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PROGRAM OF FESTIVAL: 1 - 31 AUGUST 2008 |
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of the "MEGARO GYZI" FESTIVAL 2008.
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FRIDAY 1/8/2008, 9pm: OPENING OF PAINTING EXHIBITION |
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"Contemporary Pictures from Santorini"
The “Megaro Gyzi” Festival 2008 starts on Friday 1st of August 2008, at 9 pm, with the opening of the Group Painting Exhibition of five contemporary Greek artists, who deposit their artistic glance participating with painting works, oils and aquarelles (watercolours).
Chryssa Aroni
Fotini Kafida-Terra
Stathis Koukopoulos
Yannis Petris
Afroditi Sezenia
Duration of exhibition: 1 - 31 August 2008
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TUESDAY 5/8/2008, 9pm: TRIO HELLENIQUE |
French Finesse by "Trio Hellenique"
"Trio Hellenique", the distinguished musical trio with the Greek roots and the French culture, is going to appear in "Megaro Gyzi" Festival 2008 in Fira - Santorini. An evening of chamber music with works of Schubert, Mendelssohn, Arensky.
Alexandra Nomidou, piano
Alice Erte, violin
Marianna Nomidou, cello
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SATURDAY 9/8/2008, 9pm: YIORGOS PSIHOYIOS |
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"TRAVEL IN THE PATHS OF SOUL"
Improvised Piano Recital by Yiorgos Psihogios
The friends of music will have the opportunity to attend a unique improvised piano recital from Yiorgos Psihogios on Saturday, 9th of August, 9pm, in the “Megaro Gyzi” Concert Hall.
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MONDAY 11/8/2008, 8:30PM: PUPPET THEATRE "MERLIN" |
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PUPPET THEATRE "MERLIN"
"The City That Never Laughed"
A puppet theatre performance for kids and adults.
Our little hero lives in a city where people have forgotten to laugh. Through a strange way he finds a ticket for a circus. A circus which has been enchanted… invisible!
Duration of performance: 50 min
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WEDNESDAY 13/8/2008, 9pm: NATASSA BOFILIOU |
"UP TO THE END" and not only ...
The young singer Natassa Bofiliou, one from the most promising voices of her generation, will perform live at “Megaro Gyzi” songs of her personal albums as well as songs from beloved Greek composers to more international artists like Nick Cave, Astor Piazzola and Amy Winehouse. The mellow voice of Natassa Bofiliou will take us on a wonderful journey through the years and the musical styles.
Natassa Bofiliou, vocals
Themis Karamouratidis, piano-orchestration
Aris Zervas, cello
Grigoris Ntanis, guitar
Fivos Kountourakis, drums
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MONDAY 18/8/2008, 9pm: LOUIZA SOFIANOPOULOU |
"LOVE IN LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD"
Louiza Sofianopoulou, vocals
Isaak Tepelenis, piano
Irwan Easty, guitar
Dimitris Papadopoulos, flute
Louiza Sofianopoulou selects beloved songs that express the love in the most popular languages of the world. She will sing in Greek, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, songs about love –contemporary and older-, from various musical styles, which have as common point those that love brings with it - joy, enthusiasm, admiration, hope, gratitude, but also pain, sadness, disappointment, madness ...
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WEDNESDAY 20/8/2008, 9pm: STRING QUARTET "+KINISIS" |
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The string quartet “+KINISIS”, one of the most important groups of chamber music from 1998 and having as members distinguished as soloists musicians, will interpret works of classical composers and of younger Greek composers of 21st century as well.
Odysseas Korelis, violin
Dimitris Agelidis, violin
Alexandros Papanikolaou, viola
Vagelis Nina, cello
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FRIDAY 22/8/2008, 9pm: ANTONIS LADOPOULOS JAZZ QUARTET |
"Little Flowers" ... of Jazz
Antonis Ladopoulos and his Jazz Quartet will appear live at “Megaro Gyzi” Festival 2008 on Friday August 22, 2008. They are going to play Ladopoulos compositions and well-known jazz standards.
Antonis Ladopoulos, saxophone
Sami Amiris, piano
Pericles Trivolis, bass
Yannis Stavropoulos, drums
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TUESDAY 26/8/2008, 9pm: DANAE PAPAMATTHAOU & UWE MATSCHKE |
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RECITAL OF CHAMBER MUSIC FOR PIANO AND VIOLIN
Spectators and friends of classical music will have the occasion to attend a special recital of chamber music on Tuesday, 26th of August 2008, 9pm, in “Megaro Gyzi” in Fira, Santorini. The well-known German pianist Uwe Matschke and his daughter, the exceptional young vjolonist Danae Papamatthäou-Matschke will interpret work of composers J. Brahms, L. v. Beethoven, C. Debussy, E. Grieg and N. Milstein.
UWE MATSCHKE, piano
DANAE PAPAMATTHAOU-MATSCHKE, violin
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SATURDAY 30/8/2008, 9pm: EVI SIAMANTA |
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JAZZ - SOUL
The “Megaro Gyzi” Festival 2008 presents Evi Siamanta, an important Gr eek singer with special phonetic faculties, who is moving with easiness and comfort between different kinds of music but mainly in the area between jazz and soul.
So, the friends of jazz and soul music will have the occasion to enjoy the amazing voice of Evi Siamanta in a wider jazz-soul repertory, with the cooperation of an important group of musicians, the quartet of the saxophonist Takis Paterelis.
Evi Siamanta, vocals
Takis Paterelis, alto sax
Dimitris Sevdalis, piano
Yiorgos Georgiadis, bass
Alexandros “Drakos” Ktistakis, drums
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