Tue, 30 Nov. 2021
20:30
Nicosia Municipal Theatre
A magical night dedicated to poetry set to music by the eternal Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. With the
Mikis Theodorakis Popular Orchestra, Dimitris Bassis and Savveria Margiola.
Mikis Theodorakis himself has repeatedly stated that with his music he always sought to serve poetry, which is why many of his works are based on poems by Ritsos, Seferis, Elytis, Anagnostakis, Karyotakis, Gatsos, Cavafy, Solomos, Sikelianos and so many others. It is equally true that over the years poetry has been "serving" his music. There are poetic works that we can no longer be read without the music of Mikis Theodorakis emerging effortlessly within us and flowing from the mind to the lips for this meeting place to become a cornerstone of our collective memory and self-knowledge.
The
Mikis Theodorakis Popular Orchestra was founded 24 years ago by musicians - collaborators of Mikis Theodorakis, who had played with composer and knew his body of work well. Today it consists of 10 renowned musicians, with Thanasis Vassilas as the Musical Director and Margarita Theodoraki as the Artistic Director.
Thanasis Vassilas: Bouzouki, leader
Yiannis Matsoukas: Bouzouki
Dimitris Andreadis: Piano
Xenofon Simvoulidis: Oboe- flutes - english horn
Nikos Giolias: Guitar
Artemis Samaras: Viola
Lefteris Grivas: Accordion
Theodoros Kouelis: Contrabass
Nikos Skomopoulos: Drums
Stefanos Theodorakis-Papangelidis: Percussion
Michalis Alexakis, Sakis Karasarinis: Sound engineering
Identity of the festival
Sponsors:
Golden Sponsor: Deputy Ministry of Tourism
Silver Sponsor: OPAP
Bronze Sponsor: ecommpay, ecommbx
Parallel Programme: Cypriot Commonwealth
Communication Sponsors:
Theatre: RIK, Avant Garde, My.Life
Music: ANT1
Dance: Alphanews.live, O Phileleftheros, Active, in-cyprus
Taste of Music: Check In, SIGMA, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active
Parallel Programme: OMEGA
Supporters: Municipality of Ayia Napa, Oinou Gi – Vassiliadis Winery, Nissi Beach Resort, MAP Hotel, Vassos Psarolimano, Travel House
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