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Music connects the Onassis Stegi and the Panteion University, Vol. 9

Dates

Prices

Free Admission with entry tickets

Location

Athens

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Thursday - Saturday
Time
20:30
Venue
Upper stage

Information

Tickets

Free admission with entry tickets, on a first come first served basis.

The distribution of entrance tickets begins one (1) hour before the event.

Saturday 9 March | 18:00 - 21:00 | African Pianism masterclass

The "African Pianism" masterclass is addressed to pianists.

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Routes of the sea, routes of music. In this year’s concerts, we listen to fragments of primordial music in works of the last decades that narrate journeys and stories of our times. For the ninth year, the collaboration between Onassis Stegi and the Panteion University forges a music bridge above Syngrou Avenue, having as a starting point the contemporary music of pioneering composer Maurice Ohana.

The point of departure is the Iberian Peninsula and the last part of the tribute to traveler-composer Maurice Ohana (1913-1992), which we didn’t have the chance to listen to in 2023. Maurice Ohana was recognized as one of the leading composers of his generation in France as early as the 1960s, bearing a music work that remains as intricate as his musical language.

In this year’s iteration, we cross the oceans through three concerts. From the Iberian Peninsula centuries ago began the ship routes of the transatlantic slave trade to the shores of Central Africa and South America or the Cape of Good Hope and Southeastern Asia. With the Bridge’s program as our vehicle, we pass through the same routes and listen to the music of today from Central African countries, Brazil, Argentina, and Japan. With our thoughts on the sea routes that many people are forced to undergo in our times.

The Music Bridge for this year extends its reach beyond previous years. It begins its journey on the Iberian Peninsula and concludes with the final tribute to the traveling composer, Maurice Ohana. Along the way, it crosses borders and explores contemporary music from Central African nations, Brazil, Argentina, and Japan.

Program

Thursday 7 March

1st concert | 20:30 | A Tribute to Maurice Ohana

Niki Harlafti (b. 1987): “doRon eauTomb,” for violin and cello, commissioned by Onassis Stegi (2023)*
Henri Dutilleux (1916–2013): “3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher,” for solo cello (1976)
Maurice Ohana (1913–1992): “Syrtes,” for cello and piano (1970)**
Manuel de Falla (1876–1946): Concerto for harpsichord (or piano) and 5 instruments (1923-26)


Eirini Krikoni: violin, Dimitris Karagiannakidis: cello, Antonis Tsachtanis: clarinet (members of Oros Ensemble)
Marilena Souri: piano, Vangelis Stahoulopoulos: flute, Ioannis Tselikas: oboe

2nd concert | 21:30 | African pianism

Ayo Bankole (1935–1976, Nigeria): Piano Sonata no. 2 “The Passion” (1959) **
Christian Onyeji (b. 1967, Nigeria): “Ufie, Igbo dance” (2008) **
Egun Variations (Approx. 1970)**
Grant McLachlan (b. 1956, South Africa): “Senzeni na?” (2022) **
Mokale Koapeng (b. 1963, South Africa): “Prelude” (2009) **
Fred Onovwerosuoke (b. 1960, Ghana): “24 Studies in African Rhythms”: “Aye dance 1,” “Aye dance 3,” “Pende,” “Sanza,” “Raging River dance 2” (2007) **
Akin Euba (1935–2020, Nigeria): “Yoruba Songs Without Words”: “Ore meta,” for piano and percussion (1959/1975) **

Rebeca Omordia: piano
Featuring Sofia Kakkou: percussion

Friday 8 March

1st concert | 20:30 | Music for flute from Argentina and Brazil

Brazil

Osvaldo Lacerda (1927–2011): “Improviso 1” (1974) **
Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935): “Gaúcho – Corta-Jaca” (1895) **
Edson Zampronha (b. 1963): “Modelagem III” (1995) **
Heitor Villa Lobos (1887–1959): “Chôros No. 2,” for flute and clarinet (1924)

Gundega Šmite (b. 1977, Latvia): “Dreamworks,” commissioned by Onassis Stegi (2023) *


Argentina

Damián Gorandi (b. 1991): “…is coming,” for electronics (2019) **
Rocío Cano Valiño (b. 1991), “Antanáklasi I,” for flute and processed sounds (2019) **

Theodora Iordanidou: flute
Featuring Antonis Tsachtanis (clarinet) and Sofia Kakkou (percussion)

2nd concert | 21:30 | Music for viola and accordion from Japan

Υuji Takahashi (b. 1938): “Like Swans Leaving the Lake,” for viola and accordion (1995)
Toshio Hosokawa (b. 1955): “Melodia,” for solo accordion (1979)

Eleftheria Togia and Artemis Vavatsika, free improvisation on Japan music works
Misato Mochizuki (b. 1969): “Intermezzi V,” for viola and accordion (2012) **
Filippos Raskovic (b. 1994, Greece/Serbia): “Nanourisma,” for viola and accordion, commissioned by Onassis Stegi (2023)*

Eleftheria Togia: viola, Artemis Vavatsika: accordion

* World premiere
** Greek premiere

Saturday 9 March

African Pianism Masterclass | 18:00 - 21:00 |
Venue: Studio -3, Onassis Stegi

Pianist Rebeca Omordia, following her recital with works by African composers on March 7 in the framework of “Music Connects the Onassis Stegi and the Panteion University,” will give a presentation of this rich and rather unknown in Greece piano repertoire, while she will teach several selected works to pianists of the “The Piano in the 20th and 21st Century” seminar at the Athens Conservatoire. The works are taken from the five-volume pedagogical collection "Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora," edited by William H. Chapman Nyaho, Oxford University Press.

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Credits

  • Project commissions

    Niki Harlafti, Gundega Šmite, Filippos Raskovic

  • Program curation, tutorship, coordination

    Lorenda Ramou

  • Supervising Professor at Panteion University

    George Michael Klimis

  • Laboratory Assistant

    Pavlos Kordis, Ph.D Candidate of the Department of Music Studies, National Kapodistrian University of Athens

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