Panayotis Archontides and Natalie Tsaldarakis, piano
January 2010
Royal Festival Hall ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, London Panayotis Archontides will coach and perform with children's choirs. Organized by Wandsworth Music Services
29 May 2010 Jacqueline Du Pre Music Building St Hilda's College Oxford, OX4 1DY
Programme: W. A. Mozart Sonata in D Major KV381 W. A. Mozart Sonata in F Major KV497 J. Brahms Hungarian Dances WoO.1 nos.14-17 M. Ravel La Valse Miklos Rozsa Lydia* Alex North Spartacus Suite* Alex North Streetcar Named Desire* John Williams Monsignor*
(*arranged for piano four-hands by Panayotis Archontides).
31 July 2010 St Alfege's Church, Greenwich, 6.00pm The Ivory Duo Piano Ensemble presents a concert for piano duet. Debussy, Brahms, Rozsa. Entrance free, donations for the church collected at the end.
20 November 2010 St Alfege's Church, Greenwich, 6.00pm The Ivory Duo Piano Ensemble present a concert with selected students from their private piano studio (Blackheath Piano Studio). The concert will close with the duo performing film music arrangements for piano duet. Entrance free, donations for the church accepted at the end of the concert.
19 October 2010 KSO, St John's Smith Square
ADÈS Dances from Powder Her Face - (P. Archontides, piano)
MATTHEWS, DAVID, Symphony No 7 (London prem) ELGAR Symphony no.2 Tickets from St John's Smith Square
29 November 2010 KSO, St John's Smith Square Johann STRAUSS II Perpetuum Mobile HK GRUBER Charivari
DUKAS The Sorcerer's Apprentice TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker, Act II - (P. Archontides, celeste) Tickets from St John's Smith Square
2009 Concerts
March 2009
Saturday 7 March 2009 St John's, Smith Square, 7.30pm conducted by Nick Collon. Orchestral pianist: Panayotis Archontides
Programme Torke – Bright Blue Music (Another to be confirmed) Copland - Symphony no 3
April 2009 Friday 24 April 2009 St Mary Bredin Church, Canterbury, 7:30pm Charity Concert organized by Canterbury College. Sponsored by Steinway&Sons In aid of ClassicFM' s Music Makers and Canterbury's Lord Mayoress' chosen charity Footlight Trust Canterbury. Piano Duet Concert. Works by Debussy, Ravel, Gershwin, and arrangements of film music.
May 2009 Monday 4 May 2009 World Piano Conference Novi Sad, Serbia P. Archontides will present a lecture-recital on Miklos Rozsa's Sonata and Bagatelles. N. Tsaldarakis will present a lecture-recital on Y. Constantinides' 44 Children's Pieces.
June 2009 June 15, 2009 St Giles in the Fields, 13:00-14:00
EKON FESTIVAL, London 60 St Giles High Street London WC2H 8LG
Entrance: £5 (tickets sold at the door)
From the EKON website:
"With its youthful spirit and impressive line-up of acclaimed artists and performers from all around Europe, the Ekon Festival is constantly growing in size and importance, pushing beyond geographical and cultural borders. Join us this June on an amazing journey of artistic exploration and discover the new face of Greek culture as you may have never seen it".For more info on the Festival click here.
Piano duet performance of Constantinides' 8 Dances from the Greek Isles (arranged by P. Archontides), Skalkottas' Epirotikos and Peloponnissiakos Dances (arranged by Dave Smith), and Alex North's Spartacus (arranged by P. Archontides). For directions and a map click here.
June 23, 2009 ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, London
Panayotis Archontides will coach and perform with children's choirs. Organized by Wandsworth Music Services
August 2009 Friday 21 August, 2009, 13:10-14:00 ST JAMES' PICCADILLY, London The Ivory Duo piano ensemble Programme:
Mozart Sonata for piano four-hands KV381 in D Major Mozart Sonata for piano four-hands KV521 in C Major Brahms Hungarian Dances for piano four-hands nos.11, 12, 16, 17 Bernard Herrmann North By Northwest (arranged for piano duet by P. Archontides) Alex North Spartacus Suite (arranged for piano duet by P. Archontides).
January 2008 19 January 2008: St John's, Smith Square, London, 19:30pm
Evening concert for two pianos with the Ivory Duo. Tickets £15.00, £12.00, £8.00
Programme: Mozart Sonata Rachmaninoff Suite no.1 Debussy Deux Danses Constantinides Suite (on Songs from the Greek Isles) Shostakovich Concertino
February 2008 5 February 2008: St Bride's Church, London. 13:00pm
Piano duet recital. Mozart Sonata in D Schubert Children's March Gershwin 3 Preludes Entrance free.
March 2008 19 March 2008: St Olaves' Church, Hart Street, 13:00pm.
Ivory Duo perform Schubert Children's March, Fantasy in F minor, Grieg 4 Norwegian Dances, Gershwin's 3 Preludes (semi-improvised by the duo).
