The young soloist Dimitris Soukaras combines in his programme the old with the contemporary, melancholy with brilliance, contemplative expressiveness with virtuosity. His selections compose a musical landscape rich in narratives, alternating between three different versions of the guitar: the romantic, for the lute transcriptions of works by Dowland and Bach; the classical, for the works of Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Asencio; and the electric, for Leo Brower. With fine studies at the Royal Academy of London and years of apprenticeship alongside great teachers, the award-winning guitarist and composer combines the sweeping vigour of his age with a deep knowledge of an instrument that belongs to more musical worlds and always excites the imagination for new creations, such as Brower’s work “The Oracle Circle”.
PROGRAMME
Leo Brouwer: Paisaje cubano con rumba (Cuban landscape with rumba) (transcription: Dimitris Soukaras)
John Dowland: Mr. Dowland’s Midnight A Fancy, P 5
(transcript: Dimitris Soucaras, Michael Lewin)
J. S. Bach: Prelude from Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 (transcription: Dimitris Soukaras)
Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco: Goya’s Caprice No. 18 “El sueño de la razón produce monstruos” (The sleep of reason produces monsters)
Erik Satie: Gnossienne no. 1
Gymnopédie no. 1
Vicente Asencio: Colectici intim
Leo Brouwer: El circulo del oráculo (The oracle circle) Dedicated to Dimitris Soukaras
First performance
Belle Chen: Anamneses (Anamnesis) Dedicated to Dimitris Soukaras, first performance
Dimitris Soukaras: Reflections of Corea (based on Children’s Songs No. 1 and No. 3 by Chick Corea)
INFORMATIONS
- TYPE
Music
- SCHEDULE
- PRICES OF TICKETS[+][-]
€6.00 students, people under 25, unemployed, people with disabilities, large families, 65+
€12.00
- ORGANISER
Megaron Athens Concert Hall
PARTICIPANTS
- Guitar
Dimitris Soukaras