Dimitris Botinis

Dimitris Botinis is also a regular guest conductor with all the major Russian Orchestras including the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Mariinsky, Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, and all the the main regional Russian orchestra, as well as the orchestras in his native Greece, such as the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Greek Radio (ERT) and Greek Natonal Opera.

Born into a family of musicians, Dimitris Botinis started learning the violin and viola from the age of five and graduated from the Conservatory of Patras. At the age of fourteen, he began studying conducting under the guidance of his father, as well as attending masterclasses under Yuri Simonov in Hungary. He continued his studies with Simonov at the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire in St Petersburg, graduating “summa cum laude” in 2011.

• Arensky A.
  Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky
• Arnold M.
  Concerto for Two Violins & Orchestra
• Bach J.S.
  Orchestral Suite no 2
  Concerto for two violins in D minor
  Harpsichord concerto no 7 in G minor
• Barber S.
  Adagio for strings
• Bartok B.
  Divertimento for strings
  Concerto for orchestra
  Violin Concerto no.2
  Concerto for viola and orchestra
• Beethoven L.v.
  Symphony no 1
  Symphony no 2
  Symphony no 3
  Symphony no 4
  Symphony no 5
  Symphony no 6
  Symphony no 7
  Symphony no 8
  Coriolan overture
  Egmont overture
  Grosse Fugue for string orchestra
  Piano concerto no 3
  Piano concerto no 4
  Piano concerto no 5
  Violin concerto
  Triple concerto
• Berg A.
  Three pieces from Lyric suite
• Berlioz H.
  Symphonie fantastique
  Harold in Italy
  Le carnaval Romain overture
  Benvenuto Cellini overture
  Les francs-juges overture
• Bernstein L.
  Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  Candide overture
  Serenade (after Plato’s ‘Symposium’)
• Borodin A.
  Symphony No 2
  Prince Igor overture
  Polovtsian Dances from ‘Prince Igor’
• Bottesini G.
  Double Bass Concerto no 2
• Bizet J.
  L’Arlesiene suites 1 & 2
  Carmen Suite
• Brahms J.
  Symphony no 1
  Symphony no 2
  Symphony no 3
  Symphony no 4
  Variations on a theme by Haydn,
  Tragic overture
  Academic Festival Overture
  Piano quartet No 1 op.25 (orch. Schoenberg)
  Piano Concerto no.1
  Piano concerto no 2
  Violin concerto
  Double concerto
• Britten B.
  Four Sea Interludes
  Sinfonietta
  The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
• Brouwer L.
  Guitar concerto no 3 “Elegiaco”
• Bruch M.
  Violin concerto no 1
  Scottish fantasy for violin and orchestra
  Double concerto in E minor
• Chopin F.
  Piano Concerto no 1
• Christou M.
  Etude for Clarinet and Orchestra
• Corelli A.
  Concerto grosso op.6 no 9 in F
• Copland A.
  Appalachian Spring (ballet suite)
• David F.
  Trombone concerto
• Debussy C.
  La mer
  Prelude a l’apres midi d’une faune,
  Nocturnes
  Danse sacrée et danse profane
• Dukas P.
  The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
• Dvorak A.
  Symphony No 8
  Serenade for strings
  Slavonic dances Nos 1,2,5,6,8 op.46
  Slavonic Dances Nos 9, 10, 13,15,16 op.72
  Carnival Overture
  Cello concerto in B minor
• Elgar E.
  Enigma Variations
  Cello concerto
• Francaix J.
  Clarinet concerto
• Franck C.
  Symphony in D minor
  Symphonic variations for piano and orchestra
• Gershwin G.
  Rhapsody in Blue
• Gershwin – Bennett
  Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
• Glazunov A.
  Grande Adagio from “Raymonda”
  Symphony No 5
• Glinka M.
  Ruslan and Ludmila overture
• Grieg E.
  Aus Holbergs Zeit
  Peer Gynt suites nos 1 & 2
  Piano concerto
  Peer Gynt, selections
• Grondahl L.
  Concerto for trombone and orchestra
• Guilmant A.
  Symphony no.1, for organ and orchestra
• Hatzidakis M.
  Gioconda’s Smile
• Handel G.F.
  Concerto grosso op.6 no 8 in G minor
• Haydn J.
