"Eusebius and Florestan"

"Imaginary voices and sounds in the mind of Robert Schumann"

The musicians of the Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra (GYSO) and actor Emilios Hilakis present selected chamber music works by Schumann and, at the same time, narrate the great romantic composer’s life and ideas. The compositions to be performed include Kreisleriana for piano, songs from the song cycle Dichterliebe (“A Poet’s Love”), the Quartet for strings, the Fairy-tale pictures for viola and piano, and the Five pieces in folk style for cello and piano. The introvert, reflective Eusebius and the fiery, passionate Florestan are two imaginary characters representing the two different sides of Schumann’s personality. Like the two-faced Janus, they appear time and again in the composer’s thoughts, writings and music, as two forces that, although colliding, never cease to remain engaged in dialogue, in a perpetual process of uniting the yin and the yang, the Apollonian and the Dionysian.

Co-produced by:
Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra
Megaron the Athens Concert Hall

Credits
Original idea, programme design: Dionysis Grammenos
Actor: Emilios Hilakis
Director: Lambis Zaroutiadis
Text: Chryssa Xourafa
Lighting: Yannis Drakoularakos
Set design: Antonis Halkias
Costumes: Maria Kontodima
Violin: Giorgos Daskalakis, Evangelia Chatzipetrou
Viola: Antonios Tzivenis
Cello: Elena Sofia Zivas
Piano: Alexia Mouza
Soprano: Anny Fassea The musicians of the Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra and actor Emilios Hilakis present selected chamber music works by Schumann.

Ticket Details

€8.00 (students, young people, unemployed, persons with disabilities, families having many children, 65+)
€12.00
€18.00

Presale start: Thursday 28.04.2022