Free entrance with voluntary donations to the church
25 March 2008: St Bride's Church, London Lunchtime concert series, 13:15.
Natalie Tsaldarakis, solo piano recital. Constantinides' 44 Children's Pieces vol.3.
Free entrance.
26 March 2008: The Reform Club, Pall Mall, London
Two-piano recital with the Ivory Duo: Mozart Larghetto und Allegro Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn. Ravel La Valse Constantinides 8 Dances from the Greek Isles. (PRIVATE CONCERT OPEN ONLY TO REFORM CLUB MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS)
April 2008 26 April 2008: Waltham Abbey Church Essex Lunchtime concert series, 12:30
Piano duet concert. UK Premiere of From the Faraway Nearby Suite by American composer Dr. Charles B. Griffin.
Free entrance.
August 2008 15 August 2008: Regent Hall, London Lunchtime concert series, 13:00. Entrance free. In collaboration with Trinity College of Music. Programme: Film Music from the Golden Era
October 2008
Tuesday 7October 2008 Morley College 1.05pm Lunchtime concert for piano four hands Programme:
Brahms Hungarian Dances Vol.2 (excerpts)
Yannis Constantinides
8 Dances from the Greek Isles (excerpts; arr. P. Archontides)
Nikos Skalkottas
Four Greek Dances: Peloponnesian (arr. Dave Smith)
Four Greek Dances: Epirotikos (arr. Dave Smith)
Alex North
Spartacus (excerpts; arr. P. Archontides)
A Streetcar Named Desire (excerpts; arr. P. Archontides)
Bernard Herrmann
North by Northwest (excerpts; arr. P. Archontides)
Citizen Kane (excerpts; arr. P. Archontides)
Entrance free
Tuesday 14 October 2008 Morley College 1.05pm Lunchtime concert for solo piano:
Panayotis Archontides plays Miklos Rozsa (Six Bagatelles, Sonata) Natalie Tsaldarakis plays Constantinides (Vol.3 of the 44 Children'sPieces on Greek folklore songs)
Entrance free.
Monday 20 October 2008 St John's, Smith Square, 7.30pm conducted by Russell Keable. Orchestral pianist: Panayotis Archontides.
Programme Ravel – Daphnis Suite no 2 (celeste) Britten - Frank Bridge Variations
Falla - 3 Cornered Hat (complete) piano/celeste)
February 2007: 1/2, The Ivory Duo in concert at St Alfege Church, Greenwich (DLR Cutty Sark station), 13:10. Works for piano four-hands by Debussy, Grieg and Ravel. Entrance free. Sponsored by Trinity College of Music.
5/2, Trinity College of Music, 10:05 am, Room G29. Rozsa's Piano Sonata: Lecture Recital with P. Archontides. Entrance free.
6/2 Cheltenham Spring Concert Series. Solo recital by P. Archontides. Sponsored by Trinity College of Music.
March 2007: 22/3 P. Archontides will perform Bernstein's concerto The Age of Anxiety with TCM Symphony Orchestra under conductor James Judd. St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton. 23/3 same as 22/3. Blackheath Halls, Greenwich.
April 2007: 04/04 P. Archontides solo recital at the Steinway Hall, 44 Marylebone Lane, London. 18:00. Entrance free. Sponsored by Trinity College of Music.
17/4 Four-hand recital with the Ivory Duo. St Brides' Church, London. Lunchtime concert series. Debussy, Grieg, Douglas Finch.
23/4 Alkan Festival, TCM, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Peacock Room. The Ivory Duo will conclude the evening by performing Alkan's Don Juan Fantasy for 4 hands.
25/4 Mrs N. Tsaldarakis will perform a solo recital with works by Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninoff. St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London. 13:05-14:00. Lunchtime concert series, entrance free.
May 2007: 10/5 19:30 Blackheath Halls, Blackheath London. Panayotis Archontides has joined the Contemporary Music Ensemble, under conductor Jonathan Tilbrook in a Fantastical Moonbeam. Works performed will be Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, Kammersymphonie op.9, Nactwandler songs, and Britten's blues songs (arr. D. Runswick). Sponsored by Trinity College of Music.
23/5 TCM, Peacock Room, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, SE10. Panayotis Archontides, solo piano (as part of the requirements for the MMus in piano performance). Works by Russian composers:Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Ustvolskaya. Entrance free.
July 2007: 1/7 Mrs N. Tsaldarakis in concert with pianists John Tilbury and Haydn Dickenson in a recital of newly composed works for piano within the context of a symposium concerning global warming. Natalie will be performing a piece by Michael Chant (known from the Scratch Orchestra). Cecil Sharp House, London.
7/7 New Masters Series 2007: The Ivory Duo at the Maltings Arts Theater, St Albans, Herts. 19:30. Works for piano duet by Grieg, Ravel, Schubert.
