Composer Panagiotis Karousos is running for City Council District 6, Athens, Greece

Panagiotis Karousos is candidate for the Municipal Council of the 6th Municipal District of Athens with Nasos Iliopoulos, candidate of SYRIZA for the municipality of Athens, with the "Open City" at the upcoming municipal elections of May 26, 2019

UNESCO awarded Panagiotis Karousos is Greek-Canadian composer who brings to his music the philosophy and spiritualism of the Greek classics. He is the most important living opera composer of Greek origin. His style is based on bel-canto with emphasis on dramatic expression. Romantic emotion characterizes his compositions in the tradition of the great melodists.

He did many concerts in Canada and USA with his Symphony No.1 “Liberty”, and Symphony No.2 “Olympic” with Astoria Symphony, the FACE Symphony Orchestra, the OSJL-L Symphony Orchestra and the Monteregie Symphony Orchestra under the direction of maestros Silas Nathaniel Huff, Andre Gauthier, Theodora Stathopoulos and Luc Chaput. The Piano Concerto 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 Olympic Flame choir was presented with the Symphony Orchestra and the Choir of Gunst wat'n Kunst at Hague, Holland, with maestro R. Pylarinos. The opera Alexander the Great presented in Montreal at the Montreal Notre Dame Basilica, in Chicago Illinois conducted by David Stech, in North Carolina Theatre 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, New York, and Washington DC. From 2013 he did major presentations of Prometheus in Ancient Greek Theaters (Epidaurus, Messina, Ancient Agora), and the National Archaeological Museum 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 with City of Athens Symphony Orchestra with maestro Eleftherios Kalkanis.

His Liederabend and chamber music was presented in Berlin from pianist Theodosia Ntokou and musicians from Berliner Camerata with impressed reviews in 2015.

In 2016 he presented the opera Olympic Flame at Lincoln Center in New York with soloists and orchestra under the direction of Jestin Pieper, and Prometheus at La Sorbonne University in Paris with soloists from the National Opera of Greece.

The Greek National Radio Television did many profiles on him and broadcasted live his works with some of the most talented artists of opera and classical music.

Mr. Panagiotis Karousos is director of Opera and Classical Music for UNESCO Piraeus & Islands Club in Greece. 

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Greek conductor Phaedra Giannelou successfully conducted works by Panagiotis Karousos

Sunday 14 April 2019. A concert of original melodies and harmonies took place at the Municipal Theater of Corinth, impressing the audience that applauded continuously.

Corinthians have had the opportunity to enjoy a great concert with works of a very high artistic standards. The well-known and most beloved in Corinth composer Panagiotis Karousos impressed the audience with original melodic epic works.

This excellent concert was co-organized by the Department of School Activities of the Directorate for Secondary Education of Corinthia and the Municipality of the City of Corinth under the auspices of the Club for UNESCO Piraeus and Islands.

The concert was conducted by the leading Greek conductor, Phaedra Giannelou, who, with her excellent technique in the performance of musical works, enthralled the audience.

The soloists were two great voices of the Greek opera, soprano Irini Konsta, and bass Vasilis Asimakopoulos, who performed magically the outstanding works of Panagiotis Karousos. Their splendid voices and their stage presence settled the audience grabbing immediately their attention.

At the concert participated the Graduates' Choir of Pallini Music School, the Educators' Choir of Attiki and the Greek Symphonic Orchestra, conducted by the experienced baguette of maestro Phaedra Giannelou.

The concert was anticipated by the Mayor of Corinth, Alexandros Pneumatikos, the Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Corinth, Costas Partsinvevelos, Ioannis Pheidas, Director of the Directorate for Secondary Education of Corinth, and the well-known private researcher, writer and cultural heritage consultant of UNESCO Piraeus and Islands Giorgos Tsoukalis, who worthy represented Ioannis Maronitis, President of the Club for UNESCO Piraeus & Islands.

The concert was well coordinated and presented by the Head of the Department of School Activities in Corinthia, musician Anastasia Tsapalou who said: "The music of composer Panagiotis Karousos is equivalent to the great classics of the opera, so far nothing has been heard in the Greek repertoire of the opera”.

Also, an intellectual critic of Corinth wrote: "M. Karousos, Your music has all the sounds and colors of the glowing Greek flame, as it goes beyond its boundaries and tends to perceive the whole planet as it was shot, enveloping its deep epic character with lyricism for reasons of self-defense. We like it, we are grateful! be good and create, thank you". G.P.

In the first part of the concert the following projects were presented:

Introduction of the opera "Prometheus Bound", Chorus of Oceanids from the opera "Prometheus Bound", Duet (Prometheus - Io) from the opera "Prometheus Bound", Chorus of Olympic Flame from the opera "Trachiniae"

Duet (Hyllus & Makaria) from the opera "Trachiniae", Chorus from the opera "Alexander the Great", Chorus from the Oratorio: "The Light of Christianity".

In the second part of the program, was presented the Oratorio: "The United Nations - Hope of Mankind" by Panagiotis Karousos, dedicated to the United Nations. The work consisting by six poems of great poets representing the six official languages ​​of the United Nations: "I hear America Singing” Walt Whitman, «The Singer» Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, «Un Jour de Printemps» Li Po, «Musique Divine» Kahlil Gibran (La Voix de l'éternelle sagesse), «Canción del gitano apaleado» Federico García Lorca, «The Harp of Songs» Lamartine, Finale: "The Song of the Nations".

The program began with the recitation of a poem by Anastasia Tsapalou inspired by the opera "Prometheus Bound" by Panagiotis Karousos.

Among the distinguished audiences were the Deputy Regional Chief of the Peloponnese Athanasios Gikas, the President of the 1st ELME of Korinthia Sofia Kanellou, the former MP of Corinthia Aikaterini Farmaki-Geki, the Director of the Ishmia Gymnasium Manolis Papachristodoulou, Falia Papayannopoulou Music Pedagogue, the Director of the Children's Choir and “Opus femina” female vocal ensemble of the KEPAP of the Municipality of Corinth, Katerina Papanikolaou Zogou Director of Lyceum of Aghioi Theodoroi, Philologist - Journalist, and Director of the Training School Family Corinth Municipal, and Zacharias Zachariou Activities Responsible of the Greek Physicists.

 

 

Billy Chrissochos: Presentation/lecture “An Ode to Macedonia”

April 12th 2019. New York, NY, United States. Billy Chrissochos: This past Sunday I partook on a new endeavor. I am now part of the newly established Hellenic Cultural Center of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of Flushing. Our first endeavor was the presentation/lecture “An Ode to Macedonia.”Mrs. Ekaterine Livanis was the key speaker speaking about the aftermath of the Prespes Agreement. I showed a slide presentation of the historical role of Macedonia throughout Hellenic History. The St. Nicholas Children’s Choir and pianist Areti Giovanni performed under the direction of Eleftherios Eleftheriadis. Mrs Kromidas was the master of Ceremonies and Father Paul Palesty spoke about the new committee. His eminence Archbishop Demetrios graced us with his presence and spoke to the enthralled crowd in the end.
Main lecture in Greek, slide presentation in English. Many thanks to George Selinsky for live streaming my presentation. You can watch it here:https://www.facebook.com/groups/627895857390614/permalink/1127960094050852?sfns=mo
Billy Chrissochos, Director of Modern Music at UNESCO Club of the Department of Piraeus and Islands, and Realtor at Metropolis Realty. UNESCO/Porphyra Musical Director.AHEPA Director of Hellenism District 6
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