CONCERT OF THE COMPOSER PANAGIOTIS KAROUSOS

 

PERISTERI ALL STARS FESTIVAL 2022-2023

CONCERT OF THE COMPOSER PANAGIOTIS KAROUSOS
WEDNESDAY 4 JANUARY 2023 AT 19.00
Democracy Square (Town Hall) - Peristeri metro station

BIG CONCERT OF THE GREEK-CANADIAN COMPOSER PANAGIOTIS KAROUSOS
WELL-KNOWN STARS OF GREEK SONG AND THE PEOPLE'S SINGER
NANTIA KARAGIANNI

PARTICIPATING: NANDIA KARAGIANNI, GEORGIA SIAKAVARA, KOSTAS VENETSANOS,
THODORIS BIRAKOS, YOTIS FOTIADIS, ANNA TZANAKAKIS, NIKI SYRIHA
THE PRESENTATION WILL BE MADE BY THE POPULAR ACTOR KOSTAS VENETSANOS
MUSICIANS: ANDREAS PRIONAS (PIANO), YIANNIS LAMBRAKIS (BOUZOUKI),
ANDREAS NIAKARIS (PERCUSSION), NIKOS TSAHTSIRIS (BASS)
MUSIC DIRECTOR: ANDREAS PRIONAS
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: PANAGIOTIS KAROUSOS

PERISTERI MUNICIPALITY, ATHENS, GREECE

Poems Set to Music by composer Panagiotis Karousos: The Enchanted Fountain (Costas Krystallis), Remembrance (Dionysios Solomos), Approach (Yiannis Ritsos), Wayfarer (Paul Nirvana), How much I love you (Yannis Vilaras), Τhe child in the river (Georgios Vizyinos), Silence (Kostis Palamas), Parthenon (Kostis Palamas), You the sweet (George Drosinis), Caryatids (Ioannis Polemis), Elevation (Nikiforos Vrettakos), In an old church (Miltiadis Malakasis), In the night club (Napoleon Lapathiotis), Learn the pain (Ioannis Gryparis), My world (Karl Marx), You will pull forward (Manolis Anagnostakis) Flowers of the cliff (Georgios Drosinis), Tomorrow Light (Alekos Panagoulis), Arise, Greece (Alexander Pushkin), Maid of Athens (Lord Byron)
It concerns the new compositional work of the renowned Greek-Canadian composer Panagiotis Karousos. The composer of classical music known through his operas (Prometheus bound, Trachiniae - Olympic Flame, Alexander the Great), Oratorio: "The Song of the Nations", the Symphony of Liberty, etc., set to music poems by great Greek and foreign poets. A tribute to the 200 years of poetry (1821-2021) 200 Years of the Greek Revolution that we celebrate this year.
Panagiotis Karousos is a renowned Greek-Canadian composer who brings to his music the philosophy and spiritualism of the Greek classics. His Symphony No.1 “Liberty”, was presented in Canada and New York with great success with the Astoria Symphony and maestro Silas Nathaniel Huff. He did many concerts in Canada with his Liberty Symphony, and Symphony No.2 “Olympic” with the FACE Symphony Orchestra, the OSJL-L Symphony Orchestra and the Monteregie Symphony Orchestra under the direction of maestros Andre Gauthier, Theodora Stathopoulos and Luc Chaput. The Piano Concerto for Peace was presented with pianist Nathalie Joncas under UNESCO auspices in the Montreal Popular Concerts series in Montreal’s Maurice Richard Arena to an audience of 5000 people. The Suite Montrealaise was commended from the City of Montreal to mark the Millennium. The Olympic Flame choir was presented with the Symphony Orchestra and the Choir of Gunst wat'n Kunst at Hague, Holland, with maestro Rafael Pylarinos. P. Karousos Violin Concerto was presented in New York, under the direction of maestro Grant Gilman. The opera Alexander the Great presented in Montreal at the Montreal Notre Dame Basilica, in Chicago Illinois with the American Symphony Orchestra of Chicago and conducted by David Stech, in North Carolina Theatre with East Coast Philharmonic and soloists under the direction of Grant Gilman, and in Toronto at P.C. Ho Theater Cultural Center of Toronto with the Sneak Peak Symphony Orchestra of Toronto University and soloists under the direction of maestro Victor Cheng. The opera Prometheus represented in Los Angeles, in New York with the Astoria Symphony and soloists, and in Washington DC with The District of Columbia Symphony Orchestra. In 2013 he did major presentations of Prometheus in Ancient Greek Theaters (Epidaurus, Messina, Ancient Agora), and the National Archeological Meseum of Greece. In 2014 Prometheus presented with bass Vasilis Asimakopoulos in the United Nations and in Mamie Fay auditorium of New York under the auspices of UNESCO. His Symphony No.4 “Earth” premiered in 2014 with City of Athens Symphony Orchestra under the direction of maestro Eleftherios Kalkanis. In 11 December 2014 he presented in Athens Greece his "Tuba Concerto" dedicated to the International Mountain Day Under the Auspices of United Nations. The lyric tragedy "Prometheus Bound" is the first Greek popular opera presented internationally and always with great success in areas such as the Sorbonne, Place des Arts in Canada, Epidaurus, UN, getting rave reviews. 

