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As part of the celebrations marking SNF's 30 years of grantmaking.
Works by Hadjidakis, Theodorakis, Skalkottas,
Mitropoulos, Koumendakis
Conductor Vassilis Christopoulos
Featuring Anita Rachvelishvili, Maria Kostraki
With the GNO Orchestra and solo musicians
Tickets are available through Carnegie Hall.
Concert • Tour
Direction, choreography: Frauke Requardt & David Rosenberg
Design: Hannah Clark
Sound design & composition: Ben & Max Ringham
Lighting design: Malcolm Rippeth
Rehearsal manager (The Place): Valentina Formenti
Musician: Jack Baker
Choreographers’ assistant: Rachel Bowen
Choreographers’ assistants (GNO Ballet): Fotis Diamantopoulos, Dimitra Laoudi
Music preparation of ballet: Eris Moustidi-Melogiannidi, Anastasios Chamilakis
Performers: Hector Bollano, Manex Alberdi, Eleftheria Stamou, Elton Dimrochi
Tour schedule
13 March 2026 – Plovdiv, Central Square | 18.30 & 20.00 (2 performances)
14 March 2026 – Plovdiv, Rowing Canal | 18.30
15 March 2026 – Plovdiv, Izgrev District, Vratsata Playgroung Stadium | 18.30
17 March 2026 – Gabrovo, Central Square | 19.00
18 March 2026 – Gabrovo, Central Square | 19.00
20 March 2026 – Varna, Asparuhov Park | 18.30
21 March 2026 – Varna, Sun Dial | 18.30 & 20.00 (2 performances)
Dance
Born in Sarzana in Italy, she is currently Prima Ballerina at Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (Montreal, Canada). She started ballet at the age of four. At the age of eleven, she won a full scholarship to attend the École de Danse de Rosella Hightower in Cannes (France). After three years, Rachele moved to Stuttgart (Germany) to attend the John Cranko School where she took Vaganova training classes. In 2006, immediately after her graduation, she joined the Corps de ballet of the famous Stuttgart Ballet. In 2010 Rachele got promoted to Second Soloist and in 2012 to First Soloist. In 2015, she joined the Boston Ballet as First Soloist and in 2019 she moved to Canada as Prima Ballerina with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Rachele teaches and guests around the world. She has an extensive repertoire, performing leading and solo roles in productions by renowned choreographers like George Balanchine and William Forsythe, as well as all the classical repertoire, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Don Quixote among others. She has been repeatedly awarded prizes at international competitions. GCDANCEVENTS proudly represents Rachele worldwide during her guesting and international artistic interventions.
Russian ballet dancer, born in Moscow into a family of former Bolshoi dancers. Following in their footsteps, he studied at the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet Academy, joining the Bolshoi Ballet in 2007. He became a Soloist of the Stanislavsky Ballet (Moscow) in 2012 and joined the Royal Swedish Ballet as a Soloist in 2015. He was soon promoted to Principal Dancer, a position he continues to hold. His repertoire includes leading roles across the classical and contemporary ballet, such as Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote, Marcia Haydée’s The Sleeping Beauty and Natalia Makarova’s Giselle. He has received several international awards, including gold medals at the Seoul and Moscow International Ballet Competitions. In 2016, he was nominated for the prestigious Benois de la Danse for his performance as Basilio in Nureyev’s Don Quixote. Ηe regularly appears as a guest dancer in ballet galas and productions worldwide, while this is the first time he performs with the GNO Ballet.
Born in Japan, he trained on scholarship at the English National Ballet School and the Ben Stevenson Academy of the Houston Ballet. In 2007, he was a finalist both at the Prix de Lausanne (Switzerland), winning the Contemporary Dance Prize, and at the Youth America Grand Prix. He joined Houston Ballet as an apprentice (2008), he was promoted to a Soloist (2013) and later became a Principal Dancer (2016). In early 2023 he joined the Oregon Ballet Theatre as a Principal Dancer and during 2023/24 the Ballett Zürich as a First Soloist. He has been featured in many roles, including Prince Rudolf (Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling), Des Grieux (Manon), Oberon (John Neumeier’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Albrecht (Stanton Welch’s Giselle), Solor (La Bayadère), Prince Florimund (Ben Stevenson’s The Sleeping Beauty), Basilio (Don Quixote) and Prince in both Welch’s and Stevenson’s The Nutcracker. He has collaborated with many renowned choreographers and has performed in prestigious theatres worldwide. This is the first time he performs with the GNO Ballet.
Violin
Liv Migdal
Thessaloniki State Orchestra
Musical direction
Yalda Zamani
Specifically, the concert programme is outlined as follows:
BECHARA EL-KHOURY (b. 1957)
Symphonic poem
The Contemplation of Christ, op. 2
HOSSEIN DEHLAVI (1927–2019)
Excerpts from the ballet Bijan and Manijeh
PAUL BEN-HAIM (1897–1984)
Evocation (Yizkor), op. 32
Symphonic poem for violin and orchestra (1942)
RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949)
Tod und Verklärung, op. 24
Ticket prices: €15, €20, €30, €40, €50
Students, children: €12
Restricted view seats: €10
Concert
GNO Stavros Niarchos Hall – SNFCC
Starts at: 20.00 | 
Born in Cuba, he studied at the National Ballet School of his home-town. After graduating, he joined the Cuban National Ballet, where he was promoted to Principal Dancer. Later, he became a mem-ber of Barcelona and Boston Ballets, and in 2014 he was engaged as a Principal Dancer with the English National Ballet. In 2017 he became a Principal Dancer of the Bavarian State Ballet, and in 2018 of the Berlin State Ballet. Under the guidance of renowned choreographers, he has performed such roles as Siegfried (Swan Lake), Albrecht (Giselle), Prince Désiré (The Sleeping Beauty), Franz (Coppélia), Prince (Cinderella), Romeo (Romeo and Juliet), and James (La Sylphide). Particularly noteworthy are his interpretations as Diamond and Emerald (Jewels), Solor (La Bayadère), Onegin (Eugene Onegin by John Cranko) as well as his appearance in Voices by David Dawson. He has participated in numerous competitions, receiving important awards and distinctions. In addition, he has been a cultural ambassador and has performed in Russia, the United States, South America, China, and Japan. In 2023 he danced again with the GNO Ballet in The Nutcracker.
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