ΜΟΙΡΑΣΟΥ ΤΟ ΣΤΑ SOCIAL MEDIA
10 & 11 September, Ancient Theatre of Philippi
Production: INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF KARDITSA
Genre: Music
Time: 20:30
Duration: 90’
Pre-booking for 10th of September
Pre-booking for 11th of September
A proposal that combines the original traditional music of Asia Minor, from the days of joy and prosperity to the days of the uprooting, folk-rebetiko music as it evolved in metropolitan Greece, and contemporary music.
Three different orchestras co-exist onstage, the original traditional orchestra of Smyrna, the Folk-Rebetiko orchestra in the form it acquired in inland Greece, and a Classical Symphony Orchestra performing the Oratorio. The latter will present in its world premiere Christos Samaras’ work Mnimes (Memories).
This musical journey is a sequence and co-habitation of music, poetry, dance, images and performing, composing a complete, ripe, and interdisciplinary performance-concert that illuminates the eternal Asia Minor of Greeks.
Creative team
Presenter: Alexis Kostalas
Composer: Christos Samaras
Oratorio narrator, actor: Giannis Stolas
25-member Symphony Orchestra: Sinfonietta of the International Festival of Karditsa
60-member Choir: Mixed Choir of the International Festival of Karditsa
8-member Traditional Orchestra with Asia Minor instruments: Orchestra of the International Festival of Karditsa
8-member Folk-Rebetiko Orchestra with bouzouki
Traditional dancers: Refugee associations of Karditsa
Text editing, libretto: Serafim Mylonas, Olga Gortzi
Piano: Marios Kazas
Sound, screenings, lighting: Vasilis Tsikrikas
Soprano: Eleni Danai
Traditional singer, qanun: Dimitra Kaliara
Orchestra & chorus training, musical direction, conducting of the Oratorio Mnimes, performance supervision: Nikos Efthymiadis
Filming, video editing: Vasilis Stathis
