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Chapter 5

Chronicle of Cultural Events

5.1 1984

Rozmberska Kapela, Prague (medieval and renaissance music) EugeniosSpatharis, Karagiozis - Shadow Theatre Berry Smith and Blowzabella, UK(Music Puppet Show Music and Comedy) Paul Galbraith, UK (guitarsoloist) Divertimenti String Orchestra, UK, conductor George Hadjinikos,soloist Paul Galbraith, works by Bach, Vivaldi, Purcell, Schubert, Delius,

Skalkottas and others.

5.2 1985

Music in Society, Place and Significance

Seminars and performances by K. Mountakis (Kretian lyra), Zouzou Nikoloudi,B. Hagen, D. Vollen, P. Owens, G. Amargianakis and others.

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5.3 1986

Classical Theater, Ancient Theater, Shakespeare

Tony Church, UK, director of Guildhall School of Music and Drama andactor at Royal Shakespeare Company with Romeo and Juliet and LovesLabours Lost, Guildhall School of Drama Antigone by Theatre Club ofVolos and Spyros Vrahoritis Erotokritos and The Phoenissae by SofiaSpyratou and Maria Hors Electra, Drama School of National Theatre ofGreece. Contributions by Patsy Rodenburg, phonetics in Central Schoolof Theatre and Drama of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Tassos Lignadis,Ion Zotos, Thanos Mihalas, Irini Konidari.

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5.4 1987

Folklore and Tradition

Swiss Folk Music with Groupe Folklorique Fribourgeois, Switzerland The ethnographic treasures of Agion Oros, presentation by Th. Provatakis,Director of Folk Arts, Ministry of Culture, Greece Finish Folk Music withOravais and Vr, Finland Folk music from the region of Ostroboth-nia, presentation by Ann-May Nystedt, Finland Folk Dance Groups of theAgraphiots of Volos, Working Girls Club of Volos and Pontos Folk DancesEnsemble from Nea Ionia The cultural experience of an international folk-lore festival presentation by Cyrill Renz, Switzerland Seminar on Euro-pean and Indian Classical Music with Ajit Singh, Vichitra Veena B. K.

Sen, sitar John Protopappas, sitar & tabla Concert by Youth SymphonyOrchestra of Guildhall School of Music and Drama with conductors GeorgeHadjinikos and R. Farnes.

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5.5 1988

Folk and Classical Music Affinities and Differences

Youth Symphony Orchestra of Wiesbaden (Germany), with Greek youngmusicians from the Larissa Conservatoire Labyrinthos Ensemble withRoss Daly Lublin Lublin Polish Folk Dance Ensemble Concerts givenby the ensembles and a symphony concert (soloist, Paul Galbraith & con-ductor, George Hadjinikos) with works by Purcell, Vivaldi, Ponce, Beethovenand Skalkottas.

5.6 1989

Interpreting Mozart

Youth Symphony Orchestra of the State Conservatory of Music ofKosice (Czechoslovakia) with young Greek musicians Roman Skrepek, di-rector of Kosices State Opera, Chechoslovakia George Hadjinikos, conduc-tor Events: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35, 38, 40, Apollo and Hyacinth.

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His first opera (Mozart wrote at the age of 11), first Greek performance Extracts from the opera Cosi fan tutte.

5.7 1990

Relations of Ancient Greek and Indian Art

Symposium with: Kavalam Narayana Panikkar, poet, director, choreog-rapher, musicologist from the theatrical company of Kerala, India Silvamo-

han Thali & Parameswaran Pillai, musicians, India Vasudevan Namboothiri& Challapan Pillal Srikumar, actors, India Spyros Vrachoritis, director ofthe Theatre Club of Volos, Greece, Drama School of the National Theatreof Greece with students of the Panteion University Yangos Andreades,dramatist Peppi Rigopoulou, history of art G. Papadakis, musicologistand Caty Karekla, Greek folk dances.