  Symphony no 45,
  Symphony no 49
  Symphony no 88
  Symphony no 92
  Symphony no 99
  Symphony no 101
  Cello concerto in C
  Horn Concerto No 1 in D
  Trumpet Concerto
• Holst G.
  St. Paul’s Suite for strings
• Honegger A.
  Pastorale d’été
• Hummel J. N.
  Trumpet concerto
• Ibert J.
  Concertino da camera for saxophone and 12 instruments
• Kalinnikov V.
  Symphony no 1
• Kalinkovich
  Concerto-Capriccio on a theme of Paganini for alto saxophone
• Khachaturyan A.
  Valse from Mascarade
  Gayeneh Suite
  Violin Concerto
• Kikta V.
  Frescoes of St Sophia of Kiev for Harp and Orchestra
• Koumendakis G.
  Out of time
• Krommer F.
  Concertino for violin flute and clarinet
• Kurpinski
  Clarinet Concerto in B-flat major
• Leoncavallo R.
  Pagliacci (complete opera)
• Liadov A.
  Musical Snuff-Box op.32
  Baba Yaga op.56
  Enchanted lake op.62
  Kikimora op.63
  From the Apocalypse, op.66
• Liszt F.
  Les Preludes
  Hungarian Rhapsody no 2
  Piano Concerto no.1
  Piano concerto no 2
• Lovreglio D.
  Fantasia on La Traviata for clarinet and orchestra
• Lutoslawski W.
  Trauermusik for strings
• Mahler G.
  Symphony no 1
  Symphony no 4
  Symphony no 6
  Symphony no 9
  Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
• Martinů B.
  Duo Concertante for 2 Violins and Orchestra
• Mendelssohn F.
  Symphony No 3 “Scottish”
  Symphony no 4 «Italian»
  Overture & Scherzo from Midsummer night’s Dream
  Overture Das Märchen von der schönen Melusine
  Violin Concerto
  Piano concerto no 1
• Mercadante S.
  Flute concerto
• Mikita A.
  Seven songs about God
• Milhaud D.
  Scaramouche suite for saxophone and orchestra
• Mosca L.
  Lieder ohne Worte
• Mozart L.
  Concerto for alto trombone in D
• Mozart W.A.
  Symphony no 10
  Symphony no 29
  Symphony no 36
  Symphony no 38
  Symphony no 39
  Symphony no 40
  Symphony no 41
  Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
  The Magic flute overture
  Die entführung aus dem Serail overture
  Piano concerto no 11
  Piano concerto no 20
  Piano concerto no 23
  Piano concerto no 24
  Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat
  Flute concerto no.1 in G major
  Oboe concerto in C
  Violin concerto no 3
  Violin concerto no 5
  Adagio in E for violin,
  Rondo in C for violin
  Cosi fan tutte (complete opera)
  Le nozze di Figaro (complete opera)
• Mussorgsky M.
  Night on a Bare Mountain (original orchestration)
  Pictures at an Exhibition
  Songs and Dances of Death
  Dawn at the Moscow River (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
• Nicolai O.
  The Merry Wives of Windsor overture
• Nielsen
  Helios overture
• Paganini N.
  Violin concerto no 1 in D
• Part A.
  Summa
• Petrov A.
  Vivat OIympus overture
• Piazzolla A.
  Concerto for guitar and bandoneon
  Aconcagua, Concerto for Bandoneon and String Orchestra
  Oblivion
• Prokofiev S.
  Symphony no 1
  Symphony no 5
  Symphony no 7
  Lieutenant Kije (Suite)
  Cinderella, excerpts
  Romeo and Juliet, Suites nos 1, 2 & 3
  Piano concerto no 1
  Piano concerto no 2
  Piano concerto no 3
  Sinfonia Concertante for cello and orchestra
  Violin concerto No 1
  Violin concerto No 2
• Rachmaninov S.
  Symphony no 1
  Symphony no 2
  Symphony no 3
  Symphonic Dances
  The Isle of the dead
  The Rock op.7
  The Bells
  Vocalise
  Scherzo
  Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
  Piano Concerto no.2
  Piano concerto no 3
  Piano concerto no 4
  Aleko (complete Opera)
• Ravel M.
  Pavane pour une infante defunte
  Ma mère l’oye
  La Valse
  Daphnis et Chloé, suite no.2
  Bolero
  Piano concerto in G
  Piano concerto for the Left Hand in D major
• Reinecke K.
  Flute concerto in D
• Rimsky Korsakov N.
