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White Tower tales
A set of multi-themed events inspired by the White Tower monument and its connection with city life both in the past and today. White Tower tales is a Parallaxi production in the context of 54th Dimitria Festival in cooperation with the Municipality of Thessaloniki- Directorate of Culture, National Theatre of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki Concert Hall
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18 Οκτωβρίου 2019
Macbeth – Τeatro di Sardegna
A remarkable and innovative adaptation of the classic tragedy written by William Shakespeare. During Allessandro Serra’s performance, the set is transferred from the United Kingdom and Scotland to Sardinia and its carnival culture and rituals. Driven by the spirit of Elizabethan theatre, all main characters are played by male actors. The original text is translated
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Selanik
A completely unknown part of Thessaloniki’s music tradition is presented through the work of four Ottoman music composers all coming from Thessaloniki city who had lived in Constantinople during the 18th and 19th century. Moreover, the traditional music of the Turkish population of our city is also introduced to us as a typical example of
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LACHRIMÆ LYRÆ (Seven tears)
The moving and timeless sound produced by Sokratis Sinopoulos’ lyre talks with the violas da gamba and these luminous and impressive sounds produced by the French L’Achéron ensemble. Based on Lachrimæ or “Seven Tears” combosed by the famous English composer of the 16th century John Dowland as well as on a feeling of sorrow and
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Thessaloniki in paintings
The Society for Macedonian Studies holds an exhibition entitles “Thessaloniki in paintings” in the Art Gallery to celebrate the 80th anniversary from its foundation. This event is a part of the festivities organized to celebrate the 80 years of the S. F. M. S. and will host the artworks both of Greeks artists and artists
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Real Magic
Real Magic creates a world of absurd disconnection, struggle and comical repetition. To the sound of looped applause and canned laughter, three performers take part in an impossible illusion –part mind-reading feat, part cabaret act, often an after midnight nightmare which they are called to revisit for more moments of hope and defeat. Caught in
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Exhibition dedicated to Haris Savvopoulos
Haris Savvopoulos, art historian and professor of Art History at the School of Visual and Applied Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, had been cooperating for many years with the Municipality of Thessaloniki and mainly with the Municipal Art Gallery and Thessaloniki History Centre. After his sudden death, an exhibition will be held in
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Salonico Sephardic music concert
This concert comprises melodic relics of a formerly rising community in Thessaloniki that was distinguished due to the rage of the 2nd World War and all those horrible Nazi opinions. Those songs were sung in ladino, a language which is also about to disappear. You will listen to very popular songs among them some other
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Aut viam inveniam aut faciam – I shall either find a way or make one
With the participation of art historians, visual artists and academics, this workshop is dedicated to Haris Savvopoulos’ life and artistic work, a distinguished artist in the field of visual arts in our city during the last decades. Being an Art Historian and Professor of Art History at the School of Visual and Applied Arts of
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Harpscapes
Being an unconventional and many-sided artist, the Italian-Swiss harpist Raul Moretti approaches music in a very personal way. Beginning with classical harp, he then continued his studies in electric and electroacoustic harp and learned to compose and improvise using very special techniques. Today, he is considered to a great modern virtuoso, with an international career
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