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ALBUM PRESENTATION—FIRST COLOUR & SCENT REMAINS

Kostas Siderokastritis and Thanasis Tsakirakis join forces and present in a concert-celebration their first album on Friday December 01, 2023 at PLYFA.

Kostas Sidirokastritis Group – First Colour
Kostas Siderokastritis is a singer-songwriter and street musician based in Athens. His personal work is an unpretentious mix of song-oriented musical genres and improvisation. Together with his dear friends and collaborators Haris Charalambous (bass), Pantelis Takis (drums) and Andreas Polyzogopoulos (trumpet), and with the help of Grigoris Kollias in sound engineering, they recorded the first album of the Kostas Sidirokastritis Group, “First Color’ The disc is a collection of 10 of the first songs of the format, just one of the points of reference in a journey and a trigger for more beautiful things.

Thanasis Tsakirakis – Scent Remains
Thanasis Tsakirakis is a musician based in Athens. Although more widely known in the music world as a drummer, in October 2023 he released “Scent Remains”, his first record as a songwriter, for which he wrote the music, lyrics, sang and played most of the instruments. The recording and production was undertaken by Fotis Papatheodorou and Page Blank. Artists such as Radiohead, Porcupine Tree, Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith (and of course many more) have had a characteristic influence on the style of the album. These songs are an open dialogue with our nostalgic instincts, a mantra to avoid beautifying passion and an attempt to analyse, understand and accept the page changes that arise in life. The entire “Scent Remains”, as well as a small selection of tracks that influenced its creation, will be presented live by Thanasis Tsakirakis, who will be accompanied by an excellent band, especially creative collaborators.

LET’S BET?

A show about gambling Greece by the team Who Am I To

Since when is gambling our national sport? Do deflated bubbles re-inflate?

5 actors of the late 90’s generation re-visit on stage the great memory stations of her childhood, adolescence and post-adolescence that outline the course of the Greek reality of the last 2 decades. Stops on this nostalgic journey are the most important moments of Greek sports, moments of national pride and national panic.
A pop generation grows up dancing, singing and scoring goals and baskets with blue and white water tattoos on their arms until they grow up and wonder today what exactly winning and losing means.
Now that our winnings are deconstructed and undermined, all we have left to hope for is the 5+1 numbers of the Joker?A show about gambling Greece by the Who Am I To team
Since when is gambling our national sport? Do deflated bubbles re-inflate?

5 actors of the late 90’s generation re-visit on stage the great memory stations of her childhood, adolescence and post-adolescence that outline the course of the Greek reality of the last 2 decades. Stops on this nostalgic journey are the most important moments of Greek sports, moments of national pride and national panic.
A pop generation grows up dancing, singing and scoring goals and baskets with blue and white water tattoos on their arms until they grow up and wonder today what exactly winning and losing means.
Now that our wins are deconstructed and undermined, all we have left to hope for is the 5+1 Joker numbers?

NATURA MORTA—a dance less

The choreographer Spyros Kouvaras and the Greek-French contemporary dance group, Synthesis 748 Dance Co, after being hosted by the Center National de la Danse in Paris as part of the creation of their new work, return to PLYFA in Votanikos and sign the work, NATURA MORTA (a dance less), for five performances from November 24 to 28. Honoring the memory of the composer Giorgos Kouvaras, a constant collaborator of the group, who passed away prematurely, Synthesis 748 presents a work about loss and “lost natures”, a choreography that acts as a reminder of time for the inescapability of human nature and the vulnerability of the material world. NATURA MORTA (a dance less) introduces an intermediate space-time in which a dance ritual unfolds that sometimes develops as a modern doomsday and sometimes as an archaic rave, following an increasing escalation of kinetic intensity. In a post-apocalyptic stage environment, two meteoric dancers in mourning and ecstasy, in the intimate and the unfamiliar, in trauma and healing, like modern shamans, take a final joy in search of a moment of eclipse for possible other worlds.

