17 & 18 August, Ancient Theatre of Pythagorion, Samos
Production: FILOI TOU RADIOFONOU KAI TOU MOUSIKOU POLITISMOU – ARTERO CULTURA
Genre: Music
Time: 21:00
Duration: 120′
Pre-bookings for 17th August
Pre-bookings for 18th August
Singer Eleni Tsaligopoulou, actress Eleni Kokkidou and six virtuoso musicians invite us to join them on a journey through notes and words in the beginning of the 20th century, a journey full of the cosmopolitan atmosphere of the city that will always be a reference point in modern Greek history.
Smyrna, in all its legendary beauty and with its tragic ending, will always be the most loved “lost motherland” of the Greeks.
One hundred years later, on the occasion of the sad anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, Eleni Tsaligopoulou performs timeless songs from Smyrna and of composers of the time, while Eleni Kokkidou narrates testimonies of the uprooting and excerpts from relevant works of Greek literature. A concert full of history, dedicated to the memory that calls these songs its motherland, by two leading artists.
Creative team
Programme curated by: Apostolos Tsardakas
Art direction, selection of texts: Christos Papamichalis
Musicians
Oud: Taxiarchis Georgoulis
Percussion: Vangelis Karipis
Double bass: Agis Papapanagiotou
Violin: Giannis Poulios
Qanun: Apostolos Tsardakas
Guitar: Spyros Hadjikonstantinou
Featuring: Eleni Tsaligopoulou, Eleni Kokkidou