April 2024

“Our performances this year have a political orientation, in the sense that they focus on the challenges of coexistence in modern societies: the demand for Democracy, justice and inclusion, as well as the imperative need for civic participation.

This thread runs through our programming from “Piraeus 260” to Herodeion and the ancient theaters of Epidaurus.

In the program of “Piraeus 260” we have selected performances that, through different stage languages, answer the double question “How to live our lives?” How can we endure our lives?’

The program of the Athens-Epidavros Festival was announced yesterday, which this year, in 85 days, presents 93 productions with the participation of 2,500 performers from every corner of the Earth, as is typically reported.

Featuring Dionysis Savvopoulos, Tania Tsanaklidou, Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma, Charles Lloyd, as well as Simon Stone, Christoph Warlikowski, Timofey Kouliabin, Comedie Française and Thiago Rodriguez, this year’s performances organizers “touch on issues of identity, investigate the impact of technology on our daily lives with the development of Artificial Intelligence, talk regarding the feeling of isolation in a world where the citizen feels inhospitable, but also regarding moments of bliss that coexistence gives”, as he emphasizes the artistic director, Katerina Evagelatou, in her note. Information and ticket presale: aefestival.gr.

CONCERTS, DANCE AND OPERA AT THE HERODEIUM

13/6: Anohni and the Johnsons with her latest album ‘My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross’.

15/6: Emanouel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma in works by Beethoven.

17/6: A Century of Mimis Plessas with Giorgos Hatzinassios, Stefanos Korkolis, the ERT Contemporary Music Orchestra under the musical direction of Giorgos Aravidis et al.

18/6: The Philarmonia Orchestra of London in works by Glinka, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky.

21/6: World Music Day with the National Symphony Orchestra of ERT under the direction of Michalis Oikonomou.

25/6: Choreographer Anne-Teresa de Keersmacher with her team Rosas presents “Exit Above”.

26/6: Lorina McKennitt on 30 years of her album “The mask and the mirror”.

28/6: The State Orchestra of Athens presents Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony conducted by Neeme Järvi.

5/7: Sting sings his hits with Giordana Angi.

8-9/7: Dionysis Savvopoulos celebrates the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the Republic with “Our Transformation” and distinguished guests such as Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Dimitra Galani, Christos Thivaios, Manolis Mitsias, Panos Mouzourakis, Giorgos Dalaras and Maria Farandouri.

12/7: The State Orchestra of Athens, conducted by Loukas Karytinos, in works by Tchaikovsky and Bartok.

14/7: Tania Tsanaklidou in an evening with “50 summers and winters”.

18/7: The quartet of the great saxophonist Charles Lloyd collaborates once more with Maria Faradouri, 14 years following the “Athens Concert”.

27, 28, 30, 21/7: Konstantinos Rigos presents Verdi’s “La Traviata” with the National Opera, which was staged in 2019 at the Herodeion with great success.

ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA WORK IN EPIDAUROS

5-6/6: Premiere with “Iphigenia en Avlidi” directed by Timofey Kulyabin, who thrilled the audience in 2018 with “Three Sisters” in sign language. Starring Anthi Efstratiadou, Maria Naufliotou, Nikos Psarras and others.

12-13/7: Aeschylus’ Oresteia directed by Thodoris Terzopoulos for the National Theater with Evelyn Aswad, Tasso Dimas, Konstantinos Zografos, Elli Ingliz and others.

19-20/7: Riches of Aristophanes from KTHBE directed by Yiannis Kakleas with Manos Vakousi, Dimitris Diakosavva, Anna Efthymiou and others.

26-27/7: Comedie Française presents Euripides’ “Ekavi” directed by Thiago Rodríguez, the new director of the Avignon Festival.

2-3/8: The National Theater presents Euripides’ “Bacchaeus” directed by Thanos Papakonstantinou with Konstantinos Avarikiotis, Marianna Dimitriou, Alexia Kaltsikis and others.

9-10/8: Aris Biniaris directs “Chickens” by Aristophanes with Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos, Kyriakos Salis, Alexia Sapranidou, George Chrysostomou and others.