SYNTHESIS 748 DANCE CO.

Synthesis 748 Dance Co. was founded in 2010 in Paris by the choreographer, dancer Spyros Kouvaras, with the support of the French National Dance Center. Since then, she has developed an international career and her works and site specific projects have been presented in theaters, galleries, museums, archaeological sites and contemporary dance festivals in European countries and recently at the CICA Museum in South Korea. Since 2017, Athens and Synthesis 748 Dance Co. have been the base and headquarters of Spyros Kouvaras. is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and the Ioannou F. Kostopoulos Foundation. The group’s works approach utopian worlds that look to the future while using myth as a tool to create contemporary choreographic rituals. Focusing around the relationship of body, sound and image, the kinetic vocabulary focuses on the development of a dance language that deviates from the recognizable forms of contemporary dance with the stage installations of the works, which are often the starting point of the whole composition, characterized from the creation of timeless and out of place spaces.

The project is funded by the Ministry of Culture for 2021-2023 and was created with the support of the CND – French National Dance Center in Paris and the Center Culturel Hellénique.

SPYROS KOUVARAS WEBSITE

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GOODBYE BATMAN

by Tasos Theofilou

The show “Goodbye Batman” is based on the crime novel of the same name by Tasos Theofilos, which was written a few months before his arrest and published while he was a prisoner in Domokos prison in 2013. The three actors alternate endlessly in strange characters and they constantly transport us to paradoxical situations that develop in Gotham City. The electronic music that permeates the entire play focuses on distorted sounds and the distorted voices of the characters, while the aesthetic of the performance varies between comics, pop art, surrealism and contemporary art. Yiannis Angelakis attempts, both with his direction and his music, to illuminate this strongly political and satirical text, to highlight in a humorous way the absurdity in which the heroes of the city are trapped and, finally, to deconstruct Batman as a superhero of the comics and Hollywood tradition along with all that he symbolizes.

A few words about the project

The story unfolds through the eyes of D., a girl, who was born and raised in a Gotham City slum, worked many odd jobs, was arrested and imprisoned for her political views, and was recruited by Mafia and organized crime gangs. . Through this path of her life, where she interacts with otherworldly characters from the basement of society to the highest social strata, D. is constantly confronted with the parastatal mechanisms of Gotham City. He realizes the true role of Batman, who is revealed, no longer as a superhero who saves humanity or a saint of the modern metropolis, but as a postmodern version of the parastate that enjoys prominent social and political legitimacy. D. is planning an ambitious venture…

Play performed in Greek

AMAZING

What is the most beautiful story in the world?
Does it exist?

Six additional performances until December 14, 2023

Due to the increased public interest in the performance “Amazing” by Ioanna Portolou and the Griffon dance group, six additional performances are added on 29, 30 November and 6, 7, 13, 14 December 2023 at the PLYFA theater (every Wednesday and Thursday, at 9:30 p.m.) Tickets are sold in advance exclusively through Ticket Services at ticketservices.gr

The Griffón dance group and choreographer Ioanna Portolou return with the explosive performance “Amazing”, a ground-breaking and highly topical work about the wonderful but also self-destructive nature of human nature, which will be presented at the PLYFA Theater for nine unique performances on the 8th, 9th 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 and 24 November 2023, at 21.30. The successful show was presented for the first time as part of the Athens and Epidaurus Festival in 2022, creating a sensation.

Starting from the famous fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel” by the Brothers Grimm, the Griffón dance group and Ioanna Portolou create a subversive work, commenting in an orgy way on the contradictions of the human species, which, no matter how much it evolves, remains violent and voracious. In “Amazing”, the dark world that hides the forest of the children’s fairy tale becomes the backbone of the unlikely human story, with the audience transported to an atmospheric, otherworldly cabaret, where the adrenaline of the dancers turns into a tangible smell.

