Flutist

Violin virtuoso Gidon Kremer joins the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra alongside conductor and Music Director Marios Papadopoulos, for an evening of exceptional music. The programme will include music by Gubaidulina and Schnittke, both of whom composed for Kremer and are an integral part of his musical universe. Known for his passionate playing, Kremer brings his brilliance to the stage in a performance full of intensity and emotional depth.

Gidon Kremer

University of Oxford

Showcasing the artistry of flutist Stathis Karapanos and Houston Symphony Principal Harp Allegra Lilly, Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp positively sparkles with delightful melodies and effervescent charm. From Mozart’s delicate grace, Christoph Eschenbach leads a foray into the vast, expansive sound-world of Bruckner’s stunning and immense Symphony No. 7.

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Eschenbach Conducts Mozart & Bruckner

Jones Hall

Works by Joseph Haydn, Peter Tschaikowsky, Hans Werner Henze and others.

Eschenbach & Friends

Christkirche - Ev.-Luth. Christkirchengemeinde Rendsburg-Neuwerk

Last season, the Greek flutist Stathis Karapanos recorded an album with the Prague Philharmonia for the prestigious Warner Classics label. It features the complete repertoire for flute and orchestra by Krzysztof Penderecki, a leading figure of Polish music in recent decades. Karapanos will perform one of these works, Sinfonietta for Flute and String Orchestra, on the fourth evening of Orchestral Series A under the direction of Polish conductor Łukasz Borowicz. 

Mozart. Penderecki. Gluck. Martinů

Dvořák Hall Rudolfinum

At this youth concert, young people get to know the flute in all its facets, because the two works by Frank Martin and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart couldn't be more different. Exciting virtuosity in Martin's ballad meets Mozart's delicate lightness, packaged in the form of a classical solo concerto. With Stathis Karapanos, we were able to get an international star for this concert. The young people sit on the stage at the youth concerts and thus have the opportunity to engage in direct interaction with the musicians.

Youth concert for the  3rd Symphony concert

Music and Congress Hall

When the 22-year-old Mozart was working on his second flute concerto, the later composer of the "Magic Flute" was not particularly fond of the instrument: "Then I'll be stuffed" (i.e. reluctant), he told his father, "if I have to write for an instrument that I don't like." And so he quickly managed to get his client, Ferdinand Dejean, to arrange his oboe concerto - a sleight of hand that of course does not detract from Mozart's cheerful and energetic music.

Flutist

Stathis Karapanos

Events

Past events

Jun 18, 2026

Gidon Kremer · Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

27 - 28 Sep, 2025

Eschenbach Conducts Mozart & Bruckner · Houston Symphony

Future and recently performed repertoire

Flute in Impromptu by Gubaidulina

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

Flute in Sinfonietta No. 2 for Flute and String Orchestra by Penderecki

Prague Philharmonia

Flute in Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, KV 314 by Mozart

Prague Philharmonia

Flute in Divertimento for Strings in D major, K. 136 by Mozart

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

Flute in Violin Concerto No. 3 by Schnittke

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

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