Six composers from USA, Greece and Cyprus present their work and collaborate with the musicians and singers of the 6th Musa Hellenica Festival on the island of Chios, Greece, to produce new pieces.

Daily meetings, presentations, rehearsals recordings and performances.

All composers participated in the Chios Medieval Castle Arts Fest.

Presentations

July 2 & 3: Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. Presented by Alex Kalogeras
July 4: Iannis Xenakis' Keren for solo trombone. Presented by Andreas-Rolandos Theodorou
July 5: The contemporary basoon. Presented by Janet Underhill
July 7: Evryali and other piano Iannis Xenakis piano works. Presented by Ermis Theodorakis
July 8: Samuel Dvorin on his works — Alexandros Balaouras on his works — Myro Solomou on her works

Participating composers

Len Tetta (USA - Boston University) - bio
Farthest Corners (String Quartet No. 4) - Recorded
The Parable of the Old Man and the Young for soprano and piano - Recorded

Samuel Dvorin (USA - Boston University) - bio
Avant Garde Art Song No. 3, for string quartet - Premiered on Thursday, July 7, during the Chios Medieval Castle Arts Fest
Guitar Quartet No. 2, for soprano, bassoon, percussion and viola - Rehearsed

Yorgos Antoniou (Greece - New Horizons Conservatory) - bio
Song for soprano and piano - Premiered on Tuesday, July 5,
Quintet for 2 trumpets and 3 trombones

Alexandros Balaouras (Greece - Nea Techni Conservatory) - bio
New work for bassoon and piano

Myro Solomou (Cyprus) - bio
Song for Soprano and piano

Anna Daniilidi (Greece - National Conservatory) - bio
The Nightingale
Interactive music tale for narrator, flute, recorder, bassoon, trombone, guitar, piano, percussion, violin, viola, violoncello and double bass. - Premiered on Thursday, July 7, during the Chios Medieval Castle Arts Fest