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BUILDING PERFORMANCE PRACTICES VOL.2

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Building Performance Practices vol.2
àktapha ensemble

On February 5 the final concert of the Building Performance Practices seminar by the àktapha ensemble will take place.

The concert features eight world premieres of new works, developed through an intensive period of shared creation, listening, and experimentation. Within the framework of the seminar, composers worked in close collaboration with the musicians of àktapha, approaching composition as a living performative practice and a collective process.

Under the artistic guidance of composer Ioannis Angelakis, Building Performance Practices functioned as a space of encounter, exchange, and trust, where ideas were tested and transformed through musical practice. The final concert marks the first public presentation of this process and invites the audience to take part in the experience of contemporary music creation.

The following works will be presented:

 

 

Duration: 60 minutes, 15 minutes intermission 

STRAIGHT FROM THE BOTTOM

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STRAIGHT FROM THE BOTTOM music fest 2026
“It’s music to get a brain seizure with…”

One day | One concert | 2 bands |
Experimental sounds from every corner of the world

On February 6, Straight From The Bottom returns and transforms Athens into a living sonic landscape.
 A festival that refuses to compromise, pulsates with raw energy, and aims to create an explosion of authentic musical experience.

This year, the festival settles in the industrial multi-space PLYFA, Building 7A, a venue perfectly aligned with its DIY and improvisational spirit.

Concert lineup (in order of appearance):

Hippomaniacs

Hippomaniacs were formed in 2018 and since then have been among the most active Greek acts, with numerous dynamic live performances all over Greece.

Drawing core influences from jazz, blues, 70s funk, and African music, blended with intense psychedelic elements, they have created a distinctive sonic mix based on powerful grooves, improvisation, and a unique atmospheric approach.
 This fusion is reflected in their original compositions featured on their debut EP, while they are currently preparing their first full-length album.

Hippomaniacs lineup:
 Giannis Kassetas – Tenor & baritone saxophone
 Panos Giotis Svobotnik – Electric guitar, FX, synths
 Giorgos Kostopoulos – Double bass, electric bass
 Leandros Fratnik – Drums

 

The Halay Lamba

The Halay Lamba were formed in 2014 in Patras.

Their music blends rhythms and melodies from Eastern cultures with beat and groove elements drawn from more contemporary musical movements. The band’s core idea is to create music that reflects the diverse listening backgrounds of its members and their many modern influences.
 Oud melodies from the Arab world and Turkey are framed by rich harmonic loops and effects from the electric bass. Traditional rhythmic patterns are transformed into new rhythmic forms, creating a fresh tribal breakbeat sonic environment.

In April 2015, they recorded their debut album, while simultaneously performing at music venues and festivals in various cities in Greece and abroad. Key milestones for the band include their participation in Houdetsi Festival 2016, collaborations with Ross Daly, and two international tours.

They have also participated in events such as:
 Kalamata Street Festival – Greece
 Houdetsi Festival – Greece
 Symviosis Festival – Mytilene, Greece
 Xarkis Festival Lofou – Cyprus
 Torino Jazz Night – Turin, Italy
 Tatonka Festival Fessevillers – France
 Fenefest – Lake Doxa, Greece
 Gianni Jazz Festival – Greece

In January 2019, the band released their second album.

Halay Lamba lineup:
 Kostas Tsarouchis – Oud
 Mikis Attaleiadis – Electric bass
 Alexandros Kladas – Percussions

 

Duration: 180 minutes

CIRCUS CHALK | ANTI-VALENTINE | POST-TSIKNO | BRASS ATTACK

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CIRCUS CHALK | ANTI-VALENTINE | POST-TSIKNO | BRASS ATTACK
Agia Fanfara & Heavy Duty Brass Band & Cirkelin

Two bands!
35+ musicians!
Saxophones, trumpets, euphoniums, all kinds of shawms and drums!
Flying circus performers!
Every kind of oddity you can imagine!

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Agia Fanfara returns to the stage with its explosive, collective sound on Friday, February 13, setting up a night that feels more like a parade than a concert. Saxophones, trumpets, euphoniums, all kinds of horns, and drums come together in a raw, dance-driven brass sound that leaves no one standing still. Joining them, the Heavy Duty Brass Band provides musical support with groove and power, raising the pulse early on and locking perfectly into the energy of the night.

Two bands, more than 35 musicians on stage, in a meeting charged with intensity, rhythm, and a shared, collective experience. Throughout the concert, aerial circus performers and acrobatic acts from Cirkelin intervene live, transforming the stage into a space where music and movement are in constant interplay.

