CYPRUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
STARLIGHT 1 – GREAT PERFORMERS
Lemesos: Thursday 5 October 2023 – Pattihio Municipal Theatre, 20:30
Lefkosia: Friday 6 October 2023 – Strovolos Municipal Theatre, 20:30
PROGRAMME
Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 77 (99)
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1945)
Roman Simović violin
Zoi Tsokanou conductor
In the first programme of its prestigious Starlight series, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra welcomes on stage the sensational and award-winning violinist Roman Simović, a concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra and professor at the Royal Academy of Music, London. We are also delighted to renew our collaboration with the internationally acclaimed conductor Zoi Tsokanou, to conduct a programme featuring two iconic Russian masterpieces. Dmitri Shostakovich’s legendary First Violin concerto demands tremendous physical and emotional stamina from the soloist. Igor Stravinsky’s ballet suiteThe Firebirdis emblematic of early 20th centuryradical modernism and the first fruit of his historic collaboration with Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in Paris.
Ticket prices:
Zone Α: €25 / €18 (concession)
Zone Β:€20 / €15 (concession)
Zone C: €17 / €12 (concession)
Concession tickets are available to:
Students, soldiers, pensioners, large and five-member families on presentation of ID.
Free entrance for people with disabilities.
Ticket presales:
Pattihio Limassol Municipal Theatre (Ayias Zonis 4, 3027 Lemesos, 25 377277):
Online at www.soldouttickets.com.cy (tinyurl.com/y5s7zzpf), at the Box Office: Mon-Fri: 10:00-13:00 and 16:00-19:00, Sat. 10:00-13:00 and 2 hours before the concert.
Strovolos Municipal Theatre (100 Strovolou Avenue, 2020 Strovolos, Lefkosia):
Online at cyso.interticket.com,at Pallas Theatre Box Office every Wednesday 16:00-19:00 and2 hours before the concert.
Information: 22 463144, www.cyso.org.cy
For more information you may contact Constantia Elia at 22 463135, email: [email protected]