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Natassa Bofiliou: Days of Light unplugged, in Pyrgos Bazaios

THE Natassa Bofiliou will appear for a live performance at Pyrgos Bazaios in Naxos, within the framework of the Naxos Festival, presenting her new songs and more, unplugged, on Monday 30 July 2012.

Natassa Bofiliou, the performer who has been discussed as few singers of her generation, after a completely successful winter it takes the streets of the summer and proves once and for all, why her live shows are a special experience.

With constant companions Gerasimos Evangeliatos in the lyrics and artistic editing and Themis Karamouratidis in the compositions and orchestrations, Natassa Bofiliou in her most communicative moment confirms those who talk about a new substantial proposal in good Greek song.  And if her communicative side has left her mark accompanied by a complete band, her truly soulful interpretation is fully revealed in the simplicity of an acoustic musical scheme. In these collectibles, indulgent evenings, Natassa Bofiliou accompanied by Themis Karamouratides on the piano and the lyricism of the violin and cello sounds, promises a magical atmosphere, absolute sensitivity and melodiousness.

The well-known and favorite songs from "One Hundred Little Breaths", "Until the end" , the "Three Secrets" and "Double Tickets", meet the brand new songs from "Days of Light" that have already caused a sensation, in a renewed, specially designed program, based on the authentic emotion of an explosive personal performance.

This summer if you get the chance to enjoy this unique musical experience of essential simplicity, μη τη χάσετε.

Source : culturenow.gr

Giannis Aggelakas: Concerts – Summer 2012

Yiannis Angelakas with his company, Dino Sadikis in baglama, the new member of the scheme Christos Harbila in electronics,
Titos Kargiotakis on the sound console and Stathis Arambatzis on the guitar, continue their live performances.

At this time the group is in the studio every day, he is recording new songs for the new album that is expected to be released at the end of the year and is preparing for the concerts he will give throughout Greece.

“…Έχει διαμορφωθεί ένας καινούριος ήχος, μερικά νέα κομμάτια, καινούριες αγωνίες” όπως λέει ο ίδιος ο Γιάννης Αγγελάκας.
Part of this work will be presented to us in the concerts they will give in the summer!

Piraeus, Tuesday 24 July 2012, Veakeio Theater
Egaleo, Monday 27 August 2012, Theater “Alexis Minotis”
Galatsi, Saturday 8 September 2012, Alsus Veikou Theater

Giannis Angelakas does not need special introductions. With a torrential presence on stage, with "deep soul", manages to captivate us with the special "no rules", his interpretation and lift our mood into a "heretical" delirium.

Yiannis Angelakas recently commented:
"True music and art in general must prophesy the worst in times when men think they are prosperous and the best when they are unhappy, they become depressed and believe that all is lost, reminding them that always, in the deepest darkness, consciousness and the drive for evolution flourished. We still have many charming off-the-beaten paths to walk. Let's do it alltogethernow"
Dinos Sadikis created En Plo to 1985, a benchmark band for Greek rock, even though they only released one historical album*. With Giannis Angelakas, old friends and associates, they were also found together in the Visitors, of which Stathis Arabatzis was also a member. Christos Harbilas, old partner with Yiannis Angelakas, has been involved with both the Visitors and the Wolves.
Wherever they appear, Yannis Angelakas and his company leave the best impressions and excite the audience. Always relaxed, but also always enthusiastic, they are touching, from the beginning to the end of each of their appearances.

Piraeus, Tuesday 24 July 2012, Veakeio Theater
Egaleo, Monday 27 August 2012, Theater “Alexis Minotis”
Galatsi, Saturday 8 September 2012, Alsus Veikou Theater
Ticket sales have STARTED!

Source : culturenow.gr

Delphi opened after 37 years of silence

"Here, Greek children, liberate your country" sounded Aeschylus' "Persians".