All kinds of oddities, suspensions, and physical eruptions come together to form a single spectacle—a true Brass Circus, where the brass attack becomes an experience felt through the body.

In a V I S U A L – A C O U S T I C  S U P E R – S P E C T A C L E!

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Dress up in costume!

GEESE

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“Geese”
Written and directed by Stella Zafeiropoulou

In a small provincial town, nothing stays hidden for long. Sofia is a young woman adopted by Kyriaki. Her ancestry constantly becomes a source of conflict between them, while the comments and interference of those around them further destabilize their fragile balance. As Kyriaki secretly struggles with questions surrounding the management of her property and her inheritance, Sofia experiences love and believes she has finally found happiness. However, the revelations that follow will overturn everything, leading them toward unpredictable and tragic developments.

Geese, the award-winning play by Stella Zafeiropoulou (Greek Screenwriters’ Union Award, 2017), is presented for the first time on stage at PLYFA Theatre from February 11, 2026. It is a story that dares to confront deeply rooted prejudices about parenthood, biological lineage, fear of the foreign and the different, the difficulty of integrating it into our culture — as well as an insatiable love of money.

Stella Zafeiropoulou, one of the most dynamic representatives of the new generation of Greek playwrights, who was recently nominated for the “Karolos Koun” Award for Greek dramaturgy for her play Fly (2025, Olvio Theatre), directs the play herself this time. Presenting her first directorial work on the Greek theatrical stage, she notes about Geese:

Geese is a story of selection. Of children in institutions, of the children who were chosen and those who stayed behind. But there’s more than that. It is also the story of a mother and daughter who never truly saw one another as such, as well as the ongoing narrative of a segment of people who make up small communities and who hypocritically and quite unorthodoxly preserve the old roots of these societies in barren soil when it comes to welcoming the foreigner into their “ancestral lands.” I consider it important that my works originate from real events and engage with a reality that I construct using theatrical terms. The same applies here:  Geese is based on a story that came to me and served as a starting point for creating images. This is also what I want to do with my direction — to highlight the images of the text, and why not, to create new ones. And as time passes and I study Geese from the outside, no longer as their creator, I increasingly feel my detachment from the text and my connection to it under different terms. What I know for certain, however, is that whether in one way (as a writer) or another (as a director), what I need to do is place it on tracks along which it can move smoothly and without obstruction.

Duration: 85 minutes

ΚRΑΚ

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Thanasis Voutsas – “KRAK”

Guest: Alexandra Gkountoulia

Thanasis Voutsas is introduced to the public for the first time as a songwriter, presenting live his new self-titled album “KRAK” on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at PLYFA.
This concert marks both the occasion and the starting point of his first acoustic musical work: a cycle of nine songs born from an urgent need for inner expression and personal storytelling.

“KRAK” is a musical work shaped with the most faithful tools: experimentation, imagination, dedication, and long nights of labor. The songs are the distillation of Thanasis Voutsas’ many years of experience in singing. We will hear him perform songs of the soul—songs born in that small fissure, the inner crack, the emotional “breaking point” that accompanies both the minor and major moments of life.

A special place in the album “KRAK” is held by the song “Silence 8′46″”, a tribute to diversity and a powerful protest against racism and violence. The song is interpreted by the “Priestess” of Greek song, Maria Farantouri.

The album is produced by Nikos Zoudiaris, who has also overseen several of the arrangements. Equally significant is the participation of outstanding musicians who generously offered their artistry, enriching the imaginative world of the songs.

The live presentation of “KRAK” at PLYFA is an invitation to an acoustic, inward journey—a meeting with the cracks, silences, and truths that unite us. Alongside the new material, the evening will also feature a personal selection of beloved songs from the Greek repertoire that we have all loved and quietly sung along to.

KUTTURA KUTTURA

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Years of listening. Now we gather!
KUTTURA KUTTURA presenting outernational music across Berlin and Athens to connect and exchange.


Kuttura Kuttura has the pleasure to bring together MAUGLI Live Trio opening the dancefloor with soulful, psychedelic electronica before Los Tre take us on a journey across continents, weaving the polyrhythmic sounds of West Africa and Greece.

Closing the ceremony, KUTTURA KUTTURA DJs deliver ecstatic madness on the decks with percussive, roots & electronic grooves.

Doors: 20:00, Concert: 21:00

 

Line Up: 

LOS TRE 

MAUGLI Live Trio (BER)

KUTTURA KUTTURA DJs

NEW EP PRESENTATION

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NEW EP PRESENTATION
PIKáP


On Friday, January 16, PIKáP take the stage at PLYFA to present their new EP “Se Epanalipsi”, marking a new creative chapter for the band. An evening shaped by intensity, atmosphere, and emotional depth.

