Early Music Days
FIRST CYCLE • The Age of Revolutions | SECOND CYCLE • Active Pasts
November 2026 • Alternative Stage
Early Music Days
FIRST CYCLE • The Age of Revolutions | 19, 20, 21, 22 November 2026
Artistic curator: Dimos Goudaroulis | In collaboration with the Thessaloniki Concert Hall
SECOND CYCLE • Active Pasts | 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 November 2026
Artistic curator: Markellos Chryssicos
From Beethoven and the era of grand musical subversions to contemporary readings of the historical repertoire, the Early Music Days festival invites audiences on a journey through emblematic works, period instruments, and fresh artistic approaches, highlighting the timeless power of musical creation. The programme is divided into two thematic cycles.
The First Cycle, titled “The Age of Revolutions” and curated by the versatile and highly prolific artist Dimos Goudaroulis, is dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven and his creative entourage. It will feature music from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, spanning Classicism to Early Romanticism, with masterworks of chamber music by Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Schubert, performed on period instruments by prominent Greek and European musicians.
The Second Cycle, titled “Active Pasts” and curated by distinguished conductor Markellos Chryssicos, is grounded in the belief that Early Music is not an outdated fossil but an active field of listening and reinterpretation that continues to generate new meanings even today. In this context, new commissions from Greek composers, jazz interpretations of Bach’s variations, electronic sounds, and sound and lighting design create a seamless artistic setting in which the historical material is reactivated.
What's On
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19 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Early Music DaysThursday 19 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
20 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Early Music DaysBeethoven Sonatas for Violin and Fortepiano
Friday 20 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
21 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Early Music DaysBeethoven & Schubert String Quintets
Saturday 21 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
22 Nov 2026
19:30 Festival - Early Music DaysSongs in Shifting Times – Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven & Beethoven – septet
Sunday 22 November, 19:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
25 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Early Music DaysTimoleon and Julia: A Baroque Story of Cross-Dressing |
Wednesday 25 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
26 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Early Music DaysStravaganza
Thursday 26 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
27 Nov 2026
20:00 Festival - Early Music DaysVOLKS:LIEDER:ABEND – Songs by Johannes Brahms
Friday 27 November, 20:00 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
27 Nov 2026
21:30 Festival - Early Music DaysJ.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
Friday 27 November, 21:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
28 Nov 2026
20:30 Festival - Early Music DaysTristan / Ex Silentio
Saturday 28 November, 20:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage -
29 Nov 2026
18:30 Festival - Early Music DaysCamino medieval: The Long Pilgrimage Of Faith
Sunday 29 November, 18:30 Alternative StageAlternative Stage
Early Music Days
FIRST CYCLE • The Age of Revolutions
The First Cycle, titled “The Age of Revolutions” and curated by the versatile and highly prolific artist Dimos Goudaroulis, is dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven and his creative entourage. It will feature music from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, spanning Classicism to Early Romanticism, with masterworks of chamber music by Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Schubert, performed on period instruments by prominent Greek and European musicians.
Early Music Days
SECOND CYCLE • Active Pasts
The Second Cycle, titled “Active Pasts” and curated by distinguished conductor Markellos Chryssicos, is grounded in the belief that Early Music is not an outdated fossil but an active field of listening and reinterpretation that continues to generate new meanings even today. In this context, new commissions from Greek composers, jazz interpretations of Bach’s variations, electronic sounds, and sound and lighting design create a seamless artistic setting in which the historical material is reactivated.