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“Who Killed the Dog at Midnight;» at the Concert Hall

Mark Haddon's novel live from the England National

A 15-year-old autistic boy, mathematical genius, decides to discover the killer of his neighbor's dog and in the course of his investigation unravels the disorders of "normal" people while at the same time confronting his own demons through his personal view of reality.
All this in "Who Killed the Dog at Midnight;» by Mark Haddon. A touching one, tender and humorous portrait book of young Christopher's life, which has sold more than two million copies worldwide and is a reference text for anyone trying to understand the conditions and manifestations of autism. Award-winning author Simon Stephens brings the novel to the stage of England's National Theater in a performance that can be watched live by Athenians on 6 September (at 21.00) on the screen of the Athens Concert Hall (Alexandra Trianti Hall).

The play "Who Killed the Dog at Midnight;" is the first of the broadcasts of this year's series from the National Theater of England, which the Concert Hall offers for the third year in a row to the Athenian audience in collaboration with the British Embassy and the British Council. The show is directed by Marianne Elliott and stars Luke Trendaway.

Source : tovima.gr
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Shakespeare's "Comedy of Misunderstandings" on Thursday, March 1 at the Athens Concert Hall

From the National Theater of England to the Concert Hall

Tickets are hard to come by and the audience travels to a chaotic universe, where two pairs of twins who have been separated since birth, they look for each other, in a city where things and monsters happen.

The reason for the "Comedy of Misunderstandings" («Comedy of Errors») by William Shakespeare which will be broadcast live from the National Theater of England on the screen of the Athens Concert Hall on Thursday 1st March in the Alexandra Trianti Hall, at 9 at night.

Humor, puns, confusion of identities, reversals, betrayals, seductions and love, all meet in large doses in this vertiginous Shakespearean comedy, in an inventive, moving modern version with remarkable interpretations, signed by the virtuoso director, Dominic Cooke.

In "The Comedy of Misunderstandings" the characters move in a world that is completely realistic, but also in a setting of illusion and delusion. The director takes us on a tour of a city of wonders and manages to make us feel its dual nature" writes Michael Billington of the Guardian.

The Comedy of Misunderstandings is one of Shakespeare's earliest works, its shortest, written before 1598. It combines raucous farce with idealized romance and is a forerunner of his more mature comedies - A Midsummer Night's Dream, End Good All Good, Twelfth Night, Race of Love 'Agonos', Much Ado About Nothing, Storm etc.

It has become an opera, film work and musical and one of the elements of this farce is that, while Shakespeare borrows plot elements from the farces of the Roman Plotinus, is already preparing its own comic idiom with its exciting clean-ups and complex characters.

This is the fifth consecutive broadcast by the National Theater of England hosted by the Concert Hall in collaboration with the British Embassy and the British Council.

Source : newsbeast.gr

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Yiannis Parios sings of love at the Concert Hall

14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 February
THEYannis Parios top performer, σε πολύ μικρό χρονικό διάστημα από το ξεκίνημα της καριέρας του κατοχυρώθηκε στη συνείδηση όλων μας ως εκφραστής της αγάπης και του έρωτα. His voice as well as his soul advocated and led him along the paths of this supreme human emotion.
This year filling in exactly 40 years of artistic presence, and in the midst of an unprecedented bad situation for the country, he wanted to lead us to the oasis of music and remind us of all that the "Love Song" has been offering us for so many years. Not as a parenthesis in judgment, but as a positive exhortation to the truth... Because what else is more important in the course of a lifetime than the human relationship, companionship love, love.
Songs he loved as a child,  since he was lucky enough to be born into a beautiful family bathed in the light of the Aegean, songs of great creators of past decades, as of X. Hairopoulou, Attic, K. Giannidis, Suyulbut also favorite songs of his own generation, that moved and crossed our lips and hearts.
On stage with him is the 60-member orchestra of various music of ERT, under his directionAndreas Pylarinou,  12member folk orchestra and his large choirKyriakos Tsolakis.
The direction and lighting of the show was edited byLiberty Deco.
 Source : culturenow.gr
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Manolis Mitsias – Stations and Route: Concert at the Concert Hall

Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 January, time 8:30pm.
TheAthens Concert Hallpresents the great Greek performerManoli Mitsiasin two concert-trips toGreek song…
 
