The spark became a fire

The Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, the T.S.S.O. Musicians Association and their friends participate in the actions organized by Parallaxi Magazine for the 100 years anniversary of the Great Fire that burned a big part of Thessaloniki and led to its reborn. Ensembles with T.S.S.O. musicians will present an unexpected musical happening, inspired by the fire, in places like the Artspace Ypsilon (ex Kiourtzi Han), the street in front and the Emporiou square.
Saturday, 23 September 2017, from 19:00 to 21:00
 
Actions:
 
‘Like yesterday and today’
Musical event based on the sound of percussion instruments with vocal interventions, that create pictures, images, feelings and memories of that era.
 
Composition and organization: Costas Hanis – Athina Katsanevaki
 
Percussion ensemble of the T.C.C.:
Costas Hanis, Dora Miliopoulou, Anaita Momeni, Thodoris Theodoropoulos, Athina Pashalidou, Eleni Kapsoura, Sofia Christodoulopoulou, Dimi Efstathiou, Thanasis Hasapis, Stavroula Tseliou, Anastasia Kostaropoulou, Melina Papadopoulou, Nina Vasiliadou, Theofilos Terezakis, Anna Aivazidou, Vyron Mastrosavvas
 
Vocal interventions: Athina Katsanevaki, Eleni Siniari, Flery Vlachodimou, Afroditi Quandri, Irini Doulkeridou, Athanasia Papamartzivanou, Sotiria Eginloglou
 
 
‘Benjamin Britten - Fanfare of St.Edmundsbury for 3 trumpets’
Trumpet: Grigorios Netskas, Giorgos Laskaridis, Ioanna Ganiti
 
 
‘Free improvisation on the films about the fire’
Soprano Saxophone: Nikolas Skordas
Oud: Kostas Papagiannidis


Free entrance



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Mother Earth
25/09/2026
Friday, September 25, 2026
at 20:30
Thessaloniki Concert Hall
Friends of Music Hall (M1) 

Piano: Fazıl Say
Conductor: Miltos Logiadis

Voci Contra Tempo
Chorus Master: Sofia Gioldasi
Deputy Chorus Master and piano accompanying of the chorus: Eleonora Kalaitsidou

Programme:
Fazıl Say (b. 1970): ‘Mother Earth’ piano concerto
Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958): Folk Songs of the Four Seasons
I. SPRING
1. Prologue
4. May song
II. SUMMER
1. Summer is a-coming in and The Cuckoo
2. The Sprig of thyme
IV. WINTER
4. God bless the Master


Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884): Má vlast
-From Bohemia's Woods and Fields
-The Moldau

TSSO Production
In cooperation with the TCH

Tickets
Distinct Zone: 20€
Α' Zone/Ground floor: 15€
Β' Zone/Upper tier-Boxes: 10€
Discount tickets: 10€, 5€
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Khachaturian & Rachmaninoff
02/10/2026
Khachaturian & Rachmaninoff
61st Demetria Festival

Friday, October 2, 2026
at 20:30
Aristotle University Ceremony Hall 

Flute: Othonas Gogas
Conductor: Leo McFall

Programme:
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): Concerto for flute and orchestra in D minor, Op.46b
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op.44

TSSO Production
in cooperation with the TCH
for 61st Demetria Festival

Tickets
Α' Zone/Ground floor: 15€
Β' Zone/Upper tier-Boxes: 10€
Discount tickets: 10€, 5€