Festival European Polyphony 2019 - Medieval City of Rhodes

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The first edition of the Festival met a great success the 15 & 16 of February at the Medieval City of Rhodes.

A large audience being present during both days had the opportunity to participate in a variety of actions: music workshops, music walk and two concerts.

A new way of meeting through art, experiencing contemporary music among the multiple voices of the choir that is called polyphony.

Co-organised: Municipal Organization for Culture and Sports of Rhodes (DOPAR), association Arts Spontanés (France), association Ars Artis (Grèce) and Corelli School of Music.

DISTRIBUTION

Chrysanthos Antoniou, artistic direction, president of Association Arts Spotanés
Savvas Karatzias, artistic direction, president of Association Ars Artis

Loïc Pierre, artistic director and Chief Conductor of Choeur de Chambre Mikrokosmos
Chœur de Chambre Mikrokosmos
Panagiotis Gogos, piano
Mixed Choir of Rhodes Municipality, under the direction of Michalis Kalaentzis
European Choir of Music School of Rhodes
Children’s Choir Amabile

PROGRAM:
Visitors had the opportunity to meet the French Choir Mikrokosmos, the Mixed Choir of Rhodes Municipality, the European Choir of Music School of Rhodes, the Children’s Choir Amabile and the pianist Panagiotis Gogos under the direction of Michalis Kalaentzis and Loïc Pierre among a variety of immersive art activities: music workshops, music walk, two concerts.

The musical program of the two concerts (15/02/19 & 16/02/19) :

« THEOPHANES THE GREEK »
One of a kind musical tribute to the great religious iconographer composed by Savvas Karatzias. A musical pilgrimage that follows and reflects in sounds the life of Russian iconography founder Theophanes who was also the teacher of the most important Russian iconographer (Saint) Andrei Rublev.

« LA NUIT DEVOILEE »
Compositions of the 20th and 21st-century (Joby Talbot, Meredith Monk, Francis Poulenc, Edvard Grieg, Grete Pedersen...) with contrasting styles to come together in harmony. The artistic director, Loïc Pierre, invented a different kind of scenography and sound spatialization to immerse the audience more fully into the choral performance. Everything beats in time, and the singers fall in step with one another, languages and harmonies are fused.