The Leonard Bernstein Award.

Christkirche · Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

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The 2020 Leonard Bernstein Award makes Stathis its first flute recipient. With the public Lübeck concert cancelled during the pandemic, the award is presented privately in Rendsburg. A filmed recital with Christoph Eschenbach at the piano follows on 28 August.

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MUSIK HEUTE · 13 August 2020

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MUSIK HEUTE reports the award presentation on 13 August and explains why the usual public concert was replaced by a portrait and performance film. The photograph shows Stathis with Reinhard Boll, Christoph Eschenbach and Christian Kuhnt.

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Der Kulturonkel · 13 August 2020

“Musik hat keine Grenzen, sie verlangt nichts von einem – nur, dass man zuhört.”

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In a contemporaneous interview, Stathis talks about the flute as a means of expression, his first musical encounter with Eschenbach, music education and the importance of playing wholeheartedly for any audience.

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