Constantine Caravassilis - Upcoming Projects

C O N S T A N T I N E C A R A V A S S I L I S

upcoming events, broadcasts & performances

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NEWLY ADDED EVENTS:

World Premiere of Sappho de Mytilene

Rising star mezzo soprano Ariana Chris is featured in the “In Recital” series,

Accompanied by collaborative pianist

Amanda Johnston,

Melaniy Monney, flute

March 7^th, 20:00

Heliconian Hall, Toronto

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WORLD PREMIERE OF NEW PIECE (TITTLE TBA)

JUNE 10^th, 2008 in partnership with the SoundAxis Festival of Toronto

St. Thomas’s Anglican Church, Toronto ON

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World Premiere of

The Cello as Canvas

A newly commissioned 20-minute suite

for solo cello

Jakob Kullberg, violoncello

Date/Venue TBA

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World Premiere of Rhapsody No.3 for Solo Piano “The Mask”

Dino Mastroyiannis, pianist

Venue/Date:TBA

The mask is composed as part of the Hellenic Keyboard Virtuosi Series.

Click HERE for more details.

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«...Των Πνευμάτων»

World Premiere of String 4tet No. 2 “Of the Spirits”

Fall 2008 – Quatuor Caravassilis - Paris, France

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University of Toronto

Faculty of Music

North American Premiere of

Rhapsody No. 2 :Visitations

Eugenia Yesmanovich, piano

Jan 31^st, 19:30

Walter Hall, University of Toronto

The University of Toronto’s New Music Festival is an annual event, and the most important of its kind in Canada. Each year, the Faculty of Music invites a major composer of international repute as the Roger D. Moore Distinguished Visitor in Composition. This year distinguished visitor is George Tsontakis, winner of the 2006 Charles Ives Living Composition Award. The New Music Festival runs from Jan 28th to Feb 2nd this year. Composers featured on Jan 31 include: Sean King, Fiona Ryan, Elisha Denburg, Lee Parkin, Avalon Rusk & Kevin Lau.

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World Premiere of

Candles in the Same Space

(Poetry of C.P. Kavafy).

Commissioned by

The London Song Festival

Katherine Broderick, soprano;

Robin Tritshler, tenor;

Nigel Foster, piano

Oct. 6^th, 8pm

Rosslyn Hill Chapel
Pilgrim's Place Hampstead
London, UK

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An all-Caravassilis concert presented by the University of Manitoba

World Premiere of Winged Victory of Samothrace

University of Manitoba Chamber Ensemble.

Aaron Sivertson, conductor

May 29^th- 8pm.

Eva Clare Hall/Faculty of Music

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB,

Canada

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Of the Youth

Performance of String Quartet no. 1

Grupetto String Quartet

Alexander Pappas, director

April 6^th 2007 - 8pm

BooZe Cooperativa Art Gallery

Athens, Greece

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The Goldberg Experience (performance of “Baroque Revisited”)

Followed by the complete set of the Goldberg Variations

Brian Keelan, Narrator; Ronald Hawkins, Pianist

Bösendorfer Artist Salon

Feb. 22^nd, 2007, 7:30pm. 200 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY

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Reading Session:

Winged Victory of Samothrace (orchestral version)

Part of the Telpay International New Music Festival

Yoonhak Baek, conductor; Dawn Bruch, soprano.

Feb. 15^th, 2007 – Centennial Concert Hall

Winnipeg, MB

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Awards Ceremony

IV^th International Composition Competition of the city of Volos

Supported by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Trinity College (London, U.K.)

Organized by the Foundoulis Conservatory

Constantine is the recipient of 3 first prizes (Gold Medals and Diplomas)

in the choral, quartet and solo categories.

Jan. 6^th - 7:30 pm, Ceremony Hall,

Metaxourgeion of Nea Ionia,

Volos, Greece

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Dec 31^st,2006

World Premiere of “Baroque Revisited”

As part of the Goldberg Experience Project,

created by internationally renowned pianist Ronald Hawkins

String Quartet TBA

Brian Keelan, Narrator

Ronald Hawkins, Pianist

Music by Constantine Caravassilis and J.S.Bach

Milford Celebrates Concert Series, Milford, CT

The Goldberg Experience is a live multimedia presentation of J.S. Bach’s – Goldberg Variations. You will experience the Goldberg Variations like never before. This presentation includes narration of the story of the Goldberg Variations, visual (still photos and video) depicting each variation and the aural sensations of this masterpiece, with music written especially for this project by the young Canadian Constantine Caravassilis.