23-24/8: The Art Theater and the New World Theater collaborate for Aeschylus’ “Iketides” directed by Marianna Kalbaris. Starring Lydia Koniordou, Loukia Michalopoulou, Lena Papaligoura and others.

From July 5th to August 24th the exhibition “Hippolytus – Phaedra” runs in the exhibition space of Ancient Epidaurus. The exhibition is held on the occasion of the completion of 70 years since the informal opening of Epidaurion in 1954 with Euripides’ Hippolytus directed by Dimitris Rodiris from the National Theater, with Alekos Alexandrakis in the title role. Arrest – General supervision: Katerina Evagelatos.

From Debussy to archontorebetikain Little Epidaurus

24, 30/6: Parodos – Inter-artistic research program (studio residency) which aims to give the possibility to artists from a wide range of arts to advance, under ideal conditions, their research on ancient dramaturgy in situ. Coordination by Simos Kakalas, who will work on Euripides’ Orestes, translated by Yiannis Tsarouhis.

5-6/7: “I, a slave” by Vangelis Hatzigiannidis, inspired by “Ekavi” by Euripides, directed by Nikos Hatzopoulos with Filareti Komninos. And “Iphigenia/Vora” by Vivian Stergiou, inspired by “Iphigenia en Avlidis” by Euripides, directed by Ekaterinis Papageorgiou.

13/7: Alexia Voulgaridis and Jan Roelof Wolthius present “Love, love and death” with works by Debussy, Alban Berg and Ottorino Respighi.

20/7: Dimitris Kalantzis arranges Hadzidaki and Tsitsani in a jazz style.

26-27/7: Eleonora Zouganeli in popular and aristocratic manners.

They take the stage of “Piraeus 260”:

5-7/6: Krzysztof Warlikowski directs Warsaw’s Nowy Teatr in “Seven Lessons and Five Parables”, based on the plays “Elizabeth Costello”, “A Slow Man” and “Moral Tales” by J. M. Koutsi.

5-6/6: “A la carte” by the choreographer Yiannis Mantafounis with the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company.

5-7/6: “The Verso” by choreographer Anastasia Valsamakis.

13-14/6: “Lacrima” directed by Caroline Guiela Nguyen, who previously presented “Saigon” (2019) and “Brotherhood: A Fantastic Story” in 2021.

15-18/6: “Ninety” directed by Valerias Dimitriadou with Vangelis Ambatzis, Adriana Andreovits, Konstantinos Aspiotis and others.

15-18/6: “Songs of the Greek people – Drag oratorio”, performance opera by Yiannis Skourletis.

17-18/6: “Kryptogama” by Michalis Albatis directed by Nikaitis Kontouris with Makis Papadimitriou.

21-26/6: “Mr. Lin’s Beloved” by Philippe Claudel directed by Guy Cashiers with Konstantinos Markoulakis.

26-27/6: “Signal to noise” by British Forced Entertainment and directed by Tim Etchells.

26-29/6: “50 years, one night” directed by Manos Karatogiannis for the 50th anniversary of the Polytechnic. Starring: Giorgos Vourdamis, Maria Zorba, Yvonne Maltezou et al.

29-30/6: “Zonder” by choreographer Aselene Parolin regarding failure and our mistakes.

14-15/7: “Parallax” directed by the Hungarian Cornel Mudrutso regarding the experience of “Jewishness” from generation to generation.

In “Piraeus 260” we will also see works by Anesti Azas, Haras Kotsali, Argyros Chiotis, Katerina Andreou and others. Also, at the Old Parliament Building, Efthymis Filippou and Angeliki Papoulia present “Etymologies” (18-22/7), regarding the importance of uncertainty, questioning and ambiguity in relation to language, communication and national identity . Finally, from June 10 to 14, Stavros Gasparatos curates the Subset Festival at the Athens Conservatory with young musicians, while on June 1 and 2 the Indie Playground Festival is hosted at the “Hellenic World” Cultural Center with Larry Gus, Puta Volcano, AMKA, Whereswilder et al.

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