30/06/2009

Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at 21.30
Venue: Benaki Museum Atrium (Pireos Street Annex)
The Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Scholars’ Association welcomes you to the musical performance

Songs from Asia Minor and the Aegean islands with Nikos Haldaiakis

Musicians (in alphabetical order):
Sotiris Margonis violin
Marios Papadeas dulcimer, vocals
Andreas Pappas percussion
Konstantinos Sideris lute
Aspasia Stratigou vocals
Konstantinos Tsekouras guitar

Dancers (in alphabetical order):
Christina Alexandropoulou
Fyllio Giannakou
Niki Kapela
Maria Karagiozi
Thanassis Lakkas
Christos Megadoukas
Marinos Roumeliotis
Dimitris Sinanoglou
Athina Tassoula
Giorgos Foutzoulas

The performance is a wandering through the musical memories of the Greek spirit and our tradition with songs on everyday life, love, death, emigration and rave. The programme consists of well-known melodies, as well as old and forgotten works from Istanbul to Smyrna, and from the Dodecanese to the North Aegean and Cycladic islands.

Communications Sponsor: National Broadcasting Cooperation, ERT.