Wednesday, January 15, 2025. A concert featuring works by the internationally renowned composer Panagiotis Karousos was held with great success at the Athens Nursing Home, a concert dedicated to the return of the Parthenon Sculptures, organized by the Club for UNESCO of Piraeus and Islands - building peace in the minds of people. The welcome address was given by Ioannis Maronitis president of the Club for UNESCO of Piraeus and Islands and the international organization International Action Art, who referred to the return of the Parthenon Sculptures.
The poems set to music by the composer Panagiotis Karousos, the Parthenon (Kostís Palamas), the Caryatids (Ioannis Polemis), Daughter of Athens (Lord Byron), Achilles (aria I) - Afthíton kleos, Maria Callas of our hearts, Achilles (caballeta) - I will bring victory, Hermes' aria "The Thief of Fire" from the opera Prometheus Bound, and "Melina" a song for Melina Mercouri were presented with great success. The members of the musical ensemble "Rhapsodes" successfully participated: Rhea Voudouri (soprano), Yannos Kotzias (tenor), Maria Grigoriou (chorus), Sofia Daraki (chorus), Christiana Manou (piano). Artistic direction: Panagiotis Karousos. Educational associate, Maria Tsianti of the Corinthian Philologists Association. The songs and the artists were enthusiastically applauded by the audience of the packed hall of the Athens Nursing Home. The honorary plaque to Mr. Spyros Hamakiotis, President of the Athens Nursing Home, was awarded by the President of the Club for UNESCO of Piraeus and Islands Mr Ioannis Maronitis. Honorable mentions were awarded to: Mary Linda (singer), Melpo Zarocosta (actress), Cornelia Makridou (dancer known as Nadia Fontana), Vardinoyiannis Ioannis, Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Athens Charity Society, Nursing Home-Retirement home of the National Association of Elderly People, Konstantinos Soldatos, General Manager, Charalambopoulou Olga, Head of Social Services, Giannakoula Konstantina, Social Worker, Ifantopoulos Dimitrios, Physician, National Association of Elderly People, Konstantinos Roussakis, Pathologist - Athens Nursing Home, Kotsanovskagia Lioumpov, Physician (Ophthalmologists), National Association of Elderly People, Papanikou Vasiliki, Head of the KONSOLEIO Department, Tsoutsi Valentina, Head of the VAS Department. OLGA, Lekka Eleftheria Head of the ATHENS CENTER.
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