"Here, Greek children, free your country" said Yiannis Vogiatzis, performing passages from Aeschylus' Persians and as the reverberation of his voice shook the theater at Delphi the audience burst into applause. July 21st is a day that will be etched in everyone's memory, since the ancient theater of Delphi opened after 37 years of silence, for a one and only show with favorite artists, under the auspices of the Athens Festival and the Ministry of Education and Culture.
At the "doors" of the theater, as Vassilis Papavasiliou called the theatrical and musical event, Yiannis Vogiatzis interpreted passages of ancient drama from Aeschylus' Persians, Nikos Karathanos, who is also the director of the show, by Euripides' raging Hercules, Helen Kokkidou from Sophocles' Antigone, Lydia Koniordou performed Iphigenia's Monologue and the introduction from Medea, Olia Lazaridou recited Orphic hymns, Vassilis Papavasiliou read excerpts from the work Bread and Wine, Reni Pittaki performed excerpts from Ornithes and Marissa Triantafyllidou from the dance of Aeschylus' Agamemnon.
The opening of the show was made by the New Greek Quartet, composed of Giorgos Demertzis (first violin), Dimitris Xandrakis (second violin), David Bogorad (viola) and Angelos Liakakis (cello), and presented Maurice Ravel's "Five Greek Melodies"., with the participation of soprano Lenia Zafeiropoulou and Mozart's "Quinteto for Clarinet", with the participation of Dionysis Grammenos Zafeiropoulos, who performed pieces from "36 Greek Dances" by Nikos Skalkotas.
The performance organized following the initiative of former minister Tatianna Karapanagiotis, in order to highlight one of the most important monuments of antiquity, watched approx 800 spectators, since the theater was full, except where there were no safe seats.
"At first I had a doubt, it seemed to me that the motive was pre-election, but when I went to the theater the space defeated me" said the president and artistic director of the Athens Festival George Loukos at the press conference for the presentation of the event.
The ancient theater of Delphi is among the ancient Greek theaters that are preserved in good condition. It is located inside the sanctuary of Apollo, specifically in its northwest corner, in contact with the precincts of the mosque.
The 1927 Angelos Sikelianos and Eva Palmer-Sikelianou revived the Delphic Festivals, in the context of which Prometheus Bound was taught, the first since ancient times, performance in the ancient theater of Delphi.
The 1930, at the second and last Delphic Festivals Prometheus Bound was presented again, together with the Iketides of Aeschylus. Στη συνέχεια δόθηκε περιορισμένος αριθμός παραστάσεων, από το Εθνικό Θέατρο, το Θέατρο Τέχνης και άλλους θιάσους.
Ο προϋπολογισμός του έργου της αναστήλωσης του θεάτρου των Δελφών που πρόκειται να ενταχθεί στο ΕΣΠΑ της Περιφέρειας Στερεάς Ελλάδας, is 1,3 million. ευρώ και θα πρέπει να έχει ολοκληρωθεί ως τα μέσα του 2015.
Source : tovima.gr

Churchwomen of Aristophanes, in the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus

The Athens Festival presents in the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus the play of Aristophanes entitled "Church women», produced by the New World Theater and directed by Vangelis Theodoropoulos the two days 27-28 July.

A few words about the project:
If Aristophanes lived, would once again entrust the management of the state to women; As he did then, στα 392 e.g., when defeated Athens was in decline. Loyal to tradition, able to handle money, the Athenians, in Churchmen - a more philosophical than political comedy- declare joint ownership. The comedian's response to the Platonic State;

The Theater of the New World, in a modern reading of the comedy by Vangelis Theodoropoulos, explores female power and is fascinated by the theatricality of changing roles between the two sexes.