ΤΕΤΆΡΤΗ, 4 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΊΟΥ 2023 ΣΤΙΣ 7 Μ.Μ.

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Successful Christmas concert by Panagiotis Karousos with opera singers in "Greek Santa's Village"

 

Successful Christmas concert by Panagiotis Karousos at Greek Santa's Village, Athens, Greece

 December 25, 2022. Christmas at the Rock Theater in Byron Municipality, Athens, Greece! Another successful Christmas concert by the renown Greek Canadian composer Panagiotis Karousos and the wonderful group of lyrical singers as part of the Christmas Events "Greek Santa's Village", the Greek village of Santa Claus at the "Anna Synodinou" and "Melina Merkouri" Rock Theaters. Participants: Rea Voudouri, Nina Giatra, Argyris Kontonikolaou, Niki Zacharopoulou, the music director Harry Giann (piano), artistic director Panagiotis Karousos, and presentation by Rea Voudouris. Lots of applause and excitement from the audience! It was a festive concert with unforgettable melodies. Young and old people alike sang the Christmas carols with the excellent staff of lyric singers. In a festive environment with the manger, the carousel, the Christmas tree and the illuminated stars, the "Greek Santa's Village" in Byrona offers to the citizens the best and best for Christmas. In this wonderful concert Panagiotis Karousos, set to music Christmas poems by Kostis Palamas, Konstantinos Hatzopoulos, Costas Krystallis, choral works from the Oratorio: Light of Christianity, the opera Iliad by Homer and famous Christmas songs, Joy to the world, Feliz Navidad, Last Christmas - Wham!, So this is Christmas - John Lennon, Holy Night, Oh! Come on, the program ended with everyone singing Christmas carols together with the audience.

Stunning Gold Medallion with the Portrait of Alexander the Great

 Stunning Gold Medallion with the Portrait of Alexander the Great.

This Medallion was discovered in Egypt as part of a hoard that comprised about twenty similar medallions (now dispersed among various museums), eighteen gold ingots, and six hundred gold coins issued by Roman emperors from Severus Alexander to Constantius I.

One of the medallions, now in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon, bears an inscription that possibly reads "Olympic games of the year 274", a date corresponding to 242-243 CE. It is possible that the medallions were intended as prizes to be given out at that event. Alternatively, they may have been issued by Emperor Caracalla who is potrayed on some of them.

Caracalla liked to be compared to the great king and conquerror Alexander of Macedon. Like Alexander, this Roman emperor waged war in the East, and actually died in the course of his campaign against the Parthians.

This particular medallion shows Alexander the Great gazing heavenward and bearing a shield decorated with signs of the zodiac. This portrait shows him with his hair pulled back. He wears a decorated cuirass with a figure of Athena on the shoulder strap and, on the chest, a scene from the Gigantomachy (War of the Giants). The back depicts Alexander and Nike, goddess of victory, riding in a chariot, flanked by the deities Roma and Mars.

Image property: The Walter Art Museum, Baltimore Maryland.

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«Όπερα Γκαλά ΜΑΡΙΑ ΚΑΛΛΑΣ 2022»

 

«Όπερα Γκαλά ΜΑΡΙΑ ΚΑΛΛΑΣ 2022» και βραβεύσεις καλλιτεχνών στην Εταιρία Ελλήνων Λογοτεχνών

Με επιτυχία διεξάχθηκε η συναυλία-αφιέρωμα στη Μαρία Κάλλας. Παρασκευή 16 Δεκεμβρίου 2022, 19:00 στην ΕΤΑΙΡΙΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΩΝ στην αίθουσα εκδηλώσεων Μιχαήλας Αβέρωφ της Ε.Ε.Λ. (Ακαδημίας & Γενναδίου 8 ).