“We are capable of the greatest and the worst. We destroy each other mercilessly, we explore with undiminished interest our world and those beyond ours, we write and create masterpieces, we analyze, we search, we invent, we destroy, we love and we hate with passion”, notes Ioanna Portolou.

Through a delirium of adrenaline, intense images, narratives and stormy music, the show “Amazing” makes us wonder how we can be both man-eaters and creators.

*Nude bodies appear in the show

ANOTHER PLACE (ALZHEIMAT)

LUNA PARK team returns to Athens with the performance “Another Place” (ALZHEIMAT) on November 04 & 05, 2023 at PLYFA. Free entry with pre-booked seat!

The group LUNA PARK presents the dance work “Another Place” (ALZHEIMAT). The project focuses on the small, but noticeable changes, the critical moments and the coping needs required by the loss of identity – both from the sufferers themselves and from their social environment.

With the project “Another Place” (ALZHEIMAT), the group tries to draw attention to a topic of high social and political importance. However, the work is not intended to be a complaint about the shortcomings of the system, nor is it a hymn, an appeal to emotion for the lost memory of a loved one. It is a journey of discovery, through which the viewer can briefly share the world of those wandering in oblivion. Those who wander to another place. It is a story with beautiful and sad moments, which leads us to awakened pasts, while reviving for a few minutes the dormant futures.

The project “Another Place” (ALZHEIMAT) challenges a society clinging to the fantasy of a better tomorrow and reminds us that in reality we only have the NOW. It shows us how fragile, vulnerable, interconnected and dependent on each other we are as humans and as social beings. It reminds us that this disease forces us to learn to live in the present. The show aims to give the necessary attention to all those who dedicate themselves daily to the difficult treatment of the disease. It seeks to initiate an open dialogue, which will allow the recognition and expression of pain, exhaustion, sadness.

The performance is the result of an open process, where the writer Kai Pichmann, the director Ron Rosenberg and the choreographers Nikos Kalivas and Kosmas Kosmopoulos, together with six young performers and one performer over 65 years of age, examined the characteristic coexistence of memory and forgetting, resistance, hope, resignation and acceptance, concepts closely linked to the disease. Testimonies from the lived experiences of relatives, caregivers and medical professionals played an important role in the creation of the project.

In Greece, 197,000 people suffer from dementia, mainly from the degenerative form of Alzheimer’s disease. By 2050, it is expected that the number of patients will have reached 354,000. At the moment, it does not seem possible to cure or completely successfully treat the symptoms. Even promising news about new treatments is contrasted with their extremely high costs. The difficulties faced by patients are multiplied by those of their relatives, while professional help is becoming increasingly difficult to find and to finance by those concerned, amid a prolonged period of economic and health crisis and a health system that remains understaffed and underfunded.

Production and support
ALZHEIMAT is a co-production of LUNA PARK, Kosmas Kosmopoulos and Kai Pichmann, funded by the German Foundation for the Performing Arts with funds from the Federal German Government’s Commissioner for Culture and Media, within the framework of NEUSTART KULTUR. ALZHEIMAT was implemented in collaboration with Initiative LUNA PARK e.V. and the Gesundbrunnen-Grundschule Elementary School within the framework of the action “tanz(t)räume“ (dreams of dance/spaces) funded by the TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund program. The presentations of the work in Athens take place within the framework of the exchange program “How to dance in times of crisis?” in collaboration with the urban non-profit company LUNA PARK ERGA with the support of the Greek-German Youth Foundation