The complete set of the Goldberg Variations to follow the presentation, with Ronald Hawkins on the piano.

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Performance of Rhapsody No. 2 for solo piano (“Visitations”)

International Exchange Symposium, Contemporary Music of Japan and Greece

Lecture–recital by pianist and composer Demosthenis Stephanides

Dec. 12^th. 2006 - 4:30 pm. Bunka – Kaikan Meeting Room, Tokyo, Japan

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World Premiere:

Of the Youth

a sensational contemporary dance piece

based on Constantine ‘s String Quartet no.1

by Petra Steinert in collaboration with the

Young Lungs Dance Exchange

Natasha Torres – Garner

Johanna Riley

(contemporary dancers)

Petra Steinert, choreographer

WINNIPEG FRINGE FESTIVAL

July 20^th - 14:30

July 22^nd - 20:30

VENUE 9, WCD Studio Theatre, 211 Bannatyne

Winnipeg,

CANADA

Johanna Riley Natasha Torres - Garner

Petra Steinert studied at the Rotterdamse Dansacademie (Netherlands) where she graduated in 1997. Since 1997 she has danced in and choreographed for numerous productions in Germany, Slovenia and The Netherlands. She is the co-founder of the dance company shot AG. From 1999 until 2005 she was head of the dance department of the Heinrich-Schütz-Konservatorium Dresden. She currently resides in Canada, and is a member of the Young Lungs Dance Exchange.

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World Premiere of

Second Rhapsody for Piano “Visitations”

Demosthenis Stephanides, Piano

Bunka – Kaikan Concert Hall, Tokyo

JAPAN

July 22^nd, 2006 – 8pm

http://www.t-bunka.jp/

Demosthenis Stephanidis – Pianist – composer

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World Premiere of

Concerto For Synaesthetes

(for 3 solo celli and cello orchestra)

Part of Constantine’s Residency with Open Strings

Johan Theorin,

Jakob Kullberg & Mats Lidström, soloists

Open Strings Cello Ensemble,

Bjørn Bantock, conductor

Rundertaarn Concert Hall

Copenhagen, Denmark

July 26^th, 2006 – 8pm

http://www.openstrings.org/

Bjørn Bantock – Conductor

Bjørn Bantock has studied conducting with Colin Metters at the Royal Academy of Music, Peter Stark, and Clark Rundell at the Royal Northern College of Music. Bjørn has conducted concerts at St. Giles, the Barbican and Pond Square Highgate and was also invited to conduct the Philharmonisches Kammerorchestrer Berlin in 2005, The Northern Sinfonia, and has also collaborated with schools such as the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, The Royal Northern College of Music and the London Contemporary Dance School. He has been invited to conduct the orchestra of the Royal Conservatoire of Music Copenhagen and the 2007 Aberystwyth Music Festival, with David Campbell as soloist.

Bantock is also conductor and lecturer for the Oxford Cello School and the Alpine Cello Course in Geneva. He is the string coach for Capriccio, a string ensemble of the best players drawn from the North West of England and was recently invited to conduct and give a series of lectures for the Classical Live Exhibition at the London Olympia 2005.

Winner of the 2003 Contemporary Music Prize, Bantock is actively involved in the performance of contemporary music and recently participated in broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, performing works by James Macmillan. He has been published in the classical music magazine MUSO and enjoys a thriving teaching practice in London.

As a cellist Bjørn studied with Micu Szigeti, Magdalena Roux, Emma Ferrand and Gregor Horsh. He has won numerous prizes and bursaries including an International Associated Board Scholarship, finalist in the Oude Meester Music Prize, ATKV best string player award for three consecutive years and the Sir John Barbirolli Prize. Bjørn has performed as soloist with all the major South African Orchestras and also gives regular recitals with his duo partner Hanja Strydom. An active chamber musician, Bjørn has worked extensively with the Gregory String Quartet and the Amethyst Piano Trio.

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World Premiere of

For Sumeyra

Mezzo Soprano Alexandra Gravas, & Ensemble

Alte Oper Frankfurt (Mozartsaal), Frankfurt,

Germany

June 9^th, 2006 – 8pm

http://www.alteoper.de/

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