Friday 26 May, 19.30 | Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, SNFCC
On Friday 26 May the intercultural youth symphony orchestra of El Sistema Greece will join forces with musicians from other orchestras as part of the Rolex Arts Festival, for a unique concert at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre.
Among a program of diverse artistic activities, a concert by El Sistema Greece Youth Orchestra & Friends will take place on the evening of the 20th Anniversary of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative’s Gala at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, conducted by the Spanish conductor and 2002-2003 Rolex protégé Josep Caballé Domenech. The concert’s repertoire will be diverse, with classical and contemporary pieces.
El Sistema Greece Youth Orchestra will be honored with the participation of members of the orchestras Camerata Junior and Underground Youth Orchestra.
Rolex Arts Festival will be implemented between 26 and 28 of May 2023.
You can read more here:
https://www.rolex.org/el/rolex-mentor-protege/rolex-arts-festival
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ABOUT EL SISTEMA GREECE
El Sistema Greece is an educational music program for social integration that offers free music education to children and young people in order to create a community with music at its core, without restrictions and discrimination. Founded in November 2017, El Sistema Greece Youth Orchestra is an intercultural educational orchestra that offers a unique orchestral learning process based on the principles and innovative teaching practices of El Sistema Venezuela. The orchestra is open to young musicians aged 8-26 years old who are proficient in an orchestral instrument, regardless of origin, language or religion. The SNFCC has supported the organization since its beginning and has repeatedly hosted the students of El Sistema Greece, giving them the opportunity to participate in concerts of the highest level, gaining valuable musical experience.
ABOUT ROLEX
Through its Perpetual Arts Initiative, a broad portfolio of arts that extends through music, architecture, cinema and the Rolex mentoring programme, Rolex confirms its long-term commitment to global culture.
In all these endeavours, the brand supports artistic excellence and the transmission of knowledge to future generations, making a lasting contribution to culture worldwide.
Rolex is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its mentoring programme and its commitment to the arts worldwide over the years. For the first time, the company will bring this programme and dozens of the world’s most talented artists who excel in their art to Athens in a celebration of the legacy of 20 years of mentoring.
The Rolex Arts Festival, spanning dance, theatre, music, film, architecture, visual arts and literature, and showcasing a generation of outstanding international artists who have advanced their work with the support of Rolex, will be presented to the public from 26 to 28 May.
Multidisciplinary performances, exhibitions, readings, screenings, installations and discussions will share the achievements and ongoing creative relationships of more than 60 Rolex protégés and mentors. It will fill stages, galleries and public spaces at nine venues in Athens – the cradle of arts and learning – for a full week in spring 2023 with more than 30 performances and events, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.
Credits:
El Sistema Greece Youth Orchestra & Friends | Orchestra
Josep Caballé Domenech | Music direction
For this concert, the El Sistema Greece Youth Orchestra will be accompanied by musicians from other orchestras:
Camerata Junior
Underground Youth Orchestra
Friday 26 May, 19.30
Stavros Niarchos Hall
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre (SNFCC)
