Composers, performers (singers, instrumentalists, conductors) and audio / visual artists spend ten days on the splendid island of Naxos and meet colleagues from other parts of the world, play music, exchange ideas, propose new projects and enjoy the beaches and the 5,000 year history of an island in the heart of the Aegean Sea.
Although the official dates for the 2022 Summer Meetings were August 21-30, the meetings started unofficially in mid July and hosted a variety of activities. This year's participants focused on vocal music: their special interest was to present songs which were written in the last century with the intention to serve as popular songs. Nevertheless, several decades later, due to the engaging lyrics, composition techniques, the vocal skills they demand from the singer, or just because of their beauty, these songs seem to remain in the repertory as "art songs" and are able to be programmed together with famous arias of the past - baroque, classical and romantic.
Village Festival: A Living Museum
New CD Production:
Baroque Arias from Europe
A new CD recorded at the ApolloMuse Studio, supported by a grand from Université de Moncton
Thalia Moutopoulou, soprano
Michel Cardin, theorbo
Chrysostomos Kalogridakis, tenor, guitar
Concerts:
A program of ..."Popular" songs from various countries that seem to pass the test of time and become ..."Lieder"
The concert was presented several times in various locations on the island and with different programming.
Thalia Moutopoulou, soprano, piano, recorder
Chrysostomos Kalogridakis, tenor, guitar
Giannis Filippoupolitis, piano, voice, accordion, percussion
Renata Petridi, qanun, percussion
Kathleen Kalogeras, viola, voice
Kristina Kalogeras, double bass, voice
6 musicians plus a friend from ...the past sound like 15, when they sing and play several instruments
Thalia Moutopoulou, soprano, piano, recorder
Thalia Seferis, alto
Chrysostomos Kalogridakis, tenor, guitar
Giannis Filippoupolitis, piano, voice, accordion, percussion
Kathleen Kalogeras, viola, voice
Kristina Kalogeras, double bass, voice
Special guest: Michel Cardin, theorbo
Songs written on lyrics by the great playwright Iakovos Kampanellis are very well known to the public. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth, this concert presents songs composed by Hadjidakis, Theodorakis, Mamagakis and Xarhakos which transcend the norms of a "popular" song to become an "art song" or an "aria".
Thalia Moutopoulou, voice, keyboard
Chrysostomos Kalogridakis, voice, guitar
Konstantinos Spiliotis, piano, voice
Christos Gontzos, bouzouki, voice
Concurrent events:
For three days actors and musicians come together, they put to use artifacts collected by the local folk museum and they reenact life moments of the past.
Concurrent events in:
- Music: baroque, classical, contemporary, jazz, chorus, church organ, popular
- Theater
- Art
- Literature
- Video
- Silent movies with new music
Concurrent events in:
- Music:
- baroque
- classical
- contemporary
- jazz
- chorus
- church organ
- popular
- Theater
- Art
- Literature
- Video
- Silent movies with new music
