The TSSO with Plácido Domingo in sani Festival

CLASSICAL WAVES

SATURDAY JULY 6th

Plácido Domingo

 

special guests: Christina Poulitsi & George Perris
with the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Jordi Bernàcer

 

An iconic performance from Plácido Domingo will open this year’s Sani Festival. With an illustrious career including some 150 roles and more than 4.400 performances, over a hundred recordings, and an impressive collection of 12 Grammy Awards, he is rightfully recognized as one of the finest and most influential singing actors in the history of opera. Defined a ‘Renaissance man’, and awarded with many honorary titles and prizes, not only for his musical panache but for his humanitarian commitment, Plácido Domingo is an eclectic artist celebrated worldwide. Performing on Sani Hill on Saturday 6th July, the musical maestro is guaranteed to enchant. Performing beside him will be the singer, George Perris, a multilingual Greek-French tenor who has performed internationally and appeared onstage with Lara Fabian, Boston Pops and Michel Legrand, and the soprano Christina Poulitsi, an enchanting performer declared “one of the best interpreters of the role of the Queen of the Night” in Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’. On stage for this performance will also be the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, one of the major and historical symphonic ensembles in Greece, under the gifted direction of Jordi Bernàcer, who conducted regularly on prestigious international stages, such as the Vienna State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden and in the most important theatres in Italy and in Spain. In this synthesis, the ‘Domingo Myth’ will mark the start of a momentous musical summer under the stars on Sani Hill.

 

Special guests: Christina Poulitsi (soprano), George Perris (singer)
Conductor: Jordi Bernàcer
Orchestra: Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra
Artist’s Booking: S.K - Lampo Production

Tickets
https://www.more.com/music/festival/sf2024-placido-domingo/



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Thessaloniki Art & Music Summit (THAMS) - Concert #1
29/05/2026
Thessaloniki Art & Music Summit (THAMS)

Thessaloniki Art & Music Summit (THAMS) is a new international center for artistic creation, cultural exchange, and contemporary music inspired by Greece.
Organized by Global Arts United (GAU), in partnership with Ablaze Records, THAMS brings together composers, visual artists, ensembles, and the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (TSSO) for two weeks of performances, workshops, collaborations, and cultural immersion in one of Europe’s most historic and vibrant cities.
 Each edition celebrates a Greek-oriented theme, drawn from mythology, history, philosophy, or tradition, ensuring that new artistic creation remains rooted in the country’s millennia-old cultural legacy.

Theme: ORPHEUS
The inaugural 2026 edition explores Orpheus, reimagining the ancient myth through new compositions, performances, and interdisciplinary collaborations.

Concert #1

Friday, May 29, 2025
at 20:30
Aristotle University Ceremony Hall

Conductor: Evan Harger

Theme: Orpheus

Programme:
James Gaudi (USA): The Unseen Wire     
Hangzhong Lian (China): Elegy in Dreaming 
Aaro Pertmann (Estonia): Symphony, part III
Guy Renardeau (The Netherlands): Earth Sounds 
Panagiotis Botzios (Greece): Dichotomie 
Kervy Delcy (USA): II: ‘The Song that Escaped the Grave’ from ‘Of rain and ashes’    
Jack Frederick (USA): Orpheus in Visual Art 
Taner Kemirtlek (Scottland): Scroll and Soft Toccata 
John Maclachlan (Canada): Peripeteia
 
Composers' CVs
here


Tickets:5€

Co-production TSSO – Global Arts United & Ablaze Records

 

 

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Baroque 8-member ensemble
02/06/2026
Chamber Music Festival
Baroque 8-member ensemble

Tuesday, June 2, 2026
at 20:00
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
 
Andreas Papanikolaou (solo violin/conductor)
Miguel Michaelides (violin)
David Bogorad (violin)
Evangelia Koutsodimou (violin)
Pavlos Metaxas (viola)
Vassilis Saitis (violoncello/basso continuo)
Michalis Sapountzis (double bass)
Theodoros Kitsos (theorve)
 
Programme:
Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762): Concerto Grosso in D Minor, H. 143 "La Folia" (after Α. Corelli Violin Sonata Νο.12, Op. 5)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Violin concerto No.2 in E major, BWV 1042
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): Violin concerto in E minor, RV 278
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713): Concerto Grosso No.4, Op.6
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): ‘Summer’ from ‘Four Seasons’

 
TSSO & AMth co-production
Supported by the Greek Ministry of Culture
 
Tickets: 10€
Discount tickets: 5€
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Thessaloniki Art & Music Summit (THAMS) - Concert #2
05/06/2026
Thessaloniki Art & Music Summit (THAMS)

Thessaloniki Art & Music Summit (THAMS) is a new international center for artistic creation, cultural exchange, and contemporary music inspired by Greece.
Organized by Global Arts United (GAU), in partnership with Ablaze Records, THAMS brings together composers, visual artists, ensembles, and the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (TSSO) for two weeks of performances, workshops, collaborations, and cultural immersion in one of Europe’s most historic and vibrant cities.
 Each edition celebrates a Greek-oriented theme, drawn from mythology, history, philosophy, or tradition, ensuring that new artistic creation remains rooted in the country’s millennia-old cultural legacy.

Theme: ORPHEUS
The inaugural 2026 edition explores Orpheus, reimagining the ancient myth through new compositions, performances, and interdisciplinary collaborations.

Concert #2

Friday, June 5, 2025
at 20:30
Thessaloniki Concert Hall
Friends of Music Hall (M1)

Conductor: Daniel Geiss

Theme: Orpheus

Programme:
Blake Buehler (USA): Across the Sands of Time  
Joshua Ivar (USA): Upon the Meeting of Wind and Water    
Andres Ramirez-Leó(USA/Mexico): L’ amore di Orfeo   
Christopher Chiarotti (USA): Nebula 
Akshay Tiwari (USA): Orpheus on Mount Pangaion  
Wenyu Zhi (China): Ladapà  
Helkin Sosa (Colombia/USA): Music for the Gods 
Ivana Vojnovic (Serbia): Concertino for orchestra

Composers' CVs
here

Tickets:5€

Co-production TSSO – Global Arts United & Ablaze Records
In cooperation with the TCH