Music Connects the Onassis Stegi and the Panteion University, Vol. 4
23 January 2019 | Panteion University | 20:30
Have you ever heard electric guitar in a contemporary music recital? Acoustic guitar with four extra strings? A solo oboe accompanied by the sound of crystal glasses or a harp? Have you seen scores containing only words, which anyone can play?
Photo: Yannis Soulis
For the fourth consecutive year, the Music Bridge Over Syngrou Avenue connects the Onassis Stegi with Panteion University to offer up new combinations of instruments, new composers and works receiving their premiere performances.
Supported by the Onassis Stegi's know-how and networking, the students studying Culture and Cultural Management in Panteion’s Department of Communication, Media and Culture have undertaken to promote the concert series in close collaboration with the musicians. The concerts are the culmination of an intensive workshop which seeks to acquaint students with contemporary music and the experience of organizing a concert.
Another goal is to spotlight the talent of young composers and performers. The press releases, social media posts, reports, articles, interviews and often the photographs are the work of students working in groups. Every year, different instrumental combinations and themes are selected in order to cover as broad a repertoire as possible. The Onassis Stegi and Panteion University have joined forces for the fourth consecutive year to run the program.
1st concert: 23 January 2019
In the first concert, we will hear Vassos Nicolaou's new work for solo oboe and electronics, commissioned by the Onassis Stegi, along with a tribute to the most important oboist of our era, Heinz Holliger, and the musical partnership he formed with his harpist wife, Ursula Holliger.
Spyros Kontos: Oboe, oboe d'amore
Gogo Xagara: Harp
With the participation of Panteion students (playing crystal glasses)
Works
Luciano Berio: “Sequenza VII” for solo oboe (1969) 8'
Vassos Nicolaou: New work for oboe and electronics* (2018) 10'
Mario Lavista: “Marsias” for oboe and crystal glasses** (1982) 10'
Elliot Carter: “Trilogy” for oboe and harp (1992) 15'
Heinz Holliger: “Bouquet de pensées” (extracts) for oboe or oboe d'amore and harp (1995-2010) 15'
* Commissioned by Onassis Stegi
** Greek premiere
*** Works written for the 6daEXit Improvisation Ensemble, premiere performances
Credits
Project Head: Lorenda Ramou
Professor in charge, Panteion University: Georgios Klimis
