Event Category: Music

BEAT THE CHRISTMAS (DELUXE STRASS ED.)
CUMBIA CHRISTMAS RIOT & OTHER HOLIDAY ERRORS

Minas Paspalas Live
Guest: Marianna Katsimicha

Minas is a young singer and songwriter—you’ve probably come across him in the backstreets of Athens, playing and singing with his guitar. His first full-length work is being released soon, and he’s coming to PLYFA for a live show where he’ll present songs from the upcoming album, along with other favorites. Joining him for the evening is Marianna Katsimicha, the girl whose melodic voice heals every memory. We’ll be waiting for you there!

Duration: 2 hours

Building Bridges to Greece
Α bold exploration of sound and collective truth

You are cordially invited to Building Bridges to Greece (BBG), the first cycle of which presents four new works for solo bassoon by daring composers based in the USA and Europe. This music performance includes electronics, lights and musiktheater, in an original spectacle. The music of Stratis Minakakis, Konstantinos Baras, Michalis Paraskakis and Niki Harlafti draws inspiration from their Greek heritage and contemporary Greek reality: from the transcendence of ancient Greek hymns and temples, philosophy and mythology, to the challenges of life in modern Greece. 

Building Bridges to Greece (BBG) is a global initiative by virtuoso German-American bassoonist Ben Roidl-Ward and Greek composer Niki Harlafti aiming to promote Greek composers internationally, through the commission and presentation of exciting contemporary classical works and multimedia performances involving the bassoon.

A brief, open discussion with the creative team will follow.

Michalis Paraskakis, Elephant’s foot or Pyriphlegethon
Stratis Minakakis, …hypnon apo glefaron skedasei glykyn…
Konstantinos Baras, Allegory
Niki Harlafti, The Blood of Others 

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A concert production by Building Bridges to Greece (BBG) and the Greek Composers Union (GCU)
The event is held under the kind sponsorship of the Luminarts Foundation (USA) and the Hellenic Composers’ Union (Greece), under whose auspices it takes place.

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Suitable age: 15+
Duration: 60 minutes without intermission, followed by a 30-minute discussion with the creative team.
Entry is permitted only between works.

Health & Trigger Warnings

Health Warning:
One of the featured works contains flashing lights and loud sound effects, which may affect individuals with light or sound sensitivities.*

Content Warning:
Another work includes artistic references to murder, violence, accidents, and complex political issues. Such material may cause distress or discomfort to some audience members. For your well-being, please take this into consideration before attending.*

*Relevant warnings will appear in the event program, and attendees will have the option to exit the performance if needed.

PAIDI TRAVMA
Special Live

Friday, October 31: SOLD OUT
NEW DATES: Friday, December 12 and Saturday, December 13

Do you want to experience a Second Life?

After an immediate and emotional sell-out, we’re adding another date for this special live show!

On Friday, December 12 and Saturday, December 13, Paidi Travma will be at PLYFA, offering us a unique opportunity to experience a different kind of concert with him. That evening, the strange story of Diana, the mysterious heroine of his new album who is reportedly missing, will be revealed.

Songs from the new album “Second Life”, releasing on October 30 via Fine! Records, will be performed live for the first time, in a concert – encounter without distance between the audience and the band. The space will be specially arranged so we can enter Diana’s world, explore her Second Life, see her personal objects, and read her favorite postcards.

Paidi Travma invites us to let go and sing along with him on an endless journey of escape and forgiveness, presenting a complete audiovisual performance under the artistic direction of Vasilis Kehagias. Lighting design by Alex Hills.

Duration: 120 minutes

 Kormόs
Tasos Kofodimos & Yvonne Melissa

“Kormos” is the new album by Tasos Kofodimos and Yvonne Melissa, in collaboration with Mahyar Tahmasbi and Laia Escartin.

The work consists of eight orchestral pieces, written for a unique, specially designed chamber music ensemble made up of four string instruments: violin, viola, cello, and the Greek “steriano” lute.
Each piece is inspired by a different tree—its mythology, geomorphology, distinctive characteristics, and the myths and folk beliefs associated with it.
The title “Kormos” (“Κορμός” in Greek, meaning tree trunk) draws inspiration both from the conceptual theme of the project and from the natural materials of the stringed, wooden instruments.

The four musicians come from diverse musical and cultural backgrounds, creating a unique musical mosaic:
Tasos Kofodimos and Yvonne Melissa are two active musicians and creators of the contemporary Greek music scene, having released their first duo album “Myrrha” in 2023 and performed extensively in Greece and abroad.
In this project, they collaborate with Laia Escartin, a Catalan violist, singer, and composer, and Mahyar Tahmasbi, a renowned Iranian cellist and sitar player specializing in Persian classical music.

The musical outcome can be described as world music, blending influences from Greek traditional music, the broader Eastern Mediterranean, Persian music, gypsy jazz, and the classical structure of a string quartet.

P.I.E.B. x Viktoras – “DETROIT” ⸱ Official Album Presentation (Concept Live Album Presentation)

The multifaceted P.I.E.B. of The Bad Poetry Social Club, in collaboration with the subversive Viktora in composition and production, gave us one of the most special albums of recent years.

P.I.E.B.’s spoken word poetry and interpretation, full of nostalgia, anger and tenderness, dissolves and recombines within the raw energy, the beats that pound hard and the guitars that scratch persistently.

The musical journey for “DETROIT” is full of dynamism, atmosphere and personality, it goes through synth/darkwave, electropunk and drum ‘n’ bass and takes you to PLYFA, on November 21st for a Full Live Experience with their guests

The Bad Poetry Social Club, Pan Pan, TURBOFLOW3000, Kalliopi Mitropoulou, VASSILINA, Libys, a cigarette at the bars,

There and then, P.I.E.B. having Viktora as company and, on stage with them, Nikiforos Nugent (Kepler is free) on Keys and Sativa (Logos Timis) on Decks, will present us with his self-titled album that has already stood out to the audience, proving that the new generation of the Greek scene has a lot to say – and it must be heard loudly!

To make us shout:

WHAT!

A NIGHT!

IT IS!

All this in a conceptual evening that will be reminiscent of an Athens that tried to survive and perhaps ultimately failed, through a one-hour performance, just before the Live, which will set the entire atmosphere of the experience, in a scenography by The Krank and Olympia Theodoridou.

Performance start time: 20:00
Live show start time: 21:30

Hard copy presale tickets are available at:

• Monsterville, 13 Agias Irinis St.

• Kubrick, 12 Andrea Metaxa St.

• Ankor Bar, 45 Asklipiou St.

• Rudu Bar, 1 Evadnis St.

Duration: 3 hours (no intermission)
Recommended age: 15 and above