Source : culturenow.gr

World premiere for "Blooming Greece"

From: www.kathimerini.gr

World premiere for "Blooming Greece"
A message of awakening and reflection against stereotypes against Greece, which overwhelm the international media and reach the level of anti-Greek racism, includes the original documentary film entitled "Greece Blooms" directed by the award-winning, well-known Austrian writer and director, Fabian Eder. The film will have its world premiere on Wednesday night, with its projection on Linkjoint program of the public televisions of the three German-speaking countries, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, the 3SAT, while in 10 July will be presented to the European Parliament, where its president will give a foreword, Martin Schulz and a discussion will follow. On the occasion of tomorrow's premiere, the ambassador of Greece in Austria, Themistocles Dimidis, quoted last night, in the historical building of the Greek embassy in the center of Vienna, reception in honor of the film's contributors- documentaries and the supporters of the relevant initiative, in the presence of the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Austria- exarch of Hungary and Central Europe, Arsenio and representatives of public life. The Greek ambassador, expressing the thanks of the Greek side, emphasized that the film presents, through the authentic views of ordinary people, the real Greece, in which the partners should show solidarity and she should change many bad texts, while a possible exit from the Eurozone would be, as noted, destructive, not only for the country but for the whole of Europe. The duration 50 minute film- documentary, is part of Fabian Eder's general initiative, with the aim of highlighting, with the help of multimedia, of the beauty of the Greek landscape and a current image of Greece, contrary to - as he says himself- “furiously miserable daily reports, which fixate people and generate fear, from whom hatred is very little." The initiative is under the patronage of the famous Austrian artist, author, poet and actor Andre Heller and is supported by leading Austrian personalities from the field of politics and culture, like the former chancellor of Austria and great friend of Greece, Franz Vranitsky, or the former vice-chancellor and science minister Erhard Buzek. They are also supported by the president of the European Socialist Party, You lose Svoboda, the vice-president of the European Parliament, Otmar Karas, the Greek-born deputy mayor and deputy governor of the federal state of Vienna, Maria Vasilakou, or the head of MEPs of the ruling Social Democratic Party, Jörg Leichtfried. From the field of culture, the initiative, in the context of which a blog is operating in which the entire course of the filming of the film is also recorded, is supported, including, by the distinguished theater and film actors Harald Krasnitzer, Katarina Steberger, Alexander Goebel, or the featured program coordinator of the Austrian public television Barbara Steckl. During the course of a month, last April, the film's actors, on a sailing trip from Crete to Western Greece, met and recorded, through interviews, the views of dozens of ordinary people, everyday, people, which had a common feature, the young age and the decision not to leave their place, running away from the crisis, but to stay and work so that Greece will flourish again. On this route by sailboat - a "spring Odyssey, as Fabian Eder calls her- which made stations in Chania, Heraklion, Matala, Agios Nikolaos, Spinalonga, Io, Monemvasia, Tower, Zakynthos, Ithaca, Medium length, the director was accompanied by two distinguished countrymen, cameraman Richie Wagner and photographer Andreas Huddle. As Mr.. Ender, at a press conference, which preceded last night's reception at the Greek embassy, he himself focused his attention on the new generation of Greeks, who really want to change Greece, that tell about their lives, their friends, their concerns, their hopes and desires, away from high politics, to their own pulse, on the pulse of the people. During the trip their records were posted- on a daily basis in three languages ​​German, English and Greek, provoking a series of positions and discussions- on the special blog he had created and which he accepted (and accepts) the previous weeks, tens of thousands of "visits". In addition, in the framework of the original initiative "Greece blooms", short versions of the film were created- documentary, while they were in the print media, both in Austria and in Greece, but also in other countries, many publications (photojournalism, travel reports, leaflets, articles).

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Look for art in Kastellorizo!

The most secluded island in Greece, maybe it's the most appropriate place to present one group art exhibition.

With important Greek and foreign artists, edited and idea by Maria Zervou, the exhibition is called “Periphery as Center, Politics of Loneliness".

Its aim is to redefine the relationship between urban and rural cities.

With video facilities, paintings, performance, poetry reading and musical interventions the exhibition aims to create a dialogue

between different means of expression, and between the center and the periphery. They are participating : Carlos Amorales, Antonis Volanakis, Phoebe Giannisi, Akis Dimos, George Drivas, Maria Zervo, Yannis Kounellis, Jenny Marketou et al.

Source : protothema.gr