Cyprus Symphony Orchestra – TRIBUTE TO VICKY STYLIANOU – 6.3.2026

CYPRUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – TRIBUTE TO VICKY STYLIANOU

Pafos: Friday 6 March 2026 – Markideio Municipal Theatre, 20:30

With this special concert, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra honours and celebrates the memory of Vicky Stylianou – an artist of remarkable musical contribution, both as a pianist and as an orchestrator. Having had the honour and joy of numerous collaborations with Vicky, the Orchestra holds in its heart many beautiful, vivid memories of her radiance as an artist and her warmth as a person.

Under the baton of the Orchestra’s Honourary Conductor Alkis Baltas, the concert will fittingly open with Maurice Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte, an elegiac meditation of profound tenderness and lyrical beauty.

We are delighted to be joined on stage for the first time by Antonis Manias, one of the most distinguished Greek violists of his generation, as the soloist in Weber’s Andante and Rondo Ungarese for viola and orchestra. In this work the viola sings with warm lyricism in the Andante and dazzles with fiery, Hungarian-inspired rhythms in the exuberant Rondo Ungarese. The acclaimed violist will also perform Alkis Baltas’ Makbule for solo viola and orchestra, based on the well-known ‘rebetiko’ melody “Makbule” and dedicated to Antonis Manias.

Alan Hovhaness’s Symphony no. 6, “Celestial Gate” is a deeply spiritual and luminous work that unfolds as a vast, transcendent sonic meditation. The symphony blends ancient modal melodies, shimmering orchestral textures, and a sense of timeless ritual to evoke a mystical passage between the earthly and the divine.

PROGRAMME

Maurice RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante défunte, M.19

Carl Maria von WEBER: Andante and Rondo Ungarese for viola and orchestra

Alkis BALTAS: “Makbule” for solo viola and orchestra

Alan HOVHANESS: Symphony no. 6, op. 173, ‘Celestial Gate’

 Antonis Manias viola

Alkis Baltas conductor

The concerts are held under the auspices of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026.

Supporters: Pafos Municipality

Ticket prices: 15 / 10 (μειωμένο)

Concession tickets are available to:

Students, soldiers, pensioners, large and five-member families on presentation of ID.

Free Entrance for people with disabilities.

Ticket presales:

Markideio Municipal Theatre (Andrea Geroudi 27, 8010 Pafos, 26 222286)

Online at cyso.interticket.com and 1,5 hrs before the concert.