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.

Two exceptional, internationally acclaimed musicians with a defining presence and active involvement in the Early Music scene and its historically informed performances, Shunske Sato on the violin and Shuann Chai on the fortepiano, will present a challenging programme of contrasts dedicated to Beethoven’s sonatas for violin and fortepiano.

The luminous Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 (“Spring”), with all its lyricism and optimism,  converses with its dark sister, Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23. The twelve Variations on Mozart’s aria “Se vuol ballare” showcase the young Beethoven’s virtuosity and freshness, while Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, expresses the passion and inner power of his mature style.