September
Tuesday, 20
Chantal Câlin sings Edith Piaf & Jacques Brel
Co-organised with the Embassy of Belgium in Athens
Friday, 30
Carousel ensemble performing music from the Mediterranean
June - July
Thursday, 16 June
Rebetiko (kind of urban greek folk music)
A tribute to Stella Haskil
Thursday, 23 June
Al Mahabba ensemble, classic Arabic music
Tuesday, 28 June
Traditional fados by fadistas from Portugal & Paula Colasso
Tuesday, 5 July
Marta Moreleon & Cara Latino quintet
Thursday, 7 July
Traditional songs from Minor Asia
Friday, 8 July
Flamenco with the Spanish singer Carmen Molina
and the Ronda al Alba dance company
Monday, 11 July
Arabic folk music by Omani artists
and Greek Folk Trio (kanun, lute and lyra)
Tuesday, 12 July
Portugal meets Greece, Andre Maia ensemble
-----------------------------------------------Past concerts
> Turkish singer Fide Koksal performs Greek - Turkish folk and traditional songs with Antonis Apergis (guitar), Odysseas Zafiropoulos (violin), Michalis Sotirakis (lute, tzoura) and Giannis Papagiannoulis (percussions)
> Andalusian flamenco singer Antonia Nogaredo & the Ronda al Alba Greek-Spanish ensemble
> Atropon Ensemble performs songs of the Anatolian music as well as traditional music dances of the Mediterranean
(Greece, Aegean Islands, South Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain-Andalousia, Egypt, Lebanon, Jewish Sephardic music...)
> Sofia Joons and Maarja Nuut, are a duo performing Estonian and Swedish folk songs with a violin and a bowed lyre (hiiu kannel)
Co-organised with the Embassy of Estonia in Athens
> Human Touch
David Lynch, saxophones, flutes, whistles, voice, percussion, spontaneous combustion
Yiotis Kiourtsoglou, basses, percussion, facial effects
Stavros Lantsias, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion, guitar, melodica, curve balls
Dates:Summer 2011
Venue:Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments
Address:1-3, Diogenous str., Plaka
Tel:+30 210 7234567
Info/Tickets:10 euros
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