Maria Makraki, the young conductor of the Orchestra Academy of the Bergisch Symphony Orchestra, conducts the Christmas Concert
"The young conductor proved to be extremely compelling. Maria Makraki was always in command of the musical proceedings, her conducting precise and very expressive. The audience in the Municipal Theatre - which was filled to bursting - paid tribute to this enthralling Christmas concert with prolonged applause."
(Uwe Müller, in: Remscheider Generalanzeiger, 28.12.2001)