Sunday, 08.07.2018, 21:00 – Kalamata Castle Amphitheatre
Danubia Symphonic Winds in concert
Works for wind orchestra by Doss, Giftakis (first performance), Shaw, Skalkottas, Strauss, van der Roost and Whitacre
Andreas Simbeni, conductor
In collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Austria in Athens (Greco-Austrian Music Summer)

Monday, 09.07.2018, 21:00 – Concert Hall of the Municipal Conservatory of Kalamata
Arias and Lieder
Final concert of the “Vocal and musical interpretation masterclass” with Aris Christofellis and Panagiotis Adam (04.-09.07.2018)
With Eirini Bilini-Moraiti, Natalia Glezou, Olga Grammatikopoulou, Vasiliki Koutsandrea, Ioanna Kykna, Pavlos Pantazopoulos, Anthia Papadopoulou, Sofia Symeonidi and Maria Tsironi.
Maria Papapetropoulou, piano accompanist

Thursday, 12.07.2018, 21:00 – Concert Hall of the Municipal Conservatory of Kalamata
Arionas Gyftakis’ Jazz Quartet – A post mainstream jazz project
With Tzortzis Tsiropoulos (tenor saxophone), Gabriele Milozzi (alto saxophone), Arionas Gyftakis (double bass) and Anastasis Gouliaris (drums)
Bold sound with angles that feels quite rough to the ear and balances between an extroversion and an innerness. With inspiration drawn from Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk and Steve Lacy, the quartet’s original compositions and solos can be characterized as expressionistic.

Tuesday, 17.07.2018 to Thursday, 26.07.2018 – Municipal Conservatory and Philharmonic Amphitheatre of Kalamata
Masterclasses with Felix Froschhammer (violin), Indira Rahmatulla (violoncello) and Alexia Mouza (piano)

Tuesday, 17.07.2018, 19:00 – Kalamata Central Square
99 corners of a possible self
Dance performance with live music accompaniment
99 transformations, 99 moments of breath, of birth, of the mystery that weaves the fine thread of the human existence. A journey into the nebulous, shady and hidden corners of a possible self.
Athanasia Kanellopoulou, concept – choreography – performance
Nikos Palaiologos (string instruments) and Giorgos Kladis (percussion), music composition – performance
In collaboration with the 24th Kalamata International Dance Festival.

Thursday, 19.07.2018, 22:00 – Kalamata Dance Megaron (forecourt)
El Violin Latino meets Yumarya (party)
A latin jazz session with El Violin Latino, the band of the multi-awarded, world famous violinist and composer Gregor Hübner and the singer Yumarya
With Gregor Hübner (violin), Klaus Müller (piano), Veit Hübner (bass), Jerome Goldschmidt (percussion) and Yumarya (vocals).
In collaboration with the 24th Kalamata International Dance Festival.

Sunday, 22.07.2018
Daylong excursion with the masterclasses’ participants to Kardamyli

Monday, 23.07.2018, 21:00 – Kalamata Dance Megaron (Studio)
A journey through 200 years of music
Chamber music concert with Felix Froschhammer (violin), Indira Rahmatulla (violoncello) and Alexia Mouza (piano) playing works by Babajanian, Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Klengel, Ravel, Schubert, Schumann and Tchaikovsky

Tuesday, 24.07.2018, 21:00 – Aghioi Apostoloi Square
Songs from the courts of Medieval Europe – Dimitris Kountouras & Εx Silentio Ensemble
With Fanie Antonelou (voice), Dimitris Kountouras (medieval flutes) and Nikos Varrelas (percussion)
(The public concert was cancelled due to the three-day national mourning for the victims of the Mati Wildfire on 23.07.2018. It was converted into a closed seminar for Early Music given by the musicians for the masterclasses’ participants at the Philharmonic Amphitheatre of Kalamata.)

Wednesday, 25.07.2018, 21:00 – Amphitheatre of Music Gymnasium of Kalamata “Maria Callas”
Concert of the masterclasses’ participants Vol.1
With Nehir Nisa Alemdar, Zeynep Arslan, Ioannis Boufidis, Ada Çağlar, Felix Froschhammer, Jamila Garayusifli, Melinda Konstantinidou, Athene Kouroupakis, Penelope Kouroupakis, Defne Kükürt, Panagiotis Mayroeidis, Panagiota Pelekouda, Paris Rizas Pintzopoulos, Maria Karolina Rahmatulla and Şenol Sonat Uğun playing works by Bach, Beethoven, Boccherini, Debussy, Gershwin, Goltermann, Lutosławski, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Rachmaninoff and Vivaldi
Lucas Georgas and Yannis Shymko, piano accompanists
(Public event cancelled due to the national mourning)

Thursday, 26.07.2018, 21:00 – Amphitheatre of Music Gymnasium of Kalamata “Maria Callas”
Concert of the masterclasses’ participants Vol.2
With Nehir Nisa Alemdar, Zeynep Arslan, Ioannis Boufidis, Ada Çağlar, Felix Froschhammer, Jamila Garayusifli, Melinda Konstantinidou, Athene Kouroupakis, Penelope Kouroupakis, Defne Kükürt, Katerina Mandilari, Kostas Markou, Panagiotis Mayroeidis, Eleni Mitrousia, Pavlos Mastrogiannis, Paris Rizas Pintzopoulos, Indira Rahmatulla, Maria Karolina Rahmatulla and Şenol Sonat Uğun playing works by Bach, Beriot, Boccherini, Brahms, Chopin, Clérambault, Dancla, Debussy, Fauré, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Popper, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, de Sarasate, Vivaldi and Wieniawski
Lucas Georgas and Yannis Shymko, piano accompanists
(Public event cancelled due to the national mourning)

Sunday, 26.08.2018, 21:00 – Kalamata Castle Amphitheatre
Strings in Motion – String chamber orchestra
Concert of the International String Academy “Strings in Motion” of the Mozarteum University Salzburg with works by Haydn, Kreisler, Lalo, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Skalkottas
Anastasia Dhimitri and Stelios Mastrogiannis, violin solo
José Louis Guttiérrez, conductor
In collaboration with the Mozarteum University Salzburg and the Embassy of the Republic of Austria in Athens (Greco-Austrian Music Summer).

Monday, 27.08.2018, 21:00 – Kalamata Dance Megaron (Main Stage)
Strings in Motion – String chamber music
Concert of the International String Academy “Strings in Motion” of the Mozarteum University Salzburg with Anastasia Dhimitri, José Luis Guttiérrez, Tobias Höll, Marinus Kreidt, Lydia Kurz, Nikolas Mair, Stelios Mastrogiannis, Lucie Schwarze and Florian Simma playing works by Bériot, Dohnányi, Dvořák, Franck, Grieg, Lalo, Mendelssohn, de Sarasate and Weber
Yannis Shymko, piano accompanist
In collaboration with the Mozarteum University Salzburg and the Embassy of the Republic of Austria in Athens (Greco-Austrian Music Summer).

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