AMINATION PARK PROJECTS
The urban non-profit cultural activities company LOUNA PARK ERGA was founded in Athens in 2002, by Kosmas Kosmopoulos, choreographer, educator, performer and curator of contemporary art works. Luna Park team consists of a group of artists belonging to different nationalities, as well as people working in the wider social and educational field. The main purpose of the group is the planning, production, organization and presentation of contemporary dance works and at the same time educational programs through which artistic research in the choreographic process and practice is promoted, in collaboration with other artistic organizations, mainly from Germany. LUNA PARK PROJECTS is managed by its founding members: the artist Dr. Georgia (Maggy) Touliatou, Kosmas Kosmopoulos and the composer of contemporary electronic music Antonio Palaska. In 2003, Kosmas Kosmopoulos founded the non-profit organization Initiative LUNA PARK e.V., which has been operating as an independent organization since 2019, based at Gesundbrunnen Primary School, in the Wedding district of Berlin. From the beginning, the two organizations have been working closely together on many jointly designed or co-financed projects. Since 2016, LUNA PARK PROJECTS and the organization Initiative LUNA PARK e.V. organize a series of intensive workshops, with the title “How to dance in times of crisis?”, held in Athens and Berlin. About twenty young artists from Greece and Germany, graduates or students of performing arts, dance and theater in particular, participate in the workshops. Among the individual goals of
of workshops is the exploration of contemporary compositional methods guided by team members and invited choreographers and dance theorists. Through the experiential technical seminars
of contemporary dance and improvisation, the lectures and discussions between the participants encourage the exchange of ideas about the conceptual content of dance in today’s social reality. The individual and collective creations of the young artists have been presented either on theater stages or in alternative stage spaces in Athens and Berlin. The cultural exchange programs are subsidized by the Hellenic German Youth Foundation to cover air tickets, accommodation and production. *For more information about the activities of the LUNA PARK team, you can visit the websites:

*For more information about the activities of the LUNA PARK team you can visit the following websites:

LUNA PARK Website
Luna Park Athens-Berlin Facebook
LUNA PARK Facebook
Instagram
Vimeo

LUNAPARK.WORKS 04

The LUNA PARK group presents, on November 02 & 03, 2023 at PLYFA, the series of performances LUNAPARK.works 04, consisting of solo and group dance pieces, as they were created in the context of the 7th International Meeting for Young Dancers in Athens. Free entry with advance reservation The 7th International Meeting for Young Dancers How to dance in times of crisis? takes place in Athens from October 21 to November 6, 2023 and includes lectures, seminars, discussions and practical choreographic workshops. During it, the participants collaborate to create their own, short-term performances, some of which are works in progress, and which will be presented to the public at PLYFA on November 2 and 3, 2023. Some of the works that will be hosted in the PLYFA industrial area are the following:

• Unbound (solo, work in progress, choreography/performance: Angeliki Anargyrou, original music: Antonios Palaskas – 40 minutes)
The work is a contemplative wandering in the present and the past. An associative return to fleeting mnemonic traces of the experiences that shape the human condition. The project is an open self-narrative process that seeks answers to the questions: “Is this a body that adapts to its external environment?” Is it a body overwhelmed by emotions, that touches and is touched, that sees and is seen?”

• Mellem (group work, work in progress, choreography/performance: Evangelia Damianou, Michael LogothetisAlafragkis, Evita Manou, Evi Symeonidou, music: Manos Nazlis – 20 minutes)
Mellem means between. Between two points, at two poles which constantly redefine man’s relationship with himself and his relationship with others. The personal becomes collective – and vice versa – with the bodies entering into a dynamic interaction, in constant regressions and in the end, echoing a common question: “How do we experience the transition, the uncertainty, the in-between?”

• Kῆδος (lamentation) (group work, work in progress, concept and choreography: Anna-Maria Karounou, Panagiota Bafounis, Anji Sarigeorgiou, Anthi Stassinou, interpretation: Anna – Maria Karounou, Panagiota Bafounis, Anthi Stassinou – 20 minutes)
The project is an attempt to approach the church. A multifaceted concept, connected to the idea of care, mourning, open accounts, maturation and the transition from one era to another. LUNAPARK.works 04 is directed by choreographers and educators Kosmas Kosmopoulos (Berlin), Nikos Kalyva (Athens), and Dr. Maria Tsouvala (Athens). The project takes place within the framework of the program How to dance in times of crisis? and is funded by the German-Hellenic Youth Office (DGJW) and within the framework of the ERASMUS+ “Stronger Together” program. From 2023, How to dance in times of crisis? it is also co-organized and supported by the recognized professional dance school AKTINA, in Athens.