Foundations of Music Interpretation

Seminars, courses and concerts with: Youth Symphony Orchestra of Por-tugal (Ministry of Youth) with participation of young Greek musicians Prof. L. David, violin S. Langmarck, viola C. Krieger, violoncello

P. Galbraith, guitar M. Argyros, oboe J. M. Palau Sala, conductor G. Hadjinikos, conductor Concerts: Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Vi-olin Concerto, Symphony No.5, soloist: L. David, conductor: G. Hadjinikos Mozart: Oboe Concerto, soloist: M. Argyros Haydn: Cello Concerto,soloist: C. Krieger Telemann: Viola Concerto, soloist: S. Langmarck Ro-drigo: Guitar Concerto, soloist: P. Galbraith, conductor: Jose Manuel PalauSala

5.8 1991

Improvisation and Rythm in Music

The first part of the programme was devoted to improvisation in tradi-tional folk music, with presentations by G. Papadakis, Alkis Raptis, CatyKarekla and prominent artists of Greek folk music. Spyros Vrachoritis andthe Theatre Club of Volos presented excerpts from the works of Greek au-thors, with improvised musical accompaniment, in conjunction with theatri-

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cal improvisatiobs on the text by the actors. The Spanish folk dance groupVilla de Madrid demonstrated the relationship between spontaneity andrhythm, as applied to flamenco.

Improvisation in Classical Music: Youth Symphony Orchestra from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Moscow,St. Petersburgh and Armenia under the direction of Odysseus Dimitriades Victor Vassiliades with his string quartet Vladimir Skanavis, pianist andprofessor at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music Private lessons weregiven by Vladimir Skanavis, George Hadjinikos, Victor Vassiliades, Einar

Johannessen, Paul Galbraith Concerts: Mozart: Figaro Overture, Hal-leluiah for Soprano, Symphony No.40, Dimitriadis: Canzonetta, Grieg: PeerGynt Suite No.1, conductor: Odysseus Dimitriadis, Hndel: Water Music,Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Beethoven: Symphony No.4. Soloist: E. Jo-hannessen, conductor: G. Hadjinikos Beethoven: Leonora Overture No. 3,Schubert: Symphony No.8 Unfinished, Ives: The Unanswered Question,Mozart: Symphony No.41 Jupiter. conductor: George Hadjinikos, conduc-tors assistant: Janis Grapsas Guitar Recital by Paul Galbraith Quartetand solo concerts by participants of the seminar

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5.9 1992

Music and Religion

Concerts with Byzantine choir from Volos 12 Apostles and K. Niko-leris, director Byzantine choir of Young People from Thessaly, M. Meletis,director Dion Arivas-Attikos, baritone Symphony Orchestra and Choir ofthe Music Academy of Sofia (Bulgaria), with young Greek musicians, G. Had-

jinikos, conductor Brahms: A German Requiem for Soprano, Baritone,Choir and Orchestra (first Greek performance), with Mata Katsouli, soprano,and Damon Ploumis, baritone Brahms: Academic Overture, SymphonyNo. 3, Mozart: Titus Overture, Violin Concerto No. 4, soloist: MarioPanni, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, Symphony Orchestra and Choir ofthe Music Academy of Sofia conducted by George Hadjinikos Haydn: TheSeven Last Words of Jesus, Athens String Orchestra

5.10 1993

Movement in Dance, Theatre and Music

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Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (Greek translation by G. Hadjinikos) Can-tilena, Choir accompanied by traditional folk instruments from Russia

Helenas Passions, written and performed by Aleksandra Lyra, directed andperformed by Vangelis Lagos, musician and performer: Yannis Oikonomou,musician: Sofia Iliades, actress: O. Paraskeuopoulou, stage-designer anddresses: Maria Lyra Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Delius: TwoSketches, Beethoven: Symphony No.7, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra (UK)with young Greek musicians, conductor: George Hadjinikos Chamber musicconcert with R. Calder, piano, M. Margand, violin, C. Lasserre, cello

Presentations and courses by Adelheid Karla Weidlich (music therapy),Almut Yayaweera (Sri Lanka dances), Natalia V. Sokovikova (Russian folkdances), Mandana Alawi Kla (Iranian and African folk dances), AndrewKrichels (American dances), Zouzou Nikoloudi, Spyros Vrahoritis.

5.11 1994

Ecology in Music

Presentations by Mario Delli Ponti, piano Taras and Gaelyne Gab-

ora, violin, singing Petros Theodorou, contemporary music technology Konstantinos Tsougras, music analysis Yannis Spyrakis, byzantine music.

