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Musikrat scholarship. Having received an invita-
tion from the Goethe Institute,ArirangWind Quin-
tet has given concerts in North and SouthAmerica,
Pakistan, Yemen, Latvia, Angola, India, Dubai,
Kuwait and Azerbaijan. The Quintet’s members
are also members of major symphony orchestras in
Germany and Switzerland.
Marios Nicolaou was born in Limassol in 1974. He
studiedat theAthensConservatory (class ofD.Mari-
nakis) and at the HochschulefürMusikKölnwith C.
Caskel and C. Tarcha, graduating with “Auszeich-
nung.” Nicolaou has also worked with P. Sadlo and
Rainer Seegers inmaster classes and private lessons.
In 2005 he took part in the International Ensemble
Modern Academy (Schwaz/Austria). He has also
been a holder of the “Alexandra Trianti” scholarship
of the “Friends of Music Society.”
In 2000 Nicolaou appeared as a soloist on the Tim-
pani with the Cyprus State Orchestra, performing
the
Concertino for Timpani, Percussion and Strings
byA. Panufnik. He has worked with many orches-
tras in Germany, such as the Gürzenich Orchester-
Kölner Philharmoniker, the Neues Rheinisches
Kammerοrchester and the Kölner Jugendorchester.
Since 2003 he has been collaborating with most of
the orchestras of Greece (Athens State Orchestra,
Radio Symphony Orchestra, Camerata, and Or-
chestra of Colors). As a chamber musician, Nico-
laou has worked with H. Lachenmann, P. Eötvös,
F. Ollu, D. Bouliane, the Ensemble neue music
Koln and the Ensemble disson Art. He has taken
part in festivals such as the Pierre Boulez zum `75
(in Cologne Philharmony) and at the Minimal Mu-
sic Kassel, and he performed the
Sonata for two
Pianos and Percussion
by B. Bartók at the Klavier
Festival Ruhr. Since 2009 he has been a member of
the Ergon Ensemble.
Programme
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 – 2007)
Zyklus for
solo percussion
(1959)
Christian Mason’s World Premiere
Ioannis Xenakis (1922 – 2001)
Rebonds for solo
percussion
(1989)
Interval
Peteris Vasks “Bläserquintett No.2” Music for a
Deceased Friend (1982)
Isang Yun (1917 – 1995) Woodwind Quintet
Gyorgy Ligeti (1923 – 2006) Six Bagatelles for
wind quintet (1953)
Quartetto Prometeo
Giulio Rovighi / violin
Aldo Campagnari / violin
Massimo Piva / viola
Francesco Dillon / cello
Quartetto Prometeo performed a musical dramati-
sation of Dante’s
Divine Comedy
featuring twelve
Quartetto Prometeo
Kairos String Quartet