The series Music of Our Time includes 3 concerts, 6 lectures on the work of György Ligeti, Greek, Latvian and Mexican composers, an Art Show and Workshop, and an International Forum of six young composers invited to compose new works for the festival.
2023 marks the 100th anniversary of György Ligeti’s birth, one of the most important composers in the latter half of the 20th century. Influenced in his youth by the music of Bella Bartók, Ligeti developed a distinguished personal style, which he named “micropolyphony”.
Ligeti’s work reached a wide audience through Stanley Kubrik’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), where music from his compositions Atmosphères, Requiem, Lux Aeterna, and Aventures was included in the film’s score among works by other composers.
The first concert is for small forces centered around winds and strings. The second is dedicated to Ligeti’s diverse piano works: pianist Konstantinos Destounis will coach young pianists on Ligeti’s Musica Ricercata and works for 4 hands, while he will perform works by Liszt and Bartók, placing Ligeti in a historical perspective.
The last concert features composers from various countries and is centered around one of Ligeti’s greatest works: Kammerkonzert for 13 instrumentalists.
To honor Ligeti’s contributions to 20th century music, the title of the festival as well as the titles of the three concerts below are borrowed from his work Atmosphères for large orchestra.
7th Musa Hellenica Festival
A 9 day festival including 14 concerts/events, masterclasses, lectures, an Arts Fest and activities for young children.
Alea III coordinates the production of the entire Festival and presents:
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Atmosphères I
Featured Aeolos Woodwind Quintet shares an evening
with the string players of the Festival
Works for piano by György Ligeti and his predecessors Franz Liszt and Béla Bartók.
Young pianists from the Chios Music High School, the Aegeas Conservatory, the National Conservatory – Chios Branch and the “Echohromata” Conservatory, worked with pianist Konstantinos Destounis and present Ligeti’s Musica Ricercata and other works for piano-4 hands.
and Ligeti’s Kammerkonzert for 13 players.
Six young composers present their music and collaborate with
Festival musicians to produce new works. Daily rehearsals,
meetings, presentations, clinics and forums open to the general public.
