PANAGIOTIS KAROUSOS HARMONY OF THE SPHERES WITH IRINI KONSTA

 

The Hellenic Association of Physicists presents an exclusive concert of a unique musical evening of art songs with poetry from ancient Greek to modern’s physicists 

SONG CYCLE
HARMONY OF THE SPHERES
Composed for the soprano Irini Konsta

Music by
PANAGIOTIS KAROUSOS
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Premiered by
IRINI KONSTA — Soprano

HARRY GIANN — Piano
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PRESENTATION
DR. EFSTRATIOS TH. THEODOSSIOU
Astronomer
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Greetings: PANAGIOTIS FILDISIS
Vice-President of Hellenic Association of Physicists
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Event Details
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 20:00 p.m.
Parnassos Literary Society Concert Hall
Address: 8 St. George Karytsi Square, 10561 Athens
FREE ADMISSION

 

Program
Albert Einstein - Before God
Carl Friedrich Gauss - The dream we call life
Michio Kaku - Cosmic Music
Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot
Werner Heisenberg - The Universe
Edward Witten - Superstring Theory
Galileo Galilei - E pur si muove
Johannes Kepler - An Astronomer’s Prayer
Leonardo da Vinci - Sapere Vedere
Max Planck - Science cannot solve
Nikola Tesla - Force and Matter
Democritus - Atomic Theory
Pythagoras - Harmony of the Spheres

Soprano Irini Konsta was born and brought up in Athens where she also studied and received diplomas in violin and classical singing(from the class of the world famous bass George Pappas) winning a First Prize and a Golden Medal.
She also attended seminars and master classes in Italy and Germany with G.Dimitrova, M.Caballe, R.Knoll and A.Christofellis. Her repertory includes Tosca,Mimi (La Boheme), Desdemona (Otello), Nedda (I Pagliacci), Fiordiligi(Cosi fan tutte), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Ottavia (L’incoronazione di Poppea) Clytemnestra (Electra), Io (Prometheus Bound) and many more.
She has performed in Berlin, London (Royal Academy), Paris, Sofia (National Opera), New York, Melbourne (Arts Centre), Frankfurt (Alte Oper). She is a permanent collaborator of various Grrek and international Festivals and she is often appearing on TV and recording for the National Greek Radio Programme. She has been honoured with the Maria Callas Award from the UNESCO Foundation.
Irini Konsta holds a degree in ancient Greek language and philosophy from the National and Capodistrian University of Athens.

 

Panagiotis Karousos has had an uninterrupted presence on the international music scene as a composer and pioneer in contemporary Greek music.
He has distinguished himself in the USA, Canada, Argentina, and European countries with appearances in concert halls such as Lincoln Center, Place des Arts, Royal College of Music, Sofia National Opera and Ballet, Amphithéâtre Richelieu Université Paris-Sorbonne, Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal, Small Theater of Ancient Epidaurus, Ancient Messina, Veakeio Theater, UN at the United Nations in Manhattan, etc. He has given hundreds of concerts at international festivals and major music centers, presenting his operas "Prometheus Bound", "Trachiniae - Olympic Flame", "Alexander the Great", and works such as the "Liberty Symphony", "Piano Concerto", "Montreal Suite", and the Oratorio: "The Song of the Nations". In 2014, the Athens Symphony Orchestra performed Symphony No. 4 "of the Earth", while his works have been presented in the Third Program of ERT (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation). He is Director of Opera and Classical Music for the Club for UNESCO of Piraeus and Islands. As an Independent Researcher and Lecturer, the composer Panagiotis Karousos has given many pre-concert lectures on ancient Greek prosody (Analysis of Prosody by the scholar and composer Panagiotis Karousos).