One charming night
7 May 2023. 20:00. English lute music and songs with Stathis Skandalidis, lute. Bastion of St. George, Medieval Town of Rhodes.
7 May 2023. 20:00. English lute music and songs with Stathis Skandalidis, lute. Bastion of St. George, Medieval Town of Rhodes.
12 November 2022, 20:30. Museum of Modern Art, Rhodes. Schubert songs, Mendelssohn duets and Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -leben. With Christina Giannakopoulou and Yiannis Aeriniotis.
1 May 2022, 20:00. Spanish Inn, Medieval Town of Rhodes. Under the direction of Giorgos Xanthopoulos.
8 October 2021, 21:00. An online concert with Ensemble Diverse and Bizarre from the French Institute of Athens available here for free for 48hrs.
2 November 2019, 19:00. A liederabend with songs by Bellini, Giordani, Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart and Schumann’s masterful song cycle. With Matina Makesta at the piano and Spyros Stogiannis reciting poems.
1, 3 March, 18, 20 April 2019. Scenes, arias and duets from operas based on Greek mythology by F. Cavalli, G.F. Handel, N.Porpora and Α. Vivaldi. With soprano Lida Dimitriadi and the baroque ensemble Diverse & Bizzare.
6 November 2018, 19:00. Music for a While programme with songs by Dowland, Blow, Lawes and Purcell with Smiljka Isakovic, harpsichord at the 15th international festival Ars vivendi clavicembalum, City Hall, Belgrade, Serbia.
10, 11 March 2017, 19:30. Debuting in the role of legate Fulvio in A. Vivaldi’s opera Catone in Utica. With Concerto Valiante in the Bergkerk. The Hague, The Netherlands.
26 December 2016, 16:30 in the Ilmenau Kirche and 20:00 in the Michaeliskirche Erfurt, Germany. La Banda Ariosa presents the programme Jubilate Domino!
10,11*,13 (matinee), 16*, 17*, 18, 23 and 27* (matinee) November 2016: A fully staged performance of “Carmina Burana and other sins“. Music by C. Orff, G. Mahler (*Soloist on marked dates), G. Scelsi & A. Pärt. With Operagroup The Fat Lady.
25 November 2016. 20:15. Italian opera arias from late 17th and early 18th century Germany featuring the viola da gamba. With Mariana Pimenta soprano and La Banda Ariosa under the direction of Susanne Herre in the concert series of Musica Antica da Camera.
21, 29 October 2016. 19:30. Debuting in the title role of Handel’s opera Ottone with an exciting cast and Concerto Valiante in The Hague.
18 September 2015, 19:00. A lute song programme with themes from Ancient Greece for the opening of the Archaeological Museum of the island of Kos, Greece. With lutenist Stathis Skandalidis.
23, 26 July and 1 August 2016. Reprising the role of Ottone C. Monteverdi’s landmark opera at the Opera de Baugé in France. Stage direction B. Grimmett, Musical direction Yeo Yat-Soon.
8 May 2016, 10:30. Alto soloist in J.S. Bach’s BWV 11, Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen otherwise known as the Ascension Oratorio (Himmelfahrtsoratorium). With ensemble Musica Poetica under the direction of J. Boysen in the Maranathakerk of The Hague.
15, 16 April 2016, 20:15. Alto soloist in two concerts on 15/4 in the Maranathakerk of The Hague and on 16/4 in the Kapelkerk in Alkmaar with ensemble Musica Poetica under the direction of Jörn Boysen.
12 February 2016, 19:30. G.F. Handel’s The Messiah under the direction of Hans van der Toorn. With Aldona Bartink (sop), Mattias Pavlous (alto), Tigran Matinyan (ten), Berend Eijkhout (Bass). Pieterskerk, Leiden. The Netherlands.
16 January 2016, 20:30. Twelve German Lieder by Franz Liszt and Benjamin Britten’s Folksongs from the British Isles. With pianist Yiannis Aeriniotis. Athenaeum International Cultural Centre, Athens.
6 November 2015, at 20:30. Psalm 51 BWV 1083 by J.S. Bach/G.B. Pergolesi (Stabat Mater). Forum centre culturel, Chauny. With Stefanie True (sop), La Risonanza and Cercle Baroque.
“Salome” a staged performance based on the oratorio San Giavanni Battista by Alessandro Stradella Art Theatre Karolos Koun, 29 June – 2 July 2015 at 21:00
21 and 22 March 2015 in the Lakenmetershuis on the Vrijdagsmarkt of Ghent under the direction of Florian Heyerick. Stage dir. Caroline Petrick.
