A Spanish-Greek exchange!

At the end of 2025, a group of musicians from the Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (JONDE) traveled to Greece to work with the Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra.

On Saturday, December 20th, under the baton of its charismatic founder and conductor Dionysis Grammenos, the GYSO – Youth Orchestra in Residence at Megaron – welcomes the distinguished violinist Leonidas Kavakos, joined by the rising-star cellist Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin.

Recognized as one of the world’s most sought-after violinists, renowned for his compelling performances and exceptional technique, Leonidas Kavakos appears with the GYSO for the first time, presenting Johannes Brahms’ Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra – the final orchestral work of the great Romantic composer. 

The program also features Antonín Dvořák’s monumental Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”, a landmark of the symphonic repertoire.