Copper Engravings: Panagiotis Tetsis & Lambros Orfanos Τhe Megaro Gyzi Festival 2014 raises curtain on Friday 1/8 with the opening of the printmaking exhibition, titled "COPPER ENGRAVINGS: PANAGIOTIS TETSIS & LAMBROS ORFANOS", in which participate with 42 engravings (burin, etchings, aquatints, drypoints, mezzotints) the great Greek artist and Academic Panagiotis Tetsis and the deceased, bosom […]
Ioanna Forti & Athens Quintet "Dimitris Dounis" The festival's musical journey begins on 4/8 with a musical coexistence of the major mezzo-soprano singer Ioanna Forti and the Athens Quintet "Dimitris Dounis", a special quintet of plucked string instruments, which was established in 2009 to honor one of the greatest mandolin virtuoso, member of the famous […]
Stavros Lantsias The journey continues on 7/8 with the quintet of the exceptional composer, arranger and pianist Stavros Lantsias, who serves a wide range of music, including influences from classical, soundtrack and jazz music. Through his personal albums and live performances, Stavros Lantsias composes a special melodic mixture and proposes a new audio path that […]
Sonia Theodoridou On 10/8 a special recital on Megaro Gyzi stage, the unique concert «Arie Amorose», an anthology of the era of the European Renaissance in which the world-renowned soprano Sonia Theodoridou sings arias of love from the renaissance and the baroque, accompanied by Markos Kotsias on the piano. From Italy and Vivaldi, from England […]
Erofili On 13/8 the singer Erofili (from Trifono), accompanied by Evangelia Mavridou on the piano, by Dimitris Papalamprou on the guitar and by Nikos Papanastasiou on the accordion, takes us to what she truly loves, with the simplicity and the freedom of expression given by the interpretation on stage with just a piano, an accordion […]
Gadjo Dilo - gypsy jazz swing On 17/8 the surprise band of the year, Gadjo Dilo, who have managed to link musically the bouzouki of Tsitsanis and Chiotis with the gypsy jazz swing guitar of Django Reinhardt, revive another era in the warm Concert Hall of Megaro Gyzi. Gadjo Dilo discover in the colourful universe […]
Giorgos Tsolis Jazz Trio The festival΄s music program is concluded on 20/8 with the Giorgos Tsolis jazz trio, a modern trio from the Netherlands, whose sound and color of their compositions reflect the traditional jazz idiom with the sound of today. The members of the trio are the American drummer Owen Hart, Jr., the Polish […]
