Art as a Means for the Elevation of the Human: George Panagiotopoulos & De Profundis Ensemble

George Panagiotopoulos and the De Profundis Ensemble perform explosive musical compositions by A. Corelli, του J. S. Bach, του A. Vivaldi, and G. P. Telemann, shedding light on the mystery of Heaven at the Catholic Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite.

Concert schedule:

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Sinfonia to the Oratorio of Santa Beatrice d’ Este, in D minor
Grave
Allegro
Adagio
Largo assai
Vivace

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Sinfonia a 4 TWV 43:A6
Gratioso
Allegro
Largo
Vivace

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
“La Stravaganza” Concerto no.2 in E minor, RV 279
Allegro
Largo
Allegro

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R
Without tempo indication
Largo
Presto

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Allegro
Andante
Allegro Assai

Solo violin & Conductor
George Panagiotopoulos

De Profundis Ensemble
Violin I: Ilias Gyftonikolos, Zoe Prokopiou
Violin II: Konstantina Balla, Chrysi Javla
Viola: Eleni Furlanou
Cello: Myrto Xirouhakis
Double bass: Giorgos Danis

Artistic Director
Irini Anastasiou

A few words about George Panagiotopoulos

He was born in Athens. At the age of seven, he began his violin studies at the Athens Conservatoire with professor Sophocles Politis, from whose class he graduated in January 1996. He continued with his postgraduate studies in Madrid, at the Escuela Superior de Musica “Reina Sofia” with faculty scholarship, in the class of the internationally renowned professor Zackar Bron.
From 1997 to 2000, with a scholarship from the State Scholarship Foundation (I.K.Y.), he completed his musical studies in Paris, at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, with Professor Devy Erlih, obtaining the Higher Soloist Diploma Violin (Diplôme Supérieur de
Concertiste de Violon), in March 2000. He also received the First Prize of the City of Paris (Premier Prix de la Ville de Paris) under the guidance of Professor Christophe Boulier. He was a member of the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra and the World Youth Orchestra as well as the Piraeus Symphony Orchestra and the Athens Municipality Symphony Orchestra.
He has collaborated as a soloist with various Orchestras and has given recitals in several cities in Greece and abroad. Today he is the principal of the National Symphony Orchestra of the E.R.T., member of Kamerata/Armonia Atenea and member of Quinteto Tangarto specializing in the music of Astor Piazzolla.
Apart from his performance career, he teaches at the Music Conservatoire of Athens College and since July 2013, he has been teaching at the “Académie des Jeunes Solistes” music course in France.

He plays on a violin built in 1710 by David Tecchler in Rome.