Concerts by Bach Centre Symphonic Orchestra of Moscow, conductorGeorge Hadjinikos, Leonidas Kanaris and George Fountoulis guitars, ZozoDagladianidou violin, Michele Margand violin, Claudine Lassere cello Albinoni: Concerto for Oboe, Bach: Suite No.2, Mozart: Exultate Jubi-late, Vivaldi: Concerto for two trumpets, conductor Myasoyedof Nielsen:Helios Overture Vivaldi: Concerto for two guitars, Mendelssohn: Con-certo for violin Sibelius: Finlandia, Symphony No.1 Haydn: Concerto forcello Purcell: Didos Lament, Debussy: Lapres midi dun faune Sibelius:

Symphony No. 2

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5.12 1995

Movement in Art

Orff: Carmina Burana. Concert dedicated to the 100th birthday of thecomposer. pianos: G. Vagianos, F. Karayianni, percussion: M. Mankovsky,L. Agouridakis and their students, mixed choir under the direction of SpyrosKlapsis, R. Tsirakidou soprano, M. Phoenix tenor, V. Dimas-Tsirigotis bari-tone, George Hadjinikos, conductor. Shadow theater of Lamia by MichalisHatzakis Moscow Children Theatre Bamby Isadora Duncans Dance,presented by Hannelore Schick and Astrid Schleusener Purcell: Chaconne,Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto, Bach: Two Violins Concerto, Elgar: String Sere-nade, Finzi: Romance, Bartok: Rumanian Dances, Skalkottas: Four Greek

Dances. With String Orchestra Musica Juventa Slovaka, Smaro Gregori-adou, guitar, Carlos Johnson and Kang Chau Lian, violin, G. Hadjinikos,conductor Chamber music by Patrin Garcia Barredo, piano, and AngelLouis Quintana, cello Performance with ancient Greek instruments byG. Maniatis ensemble Evretirio Bulgarian choir Polyelei.

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5.13 1996

Farewell to the 20th century

Homeric Hymn dedicated to Dimitra, theatre ensemble Erineos, direc-tor Yannis Trantas Concert with Children Choir of Agias Trias (Thessa-loniki), direction Vasilis Papakonstantinou Shadow theatre of Lamia byMichalis Hatzakis Theatre group Epi Skinis from Volos Chamber mu-sic by Kodaly and Prokofieff, Lukas David, violin, Tan-Chen, violin, SotirisZisopoulos, violin, Anette Bench, viola Stravinsky: Persephone, De-bussy: Nocturnes, Christou: Phoenix Music, Prokofieff: Peter andthe Wolf, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 Babi Yar, reciter: DimitrisLignadis, baritone: V. Dimas-Tsirigotis, Youth Symphony Orchestra fromTirana (Albania) with Greek young musicians, Children Choir from AgiaTrias, Mixed Choir under the direction of Spyros Klapsis, conductor: GeorgeHadjinikos, (words translated to Greek by S. Klapsis and G. Hadjinikos)

Gipini Folklore Ensemle from Albania

5.14 1997

Chamber Music

Chamber music is the highest level of music education, as it teaches how

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to listen to the fellow players so as to achieve finally to listen to oneself. Brahms sonatas by Michael Bochmann violine and George Hadjinikos pi-ano Scandinavian composers, H.E. Deckert conducor I. Stravinsky, LesNoces, first Greek performance, G. Hadjinikos conductor, S. Klapsis choir,scenic performance by Erineos Theatre Group of Y. Trantas Mozart Di-vertimenti, Bach violin concerto with L. David, Skalkottas 4 Greek Dances.

Seminar by G. Hadjinikos on the Fundamentals of Musical Interpretation.The seminar is based on questions such as: Why do we study Bach? Can we understand the classical composers only through the piano? How

can we more essentially approach the uniqueness of Mozart? What is themeaning and benefit from chamber music? What is the difference betweenChopin and Czerny? Are the rhythms of Bartok and Stravinsky irregular,additive and basically different from the ones of classical composers? Whatis the sense and paedagogic value of Bartoks Mikrokosmos? What is thechemistry of the lied? Does it have relations with opera? What is atonalmusic? How did evolve dodecaphonic music? How evolved romantic fromclassical music? What is the meaning of movement in music? Is it relatedto speed?

