Athens International Airport - The Athens International Airport welcomes the ”Music Village”!
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20 JANUARY 2016
The Athens International Airport welcomes the ”Music Village”!

Puppet show, Chamber music and funky music trips!


The Athens Music Port welcomes the “Music Village”: This Friday, January 22, “Music Village”, one of the most dynamic artistic communities in Europe, will bring its art, music and joy moments to airport passengers and visitors, through a three-part programme:

Puppet show by Helen Vogiatzidou 12:00 – 12:20

The programme starts with Helen Vogiatzidou’s puppet show for kids, entitled “Ice Dream”, which describes a complicated everyday life, where wishes are not as simple as they initially seemed to be.

Chamber music for two violoncellos, 12:40 – 13:00

Two acknowledged cello soloists, Aggelos Liakakis and Alexis Karaiskakis – Nastos will perform a musical journey from Early Music to European avant-garde.  Aggelos Liakakis has studied in Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Royal College of Music in London and Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. Alexis Karaiskakis – Nastos is one of the most promising young cello soloist in Greece and member of Camerata / Armonia Atenea.

“Ap’ Allou” Quartet, 13:10 – 13:40

The quartet “Ap’ Allou” will follow on stage, with a joyful dance programme, varying from funky Balkan rumbas and gypsy belly dancing, to their own dynamic contemporary compositions!

Theodora Athanassiou – guitar
Babis Politopoulos – three-course bouzouki
Paulos Spyropoulos – Double bass
Nikos Manikas - Percussions
 


Friday, January 22, as of 12:00 pm, Departures – Airport’s Shopping Centre – Public Area
 

Programme
12:00 – 12:20 Puppet show by Helen Vogiatzidou
12:40 – 13:00 Chamber music for two violoncellos
13:10 – 13:40 “Ap’ Allou” Quartet


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Music Village

Music Village is one of the most dynamic artistic communities in Europe. It was created in 2006 in Agios Lavrentios, Greece based on a model of innovative artistic coexistence. During its ten-year course, Music Village has organized 240 music workshops, master-classes and residencies of cultural cooperation, as well as a wide range of parallel events, while it has collaborated with important cultural institutions such as the Onassis Cultural Centre, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, Metechmio Publishing House, etc.      

Music Port

Is part of the Fly me to the Moon, a manifold cooperation between Athens International Airport and ελculture cultural platform.

 

 

 


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