August 2007: 3/8 Charlton House, 13:00 : The Ivory Duo... one at a time! A shared piano solo recital, part of the celebrations for the 400 years of Chalton House, SE7. Entrance free. Sponsored by Trinity College of Music.
24/8 Regent Hall, 13:00 : piano duet recital. Sponsored by Trinity College of Music. Entrance free.
September 2007: 27/9 Blackheath Halls, 19:00: The Ivory Duo will perform as part of a concert in celebration of composer Douglas Finch (former Head of Keyboard, TCM). Tickets: £10, concessions £7.
October 2007: 29/10 The Ivory Duo at the St-Martin-in-the-Fields. Sponsored by TCM. 13:00. Works by Mozart, Grieg, Gershwin, Finch. Entrance free.
November 2007: 10/11 Panayotis Archontides, solo piano recital. St Giles', Cripplegate, Barbican, London, 19:30. Works by Beethoven, Haydn, Liszt, Rozsa. The concert is given in celebration of film composer's Miklos Rozsa centenary. Tickets: £12, conc. £7. CLICK HERE TO GO TO DEDICATED PAGE!
December 2007: 7/12 Charlton House, 13:00. Music for piano duet. Part of the celebrations for Charlton's House 400 years. Sponsored by Trinity College of Music. Entrance free.
2006
January 2006: 25/1 New Quays Concert Series, Blackheath Hall, Greenwich 19:30 (Mr. Archontides will perform Barber).
February 2006:
20/2 John Halford Competition, Trinity College of Music, Peacock Room, 17:00 (entrance free; Mr. Archontides will perform first at 17:00).
22/2 New Quays Concert Series, Blackheath Halls, Greenwich 19:30.
23/2 Schumann Festival, Blackheath Halls, Greenwich 19:30 (Mr. Archontides and Mr. Aidan McConville on the horn will open the festival with Adagio and Allegro op.70 by Schumann).
March 2006:
2/3 TCM Symphony Orchestra plays Stravinsky (Mr. Arcontides will appear as orchestral pianist in Firebird Suite 1919 version), Blackheath Halls, 19:30.
19/3 Lauderdale House, solo recital by Mr. Archontides (venue's website: www.lauderdalehouse.co.uk). 11:30. Tickets £7 (concessions £5), children £1. Sonatas by Barber and Prokofiev (7th) and Messiaen's Premiere Communion de la Vierge.
April 2006:
8/4 Waltham Abbey, Essex, flute and piano recital.
May 2006:
14/5 Lauderdale House, flute and piano recital
June 2006:
1/6 St Alfege Church, Greenwich : solo piano recital (free entrance). Works by Haydn (Variations in F minor) and Prokofiev (Excerpts from Visions Fugitives op.22, Sonata no.7).
July 2006:
26/7 Charlton House, Greenwich: voice and piano recital. Works include French and Greek songs. Check back for updated information.
14/10 "One Day in the Life of John Tilbury" by Michael Chant, Old Library, 18:00 Dulwich College, Dulwich Common, London. Natalie will be performing 2 of the 24 hours this piece lasts (23:00-01:00). Free entrance.
15/10 The Carole Finer 70th Birthday Concert, Dulwich College, Recital Room, 19:00 The concert will feature compositions by Michael Chant for a variety of mediums. (Natalie will take part in the performance of a piece for three pianos: in concert with pianists John Tilbury and Ian Pace, and composers Michael Chant and John White). Free entrance and reception to follow.
20/10 Sir Charles Mackerras Junior Fellowship in Conducting auditions. The Ivory Duo will be conducted by the four finalist conductors in their performance of Beethoven's 4th Symphony (transcribed for two pianos). 10:00-13:00 TCM.
Recent International Engagements:
Natalie Tsaldarakis: The Sibelius Academy (Helsinki, Finland), The Austrian Cultural Center (Rome, Italy), Philadelphia Center for the Performing Arts (Pa., US). Athenaeum International Cultural Center (Athens, Greece), Nakas Concert Hall, The Young for the Young Concert Series (Athens, Greece), The Melina Merkouri Foundation (Athens, Greece), The American College of Greece
The Ivory Duo: The Sibelius Academy (Helsinki, Finland), Nakas Concert Hall-the Professional Concert Series (Athens, Greece), The Parnassos- Literary Society Hall (Athens, Greece), The Melina Merkouri Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens (Greece), Pierce Auditorium, and the Library of The American College of Greece (Athens, Greece).
Panayotis Archontides: Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia), Athens Concert Hall, 2004 Athens Olympics (Olympic Flame Induction Ceremonies at Oinnousses, with tenor Jose Cura and Feminarte Orchestra), Nakas Concert Hall- The Young for the Young Concert Series (Athens, Greece), Pierce Auditorium- The American College of Greece (Athens, Greece), Parnassos- Literary Society Hall (Athens, Greece), Athenaeum International Cultural Center (Athens, Greece), The Melina Merkouri Foundation (Athens, Greece).