5.15 1998

Fairy Tales in Theater, Music and Dance

Skalkottas: Fairy Tale Drama Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Sym-phony Orchestra of young Greek musicians and the choir of Spyros Klapsis,Elpiniki Zervou soprano, Marisia Papalexiou mezzo-soprano, Yannis Kyri-azis tenor, Vasilis Dimas-Tsirigotis baritone, George Hadjinikos conductor Lorka: Perlimplin & Belissa Pantomime Performance Chamber Mu-sic Performances Rigas Ferraios and Adakrytos fairy tale from Do-dekalogos tou Gyftou of K. Palamas by Erineos Theater Ensemble Dance

Performance by Vladimir and Svetlana Khingansky.

5.16 1999

Logic and Foundation of Musical Interpretation Seminar by George Had-jinikos

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Euroconference organized by the Institute of Geotechnical & Tunnel Engi-neering Faculty of Civil Engineering of the University of Innsbruck (Austria):Constitutive Modeling of Granular Materials including Developments andPerspectives of Hypoplasticity

5.17 2000

Seminars and Events dedicated to the 2000 years of the birth of Jesus

Performances of Orthodox Psalms with the State Choir of Sophia at Volos

and Horto

Skarimbas, the poet by Petros Spetzopoulos and various actors Shadow Theatre by Athos Danelis Vakches by Euripides with the The-atrical Group Erineos, director annis Trantas Stravinsky: The SoldiersTale, choreography Svetlana Khingansky, conductor George Hadjinikos

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5.18 2002

Euroconference organized by D. Kolymbas, Institute of Geotechnical &Tunnel Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering of the University of Inns-bruck (Austria): Mathematical Basis of Geotechnics Performance of 60students from Porto (Portugal) with songs, dances and music from theirhomeland.

5.19 2003

Essence and Origins of Musical Interpretation

Seminar by George Hadjinikos Vasilis Dimas-Tsirigotis Yannis Trantas and his Theater Ensemble Er-ineos with Extracts from Papadiamantis novels, examples for the Usageof Language in Ancient Greece by Y. Trandas Der Erlknig throughoutthe ages, by V. Dimas-Tsirigotis (piano Juliana Fellous) Mozart: Diverti-mento for strings, Respighi: Ancient Dances and Airs, Dvorzak: Serenade for

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strings, Bartok: Divertimento for strings. String Orchestra of young Greekmusicians, conductor: George Hadjinikos

5.20 2004

20 Years Anniversary of the Foundation

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Tchaikovsky: Parts from Swan Lake,Bizet/Schedrin: Carmen Suite. Ballet of the Odessa State Opera, choreog-raphy, Vladimir and Svetlana Khingansky Excerpts from Greek Dramas

by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes. Chorika Dance Group,choreography, Zouzou Nikoloudi Piano Recital dedicated to the 100 an-niversary of Skalkottass birth with works of Bach/Brahms, Beethoven andSkalkottas, soloist George Hadjinkos

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5.21 2005

Soul and Body as the Basic Elements of Dance and Music

Vladimir and Svetlana Khinganskiy George Hadjinikos Events: NikiKampa The Greek melodic singing, with Panayiotis Lignos (piano) andDimitris Tingas (contrabasso) Karagiozis Shadow Theatre by EugeniosSpatharis Russian Folk Dances and Dance based on Isadora Duncansmethod with Svetlana and Vladimir Khinganskiy, Elena Buschueva Athleticgames of Football, Swimming and Running In the Spirit of Dance byVolos Dance academy of Despina Akrivou Folk Greek Dances by the P.Zisis Foundation

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5.22 2006

Collective and Personal Responsibility for the Environment

Mozart: Wind Serenade, Schubert Octet, Chamber Ensemble of youngGreek musicians, conductor, George Hadjinikos Baroque Music with Aio-lis Ensemble from Larissa (Greece) Karagiozis Shadow Theatre by DimosVougioukas Theatre, Poetry, Song with V. Mitsakis and A. Ghiza RossDaly with Labyrinth with traditional music Music by Hadjidakis, Attikand others by the Polychromo Ensemble Piano Recital by Duo Vivo withworks by Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Ravel Traditional Music of Greeceby A. Katsiyiannis and his ensemble and Areti Ketime

