Marios Papadopoulos

Model Hostel WELCOMMON
2016-11-22 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Festsaal, Rathaus Charlottenburg, Otto-Suhr-Allee 100, Berlin, 10585

Oxford Philharmonic
2017-01-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2017-02-16 19:30 - 21:30, 2017-03-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2017-04-23 19:00 - 21:00, 2017-05-27 19:30 - 21:30, 2017-06-08 19:30 - 21:30, 2017-07-01 19:30 - 21:30, 2017-07-04 19:30 - 21:30 | Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom

Masterclass
2017-07-30 14:30, 2017-07-31 14:30 - 17:45, 2017-08-03 09:30 - 12:45, 2017-08-07 09:30 - 10:30 | Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford, United Kingdom
Marios Papadopoulos is the Oxford Piano Festival’s Artistic Director. Since his London debut in 1974, his career as a pianist and conductor has been worldwide. His prolific output as a recording artist includes Beethoven Piano Sonatas, performances of Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Wind with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, works by Mussorgsky – including Pictures at an Exhibition – piano works by César Franck, and the 24 Preludes and Fugues by Shostakovich. In 1998, he founded the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he is Music Director. He holds a doctorate in Music from City University and is a Fellow by Special Election of Keble College, Oxford. He become an Honorary Fellow of the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 2010 and was awarded the City of Oxford’s Certificate of Honour in 2013. Papadopoulos was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s 2014 New Year’s Honours List for services to music in Oxford.

Oxford Philharmonic and Yefim Bronfman
2017-08-06 20:00 - 22:00 | Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom
SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
Yefim Bronfman piano
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
Yefim Bronfman is championed by critics as a superlative exponent of Brahms. His sensational 2012 Proms performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 captivated London audiences and his debut at the 2017 Oxford Piano Festival performing the same work promises to be a stirring occasion for all lovers of the Romantic piano genre. Schumann’s Symphony No. 2, written during the onset of the illnesses that would eventually kill him, bears witness to an astonishing artistic fervour, recollecting the worlds of Bach and Beethoven while provoking a new dynasty of symphonic imagination.

Oxford Beethoven Festival: Symphony & Concerto Cycle V
2020-11-19 19:30 - 22:00 | Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, ‘Pastoral’
Marios Papadopoulos piano/conductor
Beethoven beyond the stereotypes. The composer loved to perform the second of his piano concertos, not to position himself as the conquering hero but to revel in the colour, imagination and reactivity of pure music and all its possibilities. Here, with Marios Papadopoulos directing from the piano, that work forms the centerpiece in a concert whose two symphonies see Beethoven in a similarly amiable mood. The composer’s sixth is a premonition of the worlds of Mahler and Sibelius in its view of nature as man’s salvation. His eighth is simply a joy from start to end.
Pre-concert Recital 18:30
Young Artists’ Platform
A chance to hear talented young musicians
Free admission
The concert is scheduled to end at approximately 22.00
Tickets: £45.00 £35.00 £25.00 £15.00

Oxford Beethoven Festival: Symphony & Concerto Cycle VI
2020-11-26 19:00 - 21:05 | Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73, ‘Emperor’
Marios Papadopoulos piano/conductor
Few works communicate just how significant and pivotal a cultural figure Beethoven was like the ‘Emperor’ piano concerto, every bit deserving of its title. This unprecedented ‘grand concerto’ would explode the scale of the genre and prove a model for composers from Brahms to Liszt and beyond. Inspired by new, louder and more sensitive pianos and alarmed by Napoleon’s bombardment of Vienna, Beethoven created a monumental musical testament to the freedom of man. Marios Papadopoulos plays and directs the concerto after Beethoven’s charming Symphony No. 4.
Pre-concert Recital 18:30
Young Artists’ Platform
A chance to hear talented young musicians
Free admission
The concert is scheduled to end at approximately 21.05
Supported by Geoffrey & Caroline de Jager

Tickets: £35 £2 £15

Oxford Beethoven Festival: Symphony & Concerto Cycle VII
2020-12-11 19:00 - 21:50 | Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom
BEETHOVEN
Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Eleanor Dennis soprano
Ian Bostridge tenor
David Soar bass
The Choir of Keble College
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter returns to the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and brings to our Beethoven celebrations one of the composer’s most joyous, lyrical works – his Violin Concerto. If the composer appears trouble-free in that score, his oratorio Christus am Ölberge was a cry of anguish, a reflection of the composer’s inner turmoil through that of Christ’s. It is a powerful, dramatic and intense work in which Beethoven is unflinching in the face of emotional and physical distress, but is filled with music of strange beauty, clear humanity and compelling drama nonetheless.
The concert is scheduled to end at approximately 21.50
Supported by Michael Thomas & Serena Simmons