  Scheherezade
  Sadko – musical picture op. 5
  Overture Russian Easter
  Suite from Snow Maiden
  Suite from the Invisible city of Kitezh
  Suite from The Golden Cockerel
  Suite from The Tale of Tsar Saltan
• Rossini R.
  Overture William Tell
  Overture The barber of Seville
• Rota N.
  Trombone Concerto
• Rubinstein A.
  The Demon (complete opera)
• Saint-Saens C.
  Requiem
  Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso,
  Havanaise
  Violin concerto no 3
  Piano concerto no 2
  Cello concerto no.1
• Schoenberg A.
  Verklärte Nacht
  Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene op.34
  Chamber Symphony No 2 op.38
• Schubert F.
  Symphony no 2
  Symphony no 8
  Symphony no 9
• Schumann R.
  Symphony no 1
  Symphony no 2
  Symphony no 3
  Manfred Overture
  Genoveva Overture
  Piano concerto
• Scriabin A.
  The Poem of Ecstasy
  Reverie
  Piano concerto
• Shostakovich D.
  Symphony no 5
  Symphony no.8
  Symphony no 9
  Symphony no 10
  Symphonyt no.11
  Symphony no 15
  String quartet No 13 (arr. viola&strings)
  Introduction and scherzo for strings
  Suite for variety orchestra
  Violin concerto no 1
  Violin concerto no 2
  Cello concerto no 1
  Cello concerto no 2
  Concerto no 1 for piano trumpet and strings
  Concerto no 2 for piano and orchestra
  Festive Overture
• Sibelius J.
  Symphony no.5
  Symphony no.7
  Finlandia
  Valse triste
  Violin concerto
  The Swan of Tuonela
• Skalkotas N.
  4 Greek dances
• Smetana B.
  Vltava (from Ma vlast)
  From Bohemia’s Wood and Fields (from Ma vlast)
• Spohr L.
  Clarinet concerto No 1 c-moll
• Storch E.
  Concerto for double bass
• Strauss J (II).
  Overture, ‘Die Fledermaus’
  An der schönen blauen Donau
• Strauss R.
  Till Eulenspiegel
  Don Juan
  Tod und Verklärung
  Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings
  Suite from ‘Der Rosenkavalier’
  Waltz sequence No 1 from “Der Rosenkavalier”
  Dance of the seven veils from Salome
  Oboe concerto
  Horn Concerto no.1
• Stravinsky I.
  Firebird (1919)
  Firebird (1945)
  Petrouchka(1947)
  Le Sacre du printemps
  Concerto in D for strings
  Dumbarton Oaks
• Tchaikovsky P.I.
  Symphony no.1 ‘Winter Daydreams’
  Symphony no 2
  Symphony no.3
  Symphony no 4
  Symphony no 5
  Symphony no.6 ‘Pathétique’
  Ballet suite from The Sleeping beauty
  Ballet suite from The Nutcracker
  Orchestral Suite no.3
  Romeo and Juliet
  Iolanta (complete opera)
  Serenade for strings op.48,
  1812 Overture
  Francesca da Rimini
  Hamlet Overture-Fantasia
  Andante cantabile for cello and strings
  Rococo Variations for cello and orchestra
  Violin concerto
  Valse-Scherzo for violin and orchestra
  Piano concerto no 1
  Piano concerto no 2
• Tcherepnin N.
  The Enchanted Kingdom
• Telemann G.P.
  Trumpet Сoncerto in D major
• Verdi G.
  Requiem
  La forza del destino overture
• Villa-Lobos H.
  Bachianas Brazileiras no 5 (Aria)
  Fantasia for soprano saxophone
• Vivaldi A.
  The 4 seasons
• Wagner R.
  Siegfried Idyll
  Prelude and Liebenstod from Tristan und Isolde
  Siegfried’s Rheinfahrt from Gotterdamerung
  Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg overture
  Trauermarsch from Gotterdamerung
  The Flying Dutchman overture
  Tannhauser overture
  Rienzi overture
  Prelude to Lohengrin
  Prelude to Act III Lohengrin
  Flight of the Valkyries from Die Walküre
  Senta’s Ballad from The Flying Dutchman
  Wolfram’s romance from Tannhäuser
• Webern A.
  Langsamer Satz
• Williams R.V.
  Concerto for tuba and orchestra
• Ysaÿe E.
  Poème no.6 for two violins and orchestra’Amitié’