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Program

Discover this summer's music nights. The detailed programme of the Aegina Music Festival is here! Browse by date, music genre or location and create your own cultural calendar.

Apostolos Palios - Katerina Hadjinikolaou | Recitals for piano and violin

The acclaimed soloist Apostle Palios collaborates with the great pianist Dora Bakopoulou to Ravel's "Ma mère l'Oye" and with the sixth of the CTO Katerina Hadjinicolaou in works by Poulenc, Debussy and Theodorakis, and performs rare compositions for solo piano written for the left hand.

PROGRAMME

Apostle Palios piano, works for the left hand:

  • BACH-BRAHMS Chaconne
  • HOFFMAN Study
  • SCRIABIN Prelude & Nocturne op. 9
  • BLUMENFELD Study

Apostolos Palios & Dora Bakopoulou piano:

  • RAVEL Ma mère l' Oye for four hands

Katerina Hadjinicolaou violin & Apostle Palios piano:

  • DEBUSSY Sonata for violin and piano, 2nd part
  • POULENC Sonata for violin and piano
  • THEODORAKIS 1η Sonatina - tribute to the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth

Dora & Friends

The established chamber music concert with the great pianist and artistic director of the Festival Dora Bakopoulou and her close friends and associates Niko Mandyla (violin) , Crystalia Gaitanou (viola) and Christopher Miroshnikov (cello). The young talented musicians Antonis Mandylas (violin) and Evelina Antemisari (piano) will participate in the same evening. 

Schedule:

  1. MOZART: Piano Sonata No.13 in B flat major, 1st movement
  2. RACHMANINOFF: Etude-tableau 0p.33 No.6 in E-flat minor
  3. DEBUSSY: Étude N°1 "Pour les 5 doigts d'après Mr Czerny"
  4. CHOPIN: Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47

Evelyne Antemisari piano

  1. SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 8
  2. BRAHMS: Piano Quintet
  • Dora Bakopoulou piano
  • Nikos Mandylas violin
  • Anthony Mandylas violin
  • Crystalia Gaitanou viola
  • Christopher Miroshnikov cello

Vasiliki Karagianni Ι Arias and duets

  • Vasiliki Karagianni soprano coloratura
  • Eleni Voudouraki middle voice
  • Sofia Tamvakopoulou piano

An evening full of favourite opera melodies, with arias and duets by BelliniBizetOffenbachPucciniVerdiGluck.

The concert could not have been without songs by Mikis Theodorakis on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the beloved composer!

PROGRAMME

  • GLUCK (Orfeo ed Euridice): "Che faro senza Euridice" - Eleni Voudouraki
  • BELLINI (La Sonnambula): "Ah! non credea mirarti" aria by Amina - Vasiliki Karagianni
  • DELIBES (Lakme): "Flower Duet"
  • BIZET (Carmen): "Près des remparts de Séville" aria of Carmen - Eleni Voudouraki
  • PUCCINI (La Rondine): "La canzone di Doretta" - Vasiliki Karagianni
  • SP. SAMARAS: Works for solo piano - Sofia Tamvakopoulou
  • MASSENET (Werther): "Va! Laisse couler mes larmes!" aria by Charlotte - Eleni Voudouraki
  • VERDI (La Traviata): "Addio del passato" aria of Violetta - B.
  • BIZET (Carmen): "Habanera" aria of Carmen - E.Voudourakis
  • PUCCINI (Madama Butterfly): "Un bel dì vedremo" aria of Cio Cio San - B. Karagianni
  • SP. SAMARAS: Works for solo piano - Sofia Tamvakopoulou
  • SAINT-SAËNS (Samson et Dalila): "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" - E. Voudouraki
  • VERDI (I Vespri Siciliani): "Mercè, Dilette Amiche"
  • M. THEODORAKIS:
    • "Wake up my love" - E. Voudouraki
    • "Marina" - B. Karagianni
    • "Make your mattress" - Duo

Tribute to Ravel I Chamber Music Evening

We celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great composer.

White Cardadine piano
Konstantinos Panagiotidis violin
Angelos Liakakis cello
Special Guest: Dora Bakopoulou piano

M. RAVEL: Ma mère l'Oye piano work for four hands
CL. DEBUSSY: Sonata for cello
M. RAVEL: Trio for violin, cello and piano

AENAON & Guests Quartet I Chamber Music with a Spanish flavour

AENEON Quartet:
George Mandylas violin
Yannis Petrakis violin (replacing Vassilis Soukas)
Antilochus Tranos viola
Asterios Pouftis cello

Poppy Malapanis piano
Elias Sdoukos viola solo

PROGRAMME

  • GRANADOS: Piano Quintet in G minor, op.49
  • M. de FALLA: Canciones populares españolas (1914) arranged for cello and piano
    El paño moruno, Asturiana, Jota, Nana, Canción, Polo
  • ELGAR: Quintet in A minor for Piano and String Quartet
    Moderato- Allegro, Adagio, Andante-Allegro
  • TURINA: Scene Andalouse for string quartet, piano and solo viola
    Crépuscule du Soir, A la fenêtre

From Broadway to the West End - A tribute to the magic of musicals

From the dynamism of Phantom of the Opera and the thrill of Les Misérables to the joy of Mamma Mia, the nostalgia of Singin' in the Rain and the magic of Disney and The Greatest Showman.

Young musical theatre talents unite their voices and their unique energy, under the guidance of Elena Hounta, with fire, freshness and passion. They promise to give us an impressive musical evening with songs from the most famous musicals!

Marialena Good song
Nicholas Xanthopoulos song
Achilleas Beleris song
Carmen Lemes song
Alex Katsikis song
Christina Orphanakou song
Elena Hounta piano

Fortuna Trio & Lily Maisky

The up-and-coming Fortuna Trio with the freshness and dynamism of young musicians will offer us a rich evening of chamber music dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the death of Dmitry Shostakovich. Guest star is the internationally acclaimed and beloved guest of the Aegina Music Festival Lily Maisky.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven - Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
    I. Allegro ma non tanto
    II Scherzo. Allegro molto
    III Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace
  • Brahms Violin sonata No 2 in A major, op 100
    I. Allegro amabile
    II. Andante tranquillo-Vivace
    III. Allegretto grazioso, quasi Andante
  • D. Shostakovich - Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67
    I. Andante - Moderato
    II. Allegro con brio
    III Largo
    IV. Allegretto

Marina Iliadou, violin
Mateo Sestani, cello
Apostolia Anastasiou ,piano
Lily Maisky, piano

Fresco Quartet & Loukia Loukaki 

Starting in Vienna, the Fresco Quartet and the distinguished cellist Loukaki Loukaki will present chamber music works in the enchanting Molfesi Theatre against the backdrop of the sunset, with Franz Schubert's Quintet for two cellos as their highlight.

Program

  • Mikis Theodorakis (1925-2021): To Kimitirio (2nd string quartet) (1946)
  • Werner Schulze (1952): a-d-e-g (3rd string quartet)
  • Franz Schubert (1797-1828): String Quintet in C major D 956 (1828)
    Allegro ma non troppo
    Adagio
    Scherzo. Presto - Trio. Andante sostenuto
    Allegretto

Manolis Mitsias & Theodora Baka 

One night that promises fun, emotion and nostalgia, through songs we have loved. A tribute to the great Greek composers with special mention to the songs of Mikis Theodorakis. 

  • Manolis Mitsias song
  • Theodora Baka song 
  • Achilleas Gustor piano
  • Hercules Zakka bouzouki 
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