Δυο επιλεγμένες μουσικές εκδηλώσεις του Ιδρύματος Θεοχαράκη για το απαιτητικό αθηναϊκό κοινό

Η συναυλία του Ιδρύματος Θεοχαράκη στις 19/6 με τίτλο «MUSIC FROM FIVE CENTURIES» και η εκδήλωση «Flamenco de Camara» στις 20/6 ξεχωρίζουν στις επιλεγμένες  εκδηλώσεις  του φετινού  Ιουνίου που σχεδίασε το ίδρυμα για το αθηναϊκό κοινό. Αναλυτικά:

 
«Flamenco de Camara» – Πέμπτη 20.06.2019 στις 20:30

Το φλαμένκο είναι ένα εξαιρετικά αριστοτεχνικό μουσικό είδος με λαϊκό χαρακτήρα, που αναπτύχθηκε στο πολυπολιτιστικό και πολυπολιτισμικό πλέγμα που χαρακτήριζε τον Νότο της Ισπανίας. Ό,τι άγγιξε την ανδαλουσιανή γη είναι παρόν στο σώμα του και εκφράζεται μέσα από το τραγούδι\cante, την κιθάρα\toque και τον χορό\baile.

Η παράσταση FLAMENCO DE CAMARA εμβαθύνει σε αυτές τις τρεις φόρμες, παρουσιάζοντας τρεις καταξιωμένους ερμηνευτές φλαμένκο. Η Γιώτα Πεκλάρη (χορός), ο Γιώργος Βαλίρης (κιθάρα) και η Δροσιά Χαρίση (τραγούδι) συνδέονται σε ένα δυναμικό τρίο, απελευθερωμένο από περιττά στοιχεία, που αναζητά τον πυρήνα που το διαμορφώνει και αφηγείται με αμεσότητα. Εισιτήρια: 20€, 15€, 10€

 
«MUSIC FROM FIVE CENTURIES»

Elmira Darvarova, violin 1st Woman – Concertmaster of Metropolitan Opera

Howard Wall, horn New York Philharmonic

Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705-1770): Presto (arrangement for violin & horn)

Marin Marais (1656 -1728): Les Folies d’Espagne (arrangement for violin & horn)

Francois Couperin (1668 -1733): La Voluptueuse (arrangement for violin & horn)

Georg Fr. Handel (1685 -1759): “Lascia ch’io pianga” from ”Rinaldo” (arr. for violin & horn)

Jacopo Cervetto (1690 -1783): Fugue (arrangement for violin & horn)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 -1791): Rondo (arrangement for violin & horn)

Reinhold Gliére (1875 -1956): Intermezzo (arrangement for violin & horn)

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6 “Aria” (arr. for violin & horn)

Jeremy Cohen (1954): Blues Etude for solo violin

David Amram (1930): Blues & Variations for Thelonious Monk for solo horn

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 -1750): Air from Suite No. 3 (arrangement for violin & horn)

Jan Bach (1937): Calliope & Gramophone (arrangement for violin & horn)

Konstantin Soukhovetski (1980): Postcard from the Edge for solo violin

Zsolt Nagy (1957): Happy Blues for solo horn

Norman Zocher (1970): Rock Ethic for solo violin

Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979): Lullaby (arrangement for violin & horn)

Duke Ellington (1899 -1974): Black Beauty (arrangement for violin & horn)

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992): Libertango (arrangement for violin & horn)

 
ELMIRA DARVAROVA, Violin (former concertmaster, Metropolitan Opera)

ELMIRA DARVAROVA is a Grammy®-nominated concert violinist, an award –winning performer (Gold Medal at the Global Music Awards in 2017 & 2018) and a former Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York. She started playing the violin at the age of 3, gave her first recital at 4, and made her debut as a soloist with an orchestra when she was 8. She studied with Yfrah Neaman, Henryk Szeryng and Josef Gingold, and created a sensation when she became the first ever (and so far only) woman concertmaster in the history of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. With the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra she has toured Europe, Japan and the United States, and was heard on the MET’s live weekly international radio broadcasts, television broadcasts, CDs and laser discs on the Sony, Deutsche Grammophon and EMI labels.

She has also performed with the MET Chamber Ensemble in Carnegie Hall. Having appeared in recitals and as soloist on 5 continents, she has been concerto soloist with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, and with numerous other orchestras. She has given recitals and master classes at many festivals world-wide, and has performed chamber music with James Levine, Janos Starker, Gary Karr and Pascal Rogé. She has recorded numerous CDs for several labels, and one of her discs was named a “Recording of the Year” in 2015 by MusicWeb International. Elmira Darvarova is the founder and leader of the New York Piano Quartet, and performs with the Delphinium Trio, the Amram Ensemble, the Quinteto del Fuego, and in a duo with Argentine pianist Fernando Otero. She is also Artistic Director of the New York Chamber Music Festival. Gramophone Magazine published an interview with Elmira Darvarova on the occasion of her world-premiere recording of Vernon Duke’s violin concerto (composed for Heifetz 80 years ago) with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. The Strad Magazine praised her “silky-smooth voluptuous sound” and her “intoxicating tonal beauty”, while The Chicago Tribune hailed her “flawless technique and musicality”. More info at: elmiradarvarova.com

 
HOWARD WALL, Horn (New York Philharmonic)

HOWARD WALL, a native of Pittsburgh, joined the horn section of the New York Philharmonic in 1994, after having been a member of The Philadelphia Orchestra for almost 20 years, and before that, a member of the Phoenix and Denver symphonies. He also performs and records with the All-Star Orchestra. An award-winning performer (Gold Medal, 2018 Global Music Awards), he has appeared as soloist with the New York Philharmonic in New York, as well as on New York Philharmonic tours in Europe and South America. He appears regularly at the New York Chamber Music Festival, and performs with the Delphinium Trio, the Amram Ensemble, and in a duo with his wife, violinist Elmira Darvarova. He can be heard on several CDs and recently recorded Poulenc’s Elégie for Horn and Piano with world-renowned French pianist Pascal Rogé.

Mr. Wall has also recorded David Amram’s Blues and Variations for Thelonious Monk for Solo Horn, and gave its European premiere in Paris. His most recent CD is “Music for French Horn by Phillip Ramey”. Howard Wall began playing the horn at age ten and earned his bachelor’s degree in music performance at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.

He made his Carnegie Hall debut at age 19 performing Schumann’s “Konzertstück” as soloist with orchestra.