FRIDAY 28 JUNE | 19.30<\/b><\/p>\n
AMPHITHEATRE IOANNIS DESPOTOPOULOS, ATHENS CONSERVATOIRE<\/b><\/p>\n
FREE ADMISSION\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
On <\/span>Friday, June 28<\/b> at <\/span>19.30,<\/b> El Sistema Greece<\/b> will perform alongside the renowned <\/span>New York Youth Symphony <\/b>in a concert to be held at the <\/span>Amphitheatre Ioannis Despotopoulos of the Athens Conservatoire<\/b>. Thirty-five talented musicians from El Sistema Greece will join forces with the New York Youth Symphony to open the evening, creating an atmosphere of collaboration and harmony.<\/span><\/p>\n The New York Youth Symphony is an award-winning program for young people of its kind in America with a 2023 Grammy Award. It is recognized for its innovative activities and educational programs for talented young musicians. Founded in 1963 as an orchestra to develop talented musicians ages 12-22, its activities have since expanded to include chamber music, conducting, composition, jazz and music-theater songwriting programs with performances at world-class venues such as Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Through its First Music program, NYYS has commissioned over 170 works by young and emerging composers since 1984.<\/span><\/p>\n Andrew J. Kim<\/b> began his tenure as Music Director of the NYYS at the start of the 2023\/24 season. Mr. Kim is a conductor dedicated to passionate and joyful collaboration. Having had his life transformed by music, he strives to create and share extraordinary musical moments with others and to cultivate a vibrant musical community wherever he goes.<\/span><\/p>\n This collaboration aligns with El Sistema Greece’s mission to provide high quality music education and performance and collaboration opportunities to its musicians, and promotes social change through music.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n El Sistema Greece is an educational music program for social inclusion that provides high quality free music education to children and youth. Its mission is to build a community centered around music, free from restrictions and discrimination.<\/span><\/p>\n FRIDAY 28 JUNE | 19.30 FREE ADMISSION<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FRIDAY 28 JUNE | 19.30 AMPHITHEATRE IOANNIS DESPOTOPOULOS, ATHENS CONSERVATOIRE FREE ADMISSION\u00a0 On Friday, June 28 at 19.30, El Sistema Greece will perform alongside the renowned New York Youth Symphony…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-events"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
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\n<\/b>ATHENS CONSERVATOIRE, VASILEOS GEORGIOU B 17-19, ATHENS 106 75<\/b>
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