– A historic collaboration of the orchestra with the leading classical music channel –
Another distinction is added to the record of the Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra (GYSO), which has signed a collaboration agreement with medici.tv, the world’s leading online platform for classical music broadcasting.
Initially, the orchestra’s concert from Carnegie Hall in New York, under the musical direction of Dionysis Grammenos, will be broadcasted through the platform. The concert featured the Symphonic Dances from Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story”, selected Greek Dances by Nikos Skalkotas, and the composition <<rewind<< by Anna Clyne. The concert will be available for streaming on medici.tv from February 12, 2025.
A documentary about GYSO’s work will also be available on the French channel in the spring of 2025, which presents moments from the orchestra’s journey, through backstage material, interviews, footage from rehearsals, as well as some of its most important concerts, from its founding in 2017 to the present day.
By joining medici.tv, the GYSO places itself among an elite group of youth orchestras internationally, further confirming its high quality and wide recognition. Few other youth orchestras are featured on the platform, including the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America and the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. It is also worth noting that the GYSO is the first orchestra from Greece to sign a collaboration agreement with medici.tv, marking a significant step in showcasing the Greek music scene internationally.
“We are particularly excited to begin our partnership with medici.tv and the opportunity to present our orchestra’s work to classical music lovers worldwide”, states Dionysis Grammenos, Founder & Artistic Director of the GYSO. “Our performance at Carnegie Hall is a dream come true for all of us, as well as a recognition of the dedication and talent of the young Greek musicians”.
Cloé Falgas, medici.tv’s Executive Director, states that “medici.tv is deeply committed to supporting young musicians, and we are honored to broadcast the Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra for the first time. Their Carnegie Hall debut is a significant milestone, and we are excited to share this moment with global audiences. It’s also a special occasion as we welcome our first Greek orchestra to medici.tv.”
About medici.tv
Medici.tv is the global leader in classical music video streaming. For over 15 years, its exceptional selection of events streaming live and available on-demand has appealed to music lovers, professionals, and institutions throughout the world.
Heralded by The New York Times as “the closest thing to a classical Netflix”, medici.tv brings live classical music to passionate fans worldwide. Since its founding in 2008, it has captured the performances of leading classical artists, ensembles, and orchestras in great concert halls, festivals, and competitions the world over. As the largest online platform for classical music, it offers over 150 live performances throughout the year and the world’s largest VOD catalog of more than 4,500 videos of concerts, ballets, operas, jazz programs, documentaries, master classes, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews, streamed in High Definition. Medici.tv is available on all your screens – TV (via Airplay, Chromecast or Roku), computer, tablet, and smartphone. Among the orchestras that are featured on the platform are the Vienna Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Berliner Philharmoniker.
The GYSO is an Orchestra in Residence at Megaron – the Athens Concert Hall and represents Greece in the European Federation of National Youth Orchestras. In recognition of its work and exceptional achievements, the orchestra has been honored with the Academy of Athens Award.
In May 2025, the GYSO will perform at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in London, with Noah Bendix-Balgley, First Concertmaster of the Berliner Philharmoniker, as soloist. Other notable appearances so far include its two concerts at the Konzerthaus Berlin, as part of the international Young Euro Classic festival, as well as its performance at the Hellenic Parliament.
The work of the GYSO is supported by the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation, which is its Founding Donor, the Hellenic Parliament, the Bank of Greece, The Hellenic Initiative, AEGEAS, Bodossaki Foundation, Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, and Aegean Airlines, as the orchestra’s Official Air Carrier Sponsor.
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Kathimerini | Greece’s ‘best young musicians’ triumph at New York’s Carnegie Hall
Read here the newspaper’s coverage about the GYSO’s debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
