PAINTING & SCULPTURE EXHIBITION "MEMORIES" The Megaro Gyzi Festival 2012 raises curtain on Wednesday August 1st with the opening of the painting and sculpture group exhibition, titled “Memories”, which brings together eight acclaimed Greek artists. The six participating painters are: Chryssa Verghi, Tassos Dimos, Petros Karavevas, Andreas Kontellis, Christos Pallantzas and Elena Papadimitriou, while the […]
AXA: One Piano, Six Hands The festival's musical journey begins on 4/8 with the unique piano triet AXA: One Piano, Six Hands. Three pianists on one piano, six hands that explore the limits "of the enigmatic box with the long strings", as the composer Alfred Schnittke once described the piano. The German Anne Salié, the […]
ELLY PASPALA & TAKIS FARAZIS "Rainbows, Moons and Bicycles" The festival continues on 7/8 with an unexpected music surprise from the singer Elly Paspala and the pianist Takis Farazis, a piano-voice program, titled "Rainbows, Moons and Bicycles", from two artists who will travel us to past and present English language love (and not only) songs, […]
SASSA VOULGARI “Is it true or I dreamed?” A children's narrative performance with stories and traditional tales for children and adults, titled “Is it true or I dreamed?”, is unfolded on 10/8 by the storyteller Sassa Voulgari, whose style has influenced the younger generations of storytellers. Sassa is well known for her involvement with the […]
NOTIS NAVROUDIS "To the hatches of the time" Notis Mavroudis, celebrating five decades in the music, offers us on 13/8 a unique journey "To the hatches of the time"! We will enjoy timeless songs by Notis Mavroudis from different eras, driven by two guitars, with colors, thrills and whispers. His companion is Morfo Tsaireli and […]
EDUA ZADORY & ANASTASIIA DOMBROSKA - DUO EDAN A special recital of classical music for violin and piano takes place on 17/8 by DUO EDAN, the two outstanding virtuoso soloists from Vienna, the Hungarian violinist Édua Zádory and the Ukrainian pianist Anastasiia Dombrovska. Édua and Anastasiia formed a duo with passion, personality and an astonishing […]
TAKIS BARBERIS Group The journey continues on 20/8 with Takis Barberis Group in a special coexistence between East and West, where jazz music meets magically funk and rock but also the Indian, Balkan and Greek music. Takis Barberis on guitar, one of the most important Greek jazzmen, interprets both older and new unreleased compositions of […]
CHRISTOS RAFALIDES Trio "POINT TWO" The program of Megaro Gyzi Festival 2012 is concluded on 23/8 with “Point Two”, a meeting of two Greek musicians "of the world", the leading internationally vibraphonist and composer Christos Rafalides, founder of the renowned jazz group "Manhattan Vibes", and the significant bassist and composer Petros Klampanis, with guest the […]