5.23 2007

Roots in music, dance, theater and nature

Ross Daly and the ensemble Labyrinth Sophocles Antigone: in orig-inal ancient Greek text, musical research, composition, instruction: Smaro

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C. Gregoriadou, Theatrical development: Aris Biniaris, Artistic Provision:Giorgos P. Biniaris Giannis Trantas and the theatrical group Erineos withLandscape of being (Education Polis Nature) Sophia Spyratou withher Dance Theater Group Roes presenting In the Month of Athyr Pi-ano Recital by Duo Vivo Baroque music Ensemble Aeolis Courses anddemonstrations by Vladimir and Svetlana Khingansky Seminar with GeorgeHadjinikos.

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5.24 2008

24th Summer Meeting for Music, Theatre and Dance Seminars

Wind Orchestra of Kalamaria Theatrical Seminar by George Biniaris,Smaro Grigoriadou and Margarita Mantaka. The Echoes Theatre Companypresented Sophocles major play Antigone in original ancient Greek text,with respect to the musical design the poet conceived. All main characters(Antigone, her sister Ismene, king Kreon, his son Aemon, soothsayer Teire-sias) as well as Chorus (consisted by distinguished elderly Lords of Thebes),were interpreted by two performers on stage (one actor and one musician),who explored their full physical potential in order to achieve necessary dif-

ferentiations of roles. Additionally, choral songs were executed according tothe original metrical-rhythmical sets of verses designed thoroughly by Sopho-cles himself. Seminar on Esoteric Therapy by Judy Jacka Events: LotteHubmann, Photo Exhibition Evis Christou, Sculpture Exhibition PaolaMayer: Secret Messages of Plants - The wild plants of Mt. Pelion GeorgeHadjinikos, Piano Recital Duo Vivo, Piano Recital Smaro Gregoriadou,Guitar Recital Eleni & Suzanna Vougioukli concert Round the World in

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7 notes Theater Performance of Aristophanes Ornithes extracts by theparticipants of the Seminar University Choir of Innsbruck

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5.25 2009

Theatrical Performances (in Greek): Yannis Ritsos Aeas. Direction andPerformance: Yannis Trantas. Music performed live: Petros Dourdoubakis,woman: Evangelia Katounia, slave: Erifili Leventi. Chorus: Members of theEstia Theatrou Erine. Yannis Ritsos Persephone, actress: Olia Lazaridou,music: Yiorgos Markopoulos, directorial editing: Yiorgos Biniaris. YannisRitsos Otan erchetai o xenos (When the stranger comes), direction andperformance: Yannis Trantas, group of actors: members of Estia TheatreErineos, music: Petros Dourdoubakis Chamber Music Concert for guitarand string quartet, Spyros Kavalieratos guitar, Dimitris Karamanolis andApostolis Mitras violin, Nikos Nikolaidis cello, Chamber Music Concert ded-icated to Haydns death bicentenary. This concert was part of the interna-tional master class for violin and chamber music by Prof. Christos Kanettisorganized in collaboration with Europaea Camerata, artistic director, MariaMakraki Concert with Indian Classical Music, Erik Alsen sheinai, InbalZadok sitar, Yiannis Zannis tabla Concert with the Utrecht SymphonyOrchestra, conductor Yiorgo Moutsiaras: Ludwig van Beethoven: OvertureCoriolan, Joseph Boulogne de St. Georges: Symphony in D in 3 movements,Gioachino Rossini: Overture Italiana in Algeri, Wym van Noort: Wuther-

ing Heights Overture for iPhone ocarina and orchestra (Greek premiere),Traditional/Arr., Klezmer Musiek (Traditional secular Jewish music) for soloclarinet and string orchestra, soloist: Michel Marang, Felix Mendelssohn:Wedding Marsh from A Midsummer Nights Dream Theatrical Workshopdirected by: Yiorgos Biniaris, theater - Smaro Grigoriadou, music - StellaMichailidou, dance Piano Recital by Duo Vivo (Nikos Adraskelas and ChrisMarinos).

Louise DeMint Zaharea, Exhibition Formas which subtly indicate hu-man or animal postures and gestures (the rounded abstract forms highlightsensually confined massiveness). Evis Christou, Art exhibition Toys on thewall

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