Formed in Athens in 2015, PIKáP move within the indie / alternative scene, blending guitar-driven elements, electronic sounds, and Greek lyrics. Influenced by post-rock and folk, they create an atmospheric and multi-layered sound where dynamics and melody constantly interact.

In 2017, they released their self-titled EP “PIKáP”, followed in 2019 by the album “She Is She”, which received positive reviews and was featured in year-end lists. The band has performed at major music venues and festivals across Athens and other cities in Greece.

 

Duration: 2 hours
Free admission for children

witheFlow

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Presentation of the witheFlow Research Project
National Technical University of Athens – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

The research project witheFlow (ELIDEK code 15111), approved under Sub-Action 2 “Funding of Projects in Cutting-Edge Fields” of the Call “Funding of Basic Research (Horizontal support for all Sciences), National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Greece 2.0)”, is dedicated to the creation of an innovative system aimed at enhancing the musician’s expressiveness through the use of Artificial Intelligence tools and signals from biosensors (brain waves, heart rate, etc.).

The project will be completed in December 2025, and its results will be presented in an open public event–concert.

The event will include:

  • Talks and presentations by the scientific coordinators and members of the project team

  • Presentation of the research outcomes and the interactive witheFlow system

  • Musical performances, during which musicians who participated in the project will interact with the system in real time

Duration: 3 hours

More information about the research project team:
https://witheflow.ails.ece.ntua.gr/the-team/

ATTACHMENTS IN VIVO

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ATTACHMENTS IN VIVO
A work by IOANNA TOLIOU
Corpus Lingua Dance Company

The new work by the Corpus Lingua collective maps the mother–child bond and the journey toward independence of being, exploring the potential influence of early attachments on an individual’s personality and relationships in adult life.

The performance highlights the importance of an unconditional relationship grounded in trust and security. From this foundation, self-esteem is strengthened, as well as the individual’s capacity to face life’s challenges with stability and emotional resilience. The choreography, music, and materials used depict the transition from dependence to independence, illustrating how the early experience of maternal care functions as a cornerstone in the formation of adult personality and self-confidence.

The work brings to light the interplay between early emotional bonds and the relationships one develops later in life. Will there be trust upon which a secure relationship can be built, or will fear of rejection and insecurity in emotional connection prevail?

“The type of emotional bond, as it is shaped during the early stages of a child’s development, decisively influences the internal image of whether one is worthy of receiving love or not, and consequently has a positive or negative impact on their social development.” (John Bowlby, 1930)

Through a scenic landscape of materials and bodies, the stages of the mother–child relationship unfold, along with the transition to subsequent emotional relationships, drawing on Bowlby’s Attachment Theory.

 

About the Choreographer and the Company

 Ioanna Toliou began her choreographic work in 2017, presenting her own creations at festivals in Athens (Endless Time (2017), The Mystery of the Horizon (2018), Meeting Points (2019)).

In 2022, she founded the dance company Corpus Lingua and premiered the company’s first production, Autopilot…off, at the Young Artists Festival in Athens. The work was also presented at the Zante Dance Festival the same year.

In 2023, she launched the company’s second production, Seven to Infinity, supported by the organization EKTOS ORION. The piece premiered in March 2024 and was selected for the Kythnos Arts Festival and the Kolonos Festival. It continued with a new cycle of performances in Athens (Plyfa Theatre) and at the Theatrical Sympaignia in Ioannina, featuring a renewed cast and updated material.

In this production, Toliou turns to a new theme, drawing on personal experiences to highlight the contemporary crisis of institutions and values.

 

Duration: 50’

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

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

 

21:30 – Beat ya Beat
What does calypso music have to do with rebetiko, and Tom Waits with green horses? Come join us to find out, and rest assured: we’re definitely not letting Beat Ya Beat escape us!

Oleg Dergatsiov: guitar, vocals, euphonium, trumpet
Fotis Athanasiou: trombone, vocals, guitar banjo
Christos Drouzas: bass, vocals
Manos Nazlis: drums, percussion


22:45 – Los Petralonicos
Psychedelic cumbia inspired by ’70s Peru, straight from the Amazon and Merkouri Square!

Angelos Angelidis: guitar
Giorgos Konstantinou: bass
Angelos Polychronou: percussion
Demian Gomez: drums

Production: Cirkelin / Peggy Tsolakaki

Duration: 180 minutes