Hellenic Music and FrΑnce

15 February 2007-3 March 2007

French Institute of Athens

Sina 31, tel. 210 3398600

Exhibition: 15/2/2007-3/3/2007

Concerts:

  • 15/2/2007, 20:30: L. A. Bourgault-Ducoudray, Melodies Populaires de Grθce & d' Orient. Marina Theodoropoulou, soprano / Yannis Tsanakaliotis, piano

  • 23/2/2007, 20:30: Piano recital of Athina Fytika. Works by Samaras, Levidis, Papaioannou, Varvoglis, Poniridis, Sfetsas, Riadis, Kouroupos

  • 2/3/2007, 20:30: Hymns of the Orthodox Mass harmonized by Emilios Riadis and L. A. Bourgault-Ducoudray. Participating: Vocal Ensemble of the Music Department of the Ionian University (directed by Miranda Kaldi), «Corfu Cantors» Vocal Ensemble (directed by Eustathios Makris) and the Youths Choir of the Saints Cyrille and Methodius Church of Thessaloniki (directed by Maria Emma Meligopoulou)

Colloquium: "Hellenic Music and France", 24/2/2007, Auditorium of French Institute, 10:00 a.m.

09:30 Registration

10:00 Inaugural speeches 
  • Session Ι: «French Music in Greece»

10:30 Panos Vlagopoulos, The hellenic reference  in the works of Guillaume Du Fay 

10:50 Kostas Kardamis, The musical theatre and the revolutionary fκtes in Corfu during the period of Revolutionary French (1797-1799)

11:10 Stela Kourbana, French operatic troupes in Greece 

11:30 Haris Xanthoudakis, L.A. Bourgault – Ducoudray  and the traditional music of Greece

 Intermission
  • Session ΙΙ: «Hellenic music in France Ι»

12:00 Giorgos Kostantzos, The case of Konstantinos Nikolopoulos

12:20 Dimitris Brovas, Opιra comique as seen from Nikoalos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros's perspectives 

12:40 Aura Xepapadakou, Harikleia Darclιe: her french debute

Intermission
  • Session ΙΙΙ: «Hellenic Music in France ΙΙ»

13:10 Dimitris Giannelos, L.A. Bourgault – Ducoudray  and the orthodox sacred music 

13:30 Markos Dragoumis,  Melpo and Octave Merlier and the research of the hellenic traditional music

13:50 Makis Solomos, Greek composers in the 20th-century France