European concert in Athens with Simon Rattle and Leonidas Kavakos

In 2015, in the year of the great European and Greek crisis, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle held their European concert in Athens as a sign of their commitment to solidarity on the old continent. Leonidas Kavakos dazzled as the soloist in Sibelius’ Violin Concerto.

02 May 2015

Impressionen aus Athen

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02 May 2015

and part 3. What a wonderful “Backstage” area this garden is!

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

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(Photo: Steve Hardiman)

02 May 2015

Teil 2…

Part 2…

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

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(Photo: promo)

02 May 2015

Impressionen vom Europakonzert Teil 1

Impressions from the European concert part 1

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

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(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)

01 May 2015

On a big screen in the garden of the Megaron concert hall the European concert was broadcasted outdoors. After the…

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(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)

01 May 2015

After a magnifient Sibelius concerto the enthusiastic Athens public was additionally rewarded with an encore from…

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(Photo: Monika Rittershaus and Stefan Stahnke)

01 May 2015

Appropriately the European concert was moderated in two languages, Greek and German.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus and…

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Sir Simon Rattle

01 May 2015

You can follow us live via TV, Internet or Radio to Athens. The concert starts at 11.00 (Berlin time) and will be…

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Akropolis seen from the roof of our hotel

01 May 2015

Willkommen in Athen! Hier findet heute unser traditionelles Europakonzert statt.

Welcome to Athens! Today we’ll…

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