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PRESS RELEASE
Wednesday 20 May 2009 at 20.30
Benaki Museum Piraeus Street
CONCERT DEDICATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY
The World Heritage & Museums (World Cultural Heritage & Museums), organises
classical music concert on the occasion of the celebration of International Museum
Day at the Benaki Museum Piraeus Street, No. 138, Wednesday 20 May 2009 at
20.30, with Tobias String Quartet from Estonia and the internationally awardwinning soloist Greek clarinetist Dionissis Grammenos.
The event is organised with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Estonia, the
Embassy of Estonia in Greece and the Association of Estonian Professional
Musicians.
The concert program includes the quintet for clarinet and strings of Carl Maria von
Weber, and Josef Haydn, and works of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.
The event will present Alexis Kostalas.
SPONSOR: ERT
Information: 210 2029 737
Ticket Availability Benaki Museum (street Piraeus): 210 3453 111
Ticket Prices: 20 €, 15 € student & 10 € children
The Heritage & Museums, a non-profit organisation based in Athens, aims to
promote cultural stock of the world through communication, education and research
(www.heritage-museums.com). The actions of Heritage & Museums rely on voluntary
cooperation, with particular sensitivity to people with disabilities in general and the
cultural excluded, as well as the environment.
DIONYSIS GRAMMENOS, clarinet
In May 2008, at the age of 18, representing Greece and won the A 'prize in
international contest Eurovision Young Musicians 2008, partnership as a soloist with
the Symphony Orchestra of Vienna distinction awarded to a first horn, in the history of
the competition .
Since then has played as soloist with the State Orchestra of Greece, and the Radio Symphony
Orchestra of Norway, the Symphony Orchestra of Radio and the Philharmonic Orchestra of
Sofia, and collaborates with chamber music ensembles in Greece and in abroad.
The immediate projects include collaboration with Mozart Quartett Salzburg and Tobias
String Quartet, on tour in Japan in December 2009, while for 2010 and 2011, the program
provides kontserta in Sweden by the Nordic Chamber Orchestra ensembles and Swedish
Wind Ensemble, under the address of Christian Lindberg, participation in the cycle
«international awards Soloist» held in Vienna, in partnership with the Orchestra of Vienna
(Wiener Kammer Orchester), participation in the Young Soloist cycle organised by the
Auditorium du Louvre (Paris) and cooperation with music ensembles Room Berliner
Philharmonia Quartett and Borodin Quartet.
In March 2009, appeared as soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of Athens, Spain, Auditorio
Nacional de Musica de Madrid, the presence of Queen Sofia of Spain. In June 2008, was
honoured with a Gold plaque from the Mayor of Athens Nikitas Kaklamanis, and, since
September 2008, is a member of the Symphonic Orchestra of Athens.
TOBIAS STRING QUARTET
Arvo Leibur - violin, Kristjan Hallik - violin, Toomas Nestor - viola, Aare Tammesalu - cello
The Tobias String Quartet was founded in 2000 by leading musicians of the Estonian State
Band Festival and was named by Rudolf Tobias, the first Estonian composer who wrote the
work for string quartet. Since its foundation, is rich in activities both inside and outside
Estonia (in Stockholm, Berlin, Helsinki, Riga and St. Petersburg) and has recorded with the
German company Erdenklang, in cooperation with the Estonian Record Production. The
Tobias String Quartet has also recorded with the Estonian Radio. The repertoire of the quartet
includes masterpieces of the world’s quartet literature and Estonian music also has an
important part in it.