CONSTANTINIDES¹ MUSIC ON PROGRAMS OF SIX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS IN USA, SOUTH AMERICA AND EUROPE

CONSTANTINIDES’ MUSIC ON PROGRAMS OF SIX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS IN USA, SOUTH AMERICA AND EUROPE

Recently Louisiana Sinfonietta director and LSU Boyd Professor Dinos Constantinides has had his music scheduled on six symphony orchestra programs in the USA, South America and Europe.

His work China II-Beijing was performed at Avery Fisher Hall in New York with the Distinguished Concerts Orchestra International on June 6, 2011; again in Uruguay with La Filarmonica de Montevideo on July 27, 2011; and in Argentina with the Orquestra Sinfonica de Buenos Aires on July 30, 2011, all under the direction of Jonathan Griffith.

Constantinides’ Concerto for Piano and Orchestra will be premiered by the LSU Symphony, with soloist Michael Gurt, on September 12, 2011 in Baton Rouge, under the direction of Carlos Riazuelo; and his Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra will be premiered by the Louisiana Sinfonietta and violin soloist, Yova Milanova, on October 9, 2011, in Baton Rouge under the direction of the composer.

The Constanta Symphony Orchestra of Romania will include his Concerto No. 1 for Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra with saxophone soloist, Stathis Mavromathis, and his Sixth Symphony in a concert directed by Constantinides as a part of Constanta’s Festival of Ballet and Opera on October 28, 2011. Finally, trombonist and member of the Canadian Brass, Achilles Liarmakopoulos, will premiere Constantinides’ Concertino for Trombone and Orchestra on March 18, 2012 in Baton Rouge, with the Louisiana Sinfonietta under the direction of the composer.

For tickets and information on the Louisiana Sinfonietta’s upcoming concerts for the season, contact the group at its new address: P.O. Box 80371, Baton Rouge, LA 70898, call 578-4010 or 766-3487, or consult the Sinfonietta’s website: www.louisianasinfonietta.org.