk, Alexander Glöggler, harp: Sophia Steckeler
Children’s choir of Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, choral conducting: Verena Sarré
Dramatic reading: Nilufar K. Münzing
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

12 September | Concert | 76th International Trade Fair, Thessaloniki, Greece
Works by Kurtag, Gourzi, Ligeti, Beethoven, Liszt, Skalkottas
Konstantia Gourzi: Klavierstücke I-V
Piano: Lorenda Ramou

21 October | Concert | Festival “Europe-Asia”, Kazan, Russia
Konstantia Gourzi: P-ILION, nine fragments of eternity
Primavera Orchestra
Conductor: Benjamin Yusupov

22 October | Concert | Nacht der Filmmusik, Munich
Konstantia Gourzi: Warchild, arr. Jannis Sabrovalakis for orchestra
Erste Bayerische FilmFoniker
Conductor: Ingo P. Stefans