Sunday 1 March at 15:00 in the idyllic environment of Oud Poelgeest Castle. Works by B. Bononcini, G.F. Händel and A. Vivaldi with concerto Valiante under the direction of Leonardo Valiante.
14 November 2014, at 20:00 in the Theatre de Gouvernestraat of Rotterdam. The first staged performance of Handel’s opera in the Netherlands directed by David Prins. Codarts ensemble led by Iason Marmaras.
17 & 25 October 2014, Concertovaliante presents Handel’s, Rodelinda, Regina de Longobardi in a semi-staged performance of Handel’s games of thrones, lust and death.
5 October 2014 at 18:00 in the Protestant Church of Lille, with Ilze Bertrand at the organ. The programme features arias, cantatas and organ works by J.S. Bach, M. Hoffmann, G.P. Telemann and H. Scheidemann.
26 September in Amsterdam and 27 September 2014 in Beek, the newly formed ensemble, Dieci Voci, presents Giacomo Carissimi’s Historia di Jephte, Francesco Cavalli’s Salve Regina and Domenico Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater.
13 April at 15:30 in the Evangelical Church of Zeist, Zusterplein 20, 3703 CB Zeist with the SKA, under the direction of Servaas Schreuders. 16 April at 20:15 in the Dominicus Church of Amsterdam, Spuistraat 12, 1012 TS Amsterdam with the SKA, under the direction of Servaas Schreuders.
7 February 2014, 17:00. Concert JS Bach – A Vivaldi, Baroque Orchestra of the Royal Conservatoire under the direction of Peter van Heyghen, Lutherse Kerk, The Hague, the Netherlands. Programme Dixit Dominus van Antonio Vivaldi (RV 595) Cantata “Mit Fried und Freud fahr ich dahin” BWV 125 Tickets 10 Euro, More info >
During the 2013 Lutefestival of the Utrecht Early Music Festival. The programme features lute songs and solos by J. Dowland, R. Jones, J. van den Hove, N. Vallet and R. Johnson.
World premiere of “Elle est moi und Töte mich”, an opera based on Romy Schneider with music by Joris Blanckaert and libretto by Tom Hannes. Direction by Vincent van den Elshout, lights by Ace McCarron. Spectra Ensemble conducted by Filip Rathé.
CANCELLED. 18 September 2020, at 20:30. With Ensemble Diverse & Bizarre at the National Observatory of Athens. Continue reading
9 May 2017, 19:00. ANACREΩΝ Early Music ensemble presents works for traverso and countertenor by Bach, Fischer, Handel and Telemann. Lady of the Castle church, Medieval Town of Rhodes. Continue reading
Celebrating the first historical type harpsichord that has arrived in Rhodes to stay, the French-Italian harpsichordist Gabrielle Resche and the Greek-Dutch countertenor Mattias Pavlous invite you to an evening of early music supported by the Catholic Archdiocese of Rhodes. Continue reading
On Friday 11 November, after the performance of G.F. Handel’s Jepthe at the Dutch National Opera, the young friends of the DNO (Fidelio) have organised a Q&A about this voice type with Mattias Pavlous and musicologist Leendert van der Miesen. Click here for more info. Continue reading
Debuting in the title role of Handel’s opera Ottone, two programmes with La Banda Ariosa, collaborating for the first time with opera group The Fat Lady and more. Check out the performances until Christmas in the agenda page! More to come, stay tuned! Continue reading
Gilbert Isbin is a Belgian composer, improviser, guitarist and lutenist. Isbin’s compositional and performing style defies genre, blending elements of contemporary classical, jazz, early music, world music and improvisation. The new album, featuring songs for countertenor & lute based on poetry of good friends of the composer will be recorded in 2017 with Mattias Pavlous … Continue reading
22 May 2016, 15:30. Highlights from G.F. Handel’s Opera Ottone with Concerto Valiante in the Geertekerk of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Continue reading
13 March 2016, 10:30. Cantatedienst in the Maranathakerk of The Hague with ensemble Musica Poetica under the direction of Jörn Boysen. Continue reading
15 November, 20:30. An Italian, English and French baroque music celebration for the closing ceremony of the Louvre exposition Rhodes, une île grecque aux portes de l’Orient in the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, Continue reading
On October 18, at 15:00 a preview of Handel’s opera which will be performed complete in 2016, is taking place in the Emmaus Church of The Hague, Continue reading