The 2025 International Dimitri Mitropoulos Competition for Composers
Final
 
Sunday, November 2, 2025
at 20:00
Thessaloniki Concert Hall
Friends of Music Hall (M1)
 
Programme of the final:
Τhe TSSO, conducted by Miltos Logiadis, presents the 4 works that passed to the final,
Jingyang Cui (China): Screaming Silence
Evripides Bekos (Greece): IDUNN
Giulio Soldo (Italy): Steto-calèido
Francesco Darmanin (Italy): Komorebi

 
Jury of the competition
Jury Chairman
Tan Dun - Conductor / Composer
 
Members
Dr David Bruce – Composer
Michalis Economou - Conductor, Composer, Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra Music Director
Christos Samaras - Composer/Professor for composition
Christos Hatzis - Composer/Professor, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
Ioannis (John) Psathas - Composer
 
Presentation: Veroniki Kyriakopoulou

The final will be broadcasted live by the official TSSO site on YouTube: @TheTSSO

This year’s medals were produced with the kind permission of the Music Library “Lilian Voudouri of the Friends of Music Society, to which the mold of the original medal has been entrusted


TSSO Production
in cooperation with TCH
Supported by the Greek Ministry of Culture

Tickets
Distinct zone: 20€
Α' Zone/Ground floor: 15€
Β' Zone/Upper tier-Boxes: 10€
Discount tickets: 5€

Tan Dun music

Thursday, November 6, 2025
at 20:30
Thessaloniki Concert Hall Friends of Music Hall (M1)

Violin: Liya Petrova
Violoncello - Erhu:
Piano:
Conductor: Tan Dun

Programme:
Tan Dun (1955):
Hero Concerto (2010) for violin and orchestra
Crouching Tiger Concerto (2000) for cello and orchestra
The Banquet Concerto (2010) for piano and orchestra
The Triple Resurrection (2013) for violin, cello, piano and orchestra 


Tickets
Distinct Zone: 30€
Α' Zone/Ground floor: 25€
Β' Zone/Upper tier-Boxes: 20€
Discount tickets: 15€-10€

TSSO-TCH co-production
in cooperation with the Thessaloniki Film Festival
«Thessaloniki-Sofia: Balkan Cultural Bridge»
 

Jonas Kaufmann

Sunday, November 9, 2025
at 20:30
Thessaloniki Concert Hall Friends of Music Hall (M1)

Tenor: Jonas Kaufmann
Conductor: Jochen Rieder

Programme:
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835): Overture to the opera ‘Norma’
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886): ‘Cielo e mar’ from the opera ‘La Gioconda’
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886): ‘Dance of the hours’ from the opera ‘La Gioconda’
George Bizet (1838-1875): ‘La fleur que tu m’avais jetee’ from the opera ‘Carmen’
George Bizet (1838-1875): ‘Intermezzo’ from Carmen Suite No.1
George Bizet (1838-1875): ‘Danse boheme’ from Carmen Suite No.2
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): ‘E lucevan le stelle’ from the opera ‘Tosca’
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): ‘Intermezzo’ from the opera ‘Manon Lescaut’
Umberto Giordano (1867-1948): Improvviso from the opera ‘Andrea Chénier’
Franz Lehár (1870-1948): Overture to the operetta ‘Das Land des Lächelns’
Franz Lehár (1870-1948): ‘Dein ist mein ganzes Herz’ from the operetta ‘Das Land des Lächelns’
Emmerich Kálmán (1882-1953): ‘Zwei Märchenaugen’ from the operetta ‘Die Zirkusprinzessin’
John Williams (1932): ‘Superman-March’ from the movie ‘Superman’
Ennio Morricone (1928-2020): 'E piu ti penso’ from the movie ‘Once upon a time in America’
Ennio Morricone (1928-2020): ‘Nella fantasia’ from the movie ‘The Mission’
Hans Zimmer (1957): ‘Nelle tue mani’ from the movie ‘The Gladiator’

Tickets
Distinct Zone: 60€
Α' Zone/Ground floor: 50€
Β' Zone/ Ground floor: 40€
C' Zone/Upper tier-Boxes: 30€
Discount tickets: 15€

Tickets presale: TCH box offices & www.tch.gr