Tickets: £40 £30 £20

Oxford Beethoven Festival: Symphony & Concerto Cycle VIII
2020-12-13 19:30 - 21:50 | Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom
BEETHOVEN
Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80, ‘Choral Fantasy’
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, ‘Choral’
Claire Rutter soprano
Angela Simkin mezzo-soprano
Toby Spence tenor
David Shipley bass
Philharmonischer Chor der Stadt Bonn
Paul Krämer chorus master
Marios Papadopoulos piano/conductor
Concert introduced by John Suchet
Beethoven’s ninth still sounds palpably off-the-leash despite the two centuries of musical evolution that have passed since its first performance in 1824. This most iconic of symphonies is still riddled with contradictions – part model of classical form, part complete rule-breaker; a dark, deranged romp and an inspiring journey to triumph. Marios Papadopoulos conducts it here, the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra joined by singers from Beethoven’s home town of Bonn, after the very work that smoothened its way: the unique hybrid of symphony, concerto and choral work that is the ‘Choral Fantasy’.
The concert is scheduled to end at approximately 21.50

Tickets: £40 £30 £20

Oxford Philharmonic at the Cadogan
2023-05-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Cadogan Hall, London, United Kingdom
Mozart Ch’io mi scordi di te?, K. 505
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
John Rutter Anniversary Greeting for the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra (world premiere)*
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Sophie Bevan Soprano
John Rutter conductor*
Marios Papadopoulos piano/conductor
The seventh is Beethoven’s most fascinating symphony – a work whose new vision of rhythm’s relationship with harmony produced the most physical, compelling music that had ever been created. Beethoven wasn’t just exploring new techniques, he was giving voice to a wave of joy that had swept into his life and filled him with determination and optimism. Before it, we hear Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20, which sees the composer begin his transformation of the piano concerto from entertaining diversion to engrossing narrative experience. Marios Papadopoulos is conductor and soloist for this visit to London’s Cadogan Hall.

Enigma Variations
2023-06-03 19:30 - 20:30 | Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom
Morfydd Llwyn Owen Nocturne* Side-by-Side
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Elgar Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, ‘Enigma’
Alban Gerhardt cello
Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor*
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
When Edward Elgar started to improvise a little tune at his piano one day, considering how a group of his closest friends might play that tune, he gave birth to one of the greatest masterpieces of English music. The ‘Enigma’ variations are uplifting and resigned, humorous and profound. Elgar’s dazzling, virtuosic orchestral showpiece comes after his acerbic, embittered and sorrowful Cello Concerto written in less happy times, and the rediscovered gem that is Morfydd Llwyn Owen’s sumptuous Nocturne.

Bruckner Seven
2023-06-29 19:30 - 21:30 | Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107
Paul Lewis piano
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
None of his works brought Anton Bruckner the joy and pride of his seventh symphony. This is the composer’s most delicately etched orchestral creation and his most instantly beautiful – a symphony that enshrines a heartfelt eulogy for Richard Wagner but thrusts with excitement and changeability too. For this culmination of our season at the Sheldonian Theatre, Marios Papadopoulos conducts Bruckner’s symphony here after Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 – actually the composer’s first full-length orchestral work, and an imposingly assertive one at that.

Music from Amadeus
2023-07-22 19:30 - 20:30 | St-Martin-in-the-Fields, London, Trafalgar Sq
Salieri Sinfonia Veneziana
Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K. 299
Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
Anthony Robb flute
Sally Pryce harp
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
Miloš Forman’s 1984 movie Amadeus is a masterpiece from beginning to end, telling of the ambition, obsession and jealousy that nearly thwarted the career of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and of the sublime music that poured out of a genius whose foibles and vulgarity were all too human. Mozart’s volatile Symphony No. 25 pays homage to the ‘father of the symphony’ himself, Joseph Haydn, who is represented by his more doleful Symphony No. 44 in the Sheldonian Theatre, as well as his frolicking Cello Concerto No. 1 featuring soloist Oliver Simpson – winner of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2022 Oxfordshire Senior Concerto Competition.

Music from Amadeus
2023-07-23 19:30 - 20:30 | Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom

Anna Fedorova and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
2023-08-03 20:00 - 21:00 | Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82
Anna Fedorova piano
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
For Sibelius, only nature could transcend the agony of life. The composer’s Symphony No. 5 is perhaps the supreme musical example of that concept – a work in which the composer imagines himself soaring above earthly concerns like the flock of swans he describes using the orchestra’s inspiring, ascendanttrumpets. The Nordic region’s most stirring symphony is heard here at the Sheldonian Theatre alongside its most famous Piano Concerto – Edvard Grieg’s Concerto in A minor. The composition is a reconciling of romantic sweep and passion with the clarity and fresh air of his Norwegian mountain aesthetic. Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova joins Marios Papadopoulos and the Orchestra for this concert of bold statements from the north.

