In the press

Press.

Reviews, conversations and perspectives from the concert hall and the recording studio.

“Wie Vogelgesang schweben seine Solopartien im Raum.”
Der Opernfreund ↗26 November 2024
“El sonido luminoso, la musicalidad y el virtuosismo técnico de Karapanos”
Scherzo ↗8 March 2024
“Das interpretatorische Niveau ist durchweg sehr hoch”
concerti ↗26 July 2024

25 articles

French chamber music in Fautenbach

A review of the recital with pianist Jean-Paul Gasparian at the opening of the Fautenbach chamber concert season.

“dank der fantastischen Spieltechnik der beiden Künstler”

Albrecht Zimmermann · German · Print clipping

Saint-Saëns and Theodorakis in Hof

Gelobte Länder: the Hofer Symphoniker with Johannes Wildner, Stathis Karapanos and cellist Young-Phil Hyun.

Michael Thumser · German · Print clipping

Jolivet and Carmen with the Detmolder Kammerorchester

A review of the orchestra’s third subscription concert, conducted by Daniel Stabrawa.

“makellose Verbindung von technischer Virtuosität und expressiver Phrasierung”

Thomas Krügler · German · Print clipping

Martin and Mozart in Lübeck

The Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck and Takahiro Nagasaki, with Martin’s Ballade and Mozart’s D-major Flute Concerto.

Andreas Ströbl · German

Fine, Mozart and Beethoven in Barcelona

Christoph Eschenbach and the Franz Schubert Filharmonia at the Palau de la Música Catalana, with Stathis Karapanos and José Antonio Domené.

Javier Pérez Senz · Spanish

Ibert with Eschenbach in Vilnius

A review of the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra concert on 20 January 2024, including Ibert’s Flute Concerto.

Rita Aleknaitė-Bieliauskienė · Lithuanian

A life devoted to the flute

Bis ins kleinste Detail: a portrait tracing the decisions, teachers and encounters that shaped a musical life.

Jan-Hendrik Maier · German

Transatlantic: colours from Berlin

A review of the Berlin Academy of American Music’s debut, including Takemitsu’s Toward the Sea II and Urquhart’s Lamentation.

Remy Franck · German / English

Transatlantic

The story and music of the ensemble’s first album, recorded at Teldex Studios in Berlin.

English

Growing up with music

A conversation about childhood, musical studies, the Leonard Bernstein Award and returning to the Athens State Orchestra.

Greek

Artist profile

The orchestra’s introduction to Stathis Karapanos, his repertoire and collaborations.

English

Stories / Barcelona
5 March 2024

A first performance.
A night at the Palau.

Michael Fine’s second flute concerto, ¿Te acuerdas?, received its world premiere at the Palau de la Música Catalana, with Christoph Eschenbach and the Franz Schubert Filharmonia. Stathis then joined harpist José Antonio Domené in Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp; the evening closed with Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.

Official photographs & concert notes ↗Read the Scherzo review ↗