PRESS RELEASES
18 JUNE 2015
Sunday, June 21st: European Music Day at the airport!

The Athens “Musicport” returns -for a third year in a row- and celebrates the European Music Day with airport passengers and visitors!
 
This Sunday, June 21st, the Athens State Orchestra's fine “Woodwind” Quintet, invites us into a magical musical journey, through classical and contemporary compositions from the symphonic and the opera repertoire, and melodies from Latin American and beloved scores from great moments of the international cinema.
 
Of course, the celebration of the European Music Day at the Athens airport could not but include songs from the local music scene with the performance of the works of two emblematic personalities of Greek music, Nikos Skalkottas and Manos Chatzidakis.
 
Athens State Orchestra Woodwind Quintet members are:
Vaggelis Stathoulopoulos, flute
Christina Pantelidou, oboe
Spyros Mourikis, clarinet
Odysseas Bassios, faggotto
Grigoris Assonitis, horn
 

  • Sunday, June 21st, 12:30 – 13:30, Departures – Entrance 3, Check-in area 89-94
  • The event is part of the Fly me to the Moon programme, a manifold cooperation between Athens International Airport and ελculture cultural platform.
  • European Music Day: Ιn 1982, the 21st of June, the day that marks the summer solstice, was established as the European Music Day, with the initiative of Jack Lang, the French Minister of Culture at that time. Since then, the institution has been embraced by many European countries.



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