Συμμετείχαν οι λυρικοί τραγουδιστές, Ρέα Βουδούρη, Μαρία Κιόρογλου, Νίνα Γιατρά, Γιάννης Δάρρειος, Διονύσης Μηλιδάκης, Αργύρης Κοντονικολάου, Σοφία Μουτάφη. Την μουσική διεύθυνση έκανε ο πιανίστας Χάρρυ Τζιάνν, ο συντονισμός ήταν της σοπράνο Ρέας Βουδούρη, και η καλλιτεχνική διεύθυνση του μουσικοσυνθέτη Παναγιώτη Καρούσου.

Την συναυλία προλόγισε ο Κώστας Καρούσος, Πρόεδρος Εταιρίας Ελλήνων Λογοτεχνών, Ποιητής, Κριτικός Λογοτεχνίας, Εικαστικός. Πρόεδροι της εταιρείας υπήρξαν οι: Νίκος Καζαντζάκης, Γρηγόριος Ξενόπουλος, Άγγελος Σικελιανός, Μιλτιάδης Μαλακάσης κ.α.

Το Όπερα Γκαλά ΜΑΡΙΑ ΚΑΛΛΑΣ 2022 επετειακή συναυλία & βραβεία 2022 «Η ΘΕΪΚΗ ΜΑΡΙΑ ΚΑΛΛΑΣ» τίμησαν μεταξύ άλλων με την παρουσία τους ο συγγραφέας Γιώργος Σταυράκης, ο ποιητής Σπύρος Αυλωνίτης του Δ.Σ. της Εταιρίας Ελλήνων Λογοτεχνών (Ε.Ε.Λ), η Λογοτέχνης Κατερίνα Ντούγκα – Κοτοπούλου, η μεσόφωνος Νίκη Ζαχαροπούλου, η μουσικός Πόπη Καλυμνίου υπεύθυνη δημοσίων σχέσεων του Κεντρικού Εθνικού Ωδείου, η Μαίρη Κατσουλάκου, εκπρόσωπος της UNESCO Πειραιώς και Νήσων, ο κόντρα τενόρος Γιώργος Κατσούλης ο οποίος ερμήνευσε την άρια «O del mio dolce ardor» από την όπερα Πάρις & Ελένη του Christoph Willibald Gluck.

Στο Πρόγραμμα ερμηνεύτηκαν διάσημες μελωδίες από όπερες και έργα του συνθέτη Παναγιώτη Καρούσου: «O del mio dolce ardor» (Γκλουκ: Πάρις & Ελένη) - Γιάννης Δάρρειος, Caro Mio Ben - Giuseppe Giordani - Σοφία Μουτάφη, Santa Lucia (Iταλική καντσονέτα) - Αργύρης Κοντονικολάου, 'O sole mio (Di Capua) - Γιάννης Δάρρειος, Αργύρης Κοντονικολάου, Διονύσης Μηλιδάκης, «Io conosco un giardino» (Pietri: Maristella) Διονύσης Μηλιδάκης, Puccini - La Bohème - Musetta's Waltz - Ρέα Βουδούρη, La Rondine: "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" Νίνα Γιατρά, Χριστούγεννα του χωριού (Ποίηση: Κωνσταντίνος Χατζόπουλος), Μαρία Κιόρογλου, Παρθενώνας (Κωστής Παλαμάς) αφιερωμένο στην επιστροφή των Γλυπτών του Παρθενώνα - Ρέα Βουδούρη & Χορωδία, Ω Φύση! (Ποίηση: Κώστας Καρούσος) Νίνα Γιατρά, Καρυάτιδες (Ποίηση: Ιωάννης Πολέμης) – Χορωδιακό, Μαρία Κάλλας της καρδιάς μας - Ρέα Βουδούρη, Η Ασπίδα του Αχιλλέα (Ιλιάδα του Ομήρου) – Χορωδιακό και το γνωστό “Libiamo, ne' lieti calici” από την όπερα La Traviata του Βέρντι.