"In the beginning was the Word". This rule defined his careerManoli Mitsias, classifying him as an ideal interpreter of the great Greek authors and our leading poets. Countless songs that make up the modern Greek artistic and popular creation – signed by Manos Hadjidaki, Miki Theodorakis, Yannis Markopoulos, Stavros Xarchakos, Municipality of Moutsi, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Stamatis Kraunakis, Luciano Kilaidoni, Ilias Andriopoulos, Christos Leontis et al. in lyrics by Giorgos Seferis, Federico García Lorca, Yannis Ritsou, Nikos Karousou, Nikos Gatsu, Manos Eleftheriou, Lefteris Papadopoulos, Linas Nikolakopoulou et al. – which he himself stamped with the characteristic gift of his voice and his modest personality.
So these, his well-traveled melodic baggageManoli Mitsiasin the Greek universality of the five continents, filled with their precious material 65 of his records, they will open on his stageGreat Music Hall of Athens, theSaturday 21 and on Sunday 22 January, at 8.30 at night, in the Christos Lambrakis Hall, “to minister again through musical expression and speech, concepts that have been running through Greek culture for thousands of years, such as harmony, the aesthetics, measure and beauty". The program of the concert-tour in the Greek pentagram by Manoli Mitsiasis enriched and accompanied by traditional songs of his homeland that the Macedonian performer has included in his repertoire since the beginning of his singing career.
HimManoli Mitsiasaccompany on stage the famous 'Bronze of Goumenissa' by Alexandros Zora, 8member of the Folk Orchestra and the singer Nana Binopoulou. The musicians are playing: Herakles Zakkas (bouzouki, mandolin), Vassilis Drogaris (accordion), George Behlivanoglou (classical guitar), Panagiotis Samaras (acoustic guitar), Alexander Botinis (cello),  Haris Mermigas (contrabass), Yannis Sarikos (drums, crust) and Achilles Vastor (piano) who also signs the orchestration.
Theconcerts ofManoli Mitsiasare part of the Special Appearances Series
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"Traveling with the Southern Cross" in Megaro

A different kind of Christmas entertainment
An adventurous and charming musical fairy tale, inspired by the "Southern Cross" in the poetry of Nikos Kavadias, milestone project in the career of the composer Thanos Mikroutsikos, will star at the Christmas events of the Athens Concert Hall.

The reason for the musical performance "Traveling with the Southern Cross" which is staged for ten performances from 22 until 30 December (22,23,26,27,28,29 and 30/12 at 8.30 pm and 23,26 and 30/12 at 5 pm), in the Christos Lambrakis room that has been specially designed for the event, by set designer Giorgos Vafias, like a big ship.

It is a different Christmas multi-spectacle with the participation of great singers, musicians, actors and dancers that appeals to the imagination and maturity of children but also to the sensitivity of adults.

"The Cross of the South" in poetry by Nikos Kavadias is a work alive for its creator, Thanos Mikroutsikos, since from the time of the composition of the first songs (1977) until today, it is constantly changing and is the spearhead of his songwriting. The composer's now-legendary songs that brought the "great traveler of poetry" close to the young after urging them to "dance on the shark's fin", to push their limits and conquer the impossible, today they become the trigger for a performance full of music, fairy tales and scenic symbols that aspire to take the younger generation along on a journey into the world of fantasy.

The popular compositions of Thanos Mikroutsikos – with him, of course, also present in the role of performer – they travel together with the texts written by the author Maria Papagianni, inspired by the magical images that emerge from the texts of Kavadias and others, derived from well-known nautical tales, Greek and foreign.

The performance is directed by Thanos Mikroutsikos, while the choreography is by Cecile Mikroutsikou..

Storytellers participate – singers Christos Thibeos, Kostas Thomaidis, Rita Antonopoulou and Anna Linardou.

Source : newsbeast.gr
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Tribute to Ianis Xenakis

Today and tomorrow at the Concert Hall
A modern 3D restoration of the famous Pavillon Philips, of the pavilion designed by Ianis Xenakis 1958 is attempted today and tomorrow at the Concert Hall. The duration of the projection is 20 minutes and views are made from the 18:00 to 22:30
Scientific curation: Vincenzo Lombardo
Το Pavillon Philips, the pavilion set up at the Brussels International Exhibition the 1958 for the Philips company, designed by Xenakis who was then working for Le Corbusier, the pioneering Franco-Swiss architect who had a decisive influence on modern architecture. Its soundtrack was composed by Edgar Varese, while the composition of Ianis Xenakis was heard upon entering the pavilion area, Concrete PH.
Today at 19:00, in the context of the tribute to Ianis Xenakis,  or Vincenzo Lombardo, Professor at the University of Turin, will present the Virtual Electronic Poem Project, in hall MC3.
Entry is free with priority tickets .
Source : newsbeast.gr