Charles Dutoit meets Mikis Theodorakis

Two Concerts in Canada and USA

Charles Dutoit, one of the most important living conductors has discovered the music of Mikis Theodorakis and want to promote it.

With his excellent Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the Choir of the OSM (Iwan Edwards, chorus master),
he will perform two concerts programming music by the world famous Greek composer.

L'inoubliable Zorba le Grec

PROGRAMME:

RACHMANINOV: Trois Chants russes
STRAVINSKY: Credo, Ave Maria, Pater noster
SKALKOTTAS: Cinq Danses grecques
THEODORAKIS: Zorba le Grec, Suite

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the Choir of the OSM (Iwan Edwards, chef de choeur)
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Information
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

Mikis Theodorakis 75th Birthday Celebration

An all-Theodorakis Concert celebrating the life and work of Mikis Theodorakis,
Greece's leading composer and a candidate for this year’s Nobel Prize for Peace

PROGRAMME:

Excerpts from CANTO OLYMPICO
Act II, Scenes 4 and 5, from the Opera ANTIGONE
ADAGIO for flute, clarinet, trumpet and string orchestra
Aria of Medea from the Opera MEDEA
Scenes from the Ballet ZORBA

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the Choir of the OSM (Iwan Edwards, chorus master)
Alessandra Marc, soprano
Howard Haskin, tenor
Petr Migunov, baritone
Costas Papadopoulos and Christos Christodoulou, bouzouki
Conductor: Charles Dutoit

Mikis Theodorakis will attend the concert!

Production: The North American Foundation for Modern Greek Arts. (Mr. Costas Spiliadis)

Tickets are $40, $25 and $15
They are available
through the Avery Fisher Box office
or through Centercharge at: (+212) 721-6500.
or on the web at: www.lincolncenter.org

Information: Lincoln Center

For further contact:
Albert Imperato
21C Media Group Inc.
(212) 799-3638
aimperato@21cmediagroup.com

More informations on this event:

Adventures in Repertoire: An Interview with Charles Dutoit on Universal Classic Site
The NewYorkTimes announcement of the concert at newyorktoday.com
Magical Journey to Greece:  Special Theodorakis