Evengy Kissin
2023-09-21 19:30 - 20:30 | Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford, OX1 1BX, United Kingdom
John Rutter Anniversary Greeting for the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Evgeny Kissin piano
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
Under the greatest pressure, Shostakovich delivered his most supreme masterpiece. Condemned by the Soviet powers after his satirical opera Lady Macbeth, Shostakovich was ordered to write a symphony rejoicing in Stalin’s reign of terror. The result was a score poetic, sardonic and climactic that ends with a forced smile that proves the most shattering of climaxes. Before it, giant of the Russian piano school Evgeny Kissin joins Marios Papadopoulos for Rachmaninov’s dignified Piano Concerto No. 3, in which a lone virtuoso thunders against a surging orchestra in a heart-stopping narrative. John Rutter’s new work written for the Orchestra’s 25th birthday kicks off this titanic season opening at Oxford Town Hall.

Mozart Masterpieces
2023-10-12 19:30 | Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom
Mozart Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K. 543
Charlotte Scott violin
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
Associate Concertmaster Charlotte Scott joins us for an evening of Mozart, this time the composer’s Violin Concerto No. 3 – a score characterised by grace and charm, until it tears into an Alsatian dance at the end. Before it we hear Mozart channelling the spirit of Turkey in one of his most characterful opera overtures, while afterward comes the Mozart symphony in which everything changed. The first of his final symphonic trilogy is a work from which the brooding opening spills music of the most infectious joy. Marios Papadopoulos and the Orchestra return to the Sheldonian Theatre for this celebration of the genius and joy of Mozart.

Tchaikovsky Piano Trio
2023-11-18 19:30 | Holywell Music Room, Holywell St., Oxford, OX1 3SB, United Kingdom
Beethoven Piano Trio in G major, Op. 1 No. 2
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Members of the Oxford Philharmonic
Marios Papadopoulos piano
Tchaikovsky once dismissed the combination of piano, violin and cello as unworkable. But when his friend and mentor Nikolai Rubinstein died, Tchaikovsky changed tack dramatically. In Rubinstein’s memory, a piano trio of extraordinary potency and profundity emerged deep from within Tchaikovsky’s soul. The resulting work is symphonic in scale and theatrical in drama, combining heroism and euphoria with the deepest human pain and pathos. Marios Papadopoulos joins members of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra to traverse the two colossal movements of Tchaikovsky’s chamber music masterpiece, after opening with the elegant piano trio from Beethoven’s very first opus.

Rachmaninov Two
2023-11-23 19:30 | Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom
Tchaikovsky Polonaise and Waltz from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24* Side-by-Side
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Lise de la Salle piano
Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor*
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
There’s a reason Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 is the most popular work of its kind ever written. From lonely chords, this iconic score hurtles towards a thundering climax via a succession of irresistible melodies – athletic one moment and heart-rending the next. Six years later, the composer freed himself from political turmoil with a stretch in Dresden that would become one of the most productive of his career. The standout result was a symphony powered by melody that encompasses infernal whirlwinds, passionate declarations of love and heartfelt reflections of peace. French pianist Lise de la Salle joins us for this feast of peak Rachmaninov, opening with livewire dances from his great forbear Tchaikovsky.
Young Artists’ Platform
Pre-concert recital 18:30
Supported by The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust

Beethoven Pastoral
2023-12-04 19:30 | Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom
Mendelssohn The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26, ‘Fingal’s Cave’
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Wagner Forest Murmurs from Siegfried, WWV 86C
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, ‘Pastoral’
Leia Zhu violin
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
Be transported from the urbane perfection of the Sheldonian Theatre into the mysteries of the forest, the wilds of the hills and valleys and the tempests of the open seas. Marios Papadopoulos conducts a concert filled with music inspired by nature, from Mendelssohn’s dizzying orchestral boat trip on heaving Scottish seas to the calm idylls of Wagner’s murmuring forest and the ‘silver chain of sound’ of Vaughan Williams’s soaring lark. The concert culminates in Beethoven’s symphonic visit to the Austrian countryside – in his own words, a ‘ramble for a while through bushes, woods, under trees, through grass, and around rocks,’ that includes storms, partying, feasting and dancing.
Panel Discussion, 18:30
Chaired by Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Oxford. Leading climate experts and musicians come together to discuss the inspiring effect of the natural world in music.
Free admission.

Janine Jansen
2023-12-15 19:30 | Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom
Marcello Palazzo Trails* world premiere
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944, ‘The Great’
Janine Jansen violin
Marcello Palazzo conductor*
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
From its monolithic opening theme kick-starting a cycle of inexorable momentum like a giant pendulum, to the breathless dash of its finale, Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 of 1828 offers one of the most riveting journeys of any symphonic work. Along the way he appears to push at the boundaries of his age with grinding harmonies, protruding limbs and unstoppable waltz-like rhythms. No wonder it attracted the title ‘Great’. Marios Papadopoulos conducts Schubert’s final symphony here having been joined by a true violin great, Janine Jansen, for the radiant song that is Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. The concert opens with a world premiere of a work selected from last year’s composers’ workshop, conducted by the composer himself.
