During this cruise, we will have the honor to welcome pianist Gilles Vonsattel, recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the Naumberg and Geneva competitions. With Mr. Vonsattel and in their own programs we will have the "Rose Colored Glasses Chamber Ensemble" from New York, made up of five musicians: two violins, a viola, a cello and a clarinet.
Enjoy 6 concerts onboard, which will highlight melodies of Beethoven, Ravel, Debussy and many more. Professor Pitchon will also give 2 lectures in English on Debussy and Nationalism in Music.
Santorini is a volcanic island in the southern Aegean Sea. It was known before as Kallíste “The Most Beautiful One” then Thira “The Circular One”.
L'Austral leaves Greece and the Aegean Sea behind to bear you away to the glittering lights of the Turkish capital.