The meeting program of young dancers How to dance in times of crisis? is organized by Initiative LUNA PARK e.V. in collaboration with LUNA PARK ERGA since 2016 with annual meetings in Berlin and Athens. How does our understanding of art change in times of serious social unrest, in times of local and global crises? How is our artistic expression changing? Do we dance differently in times of crisis? Can dance move anything – even outside the theatre? These are some of the questions sought by young dancers who participate in lectures, seminars and discussions, approaching the concept and evaluation of contemporary dance and performing arts with choreographic and philosophical approaches. Participants are supported and guided by experienced choreographers and dance artists, who conduct practical workshops on choreography and improvisation, as well as joint dance rehearsals, where young artists have the opportunity to focus on creating their own works, which will be presented as part of LUNAPARK.works 04.

*For more information about the activities of the LUNA PARK team you can visit them
websites:

LUNA PARK Website
Luna Park Athens-Berlin Facebook
LUNA PARK Facebook
Instagram
Vimeo

VENEBRA

a work for voice, viola, and guitar

with Cleopatra Markou, Michalis Katachanas and Vassilis Tzavara.

is repeated for only 6 performances, from November 1 to 16 at PLYFA.

The performance “Venebra”, a piece for voice, viola and guitar, is inspired by the short story “Women who sing farewells” by Chrysostomos Tsapraῒlis, which can be found in the collection of his short stories and the engravings of Fotis Varthi “Women who return” ( Antipodes publications, 2020). The common starting point of both creators are nine absurdities of the folk tradition, nine faces of women who are in painful, threatening and eerie situations creating “a new narrative of the pain of women who have been, are and will be”. Venebra is a woman who spreads with her voice paradoxical melodies and purposes that are sweet, but at the same time deadly. Born in the midst of a war, she managed to survive from
him, but scarred by the breath of death, whose shadow remained her only real companion and family. A woman doomed to find no real peace among the living, being a discordant but charming dissonance to their existence. The idea for the original short story came from Propontida’s absurdity “Korasin etragoudage” and from the mythological mist of women whose song is deadly (Sirens, Banshees). “Venebra” comes to give the original short story sound and breath through three instruments (voice, guitar, viola) and musical improvisations that sometimes accompany and sometimes collide with the words, sometimes abandoning them, sometimes allowing them to recover and sometimes
they transform into songs – either more clearly and distinctly, or like dim memories and faded echoes. A landscape of sounds from strings, human and non-human, that pulsate seeking to shake off the identity of the omen revealing the inner and unspeakable, exorcise the prescribed fate.

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Play performed in Greek

TRANSFORMING THE CITY

The 2nd Conference on Participatory Design “Transforming the City: Public Space & Environment, Inequalities & Democracy”, organised by Participatory Lab, the Laboratory of Spatial, Urban & Environmental Planning for Climate Change Adaptation, will take place on 20 -22 October at Plyfa space, in Athens.

After the 1st Conference in 2021 that brought together over 300 local and international participants, Participatory Lab returns to advance the debate around the issues of citizen participation in spatial development. While maintaining a core emphasis on participatory planning and citizen engagement, the focal point of the 2nd Conference shifts towards the contemporary city. It aims to comprehend, identify, map, and showcase urban transformations, inequalities, and contradictions. Moreover, it seeks to highlight explorations and experiments centred around policy co-production and participatory planning projects. These endeavours aim to alter the current state of the city, housing, and everyday life, ultimately working towards social and environmental justice. Presently, the compounding effects of the pandemic, geopolitical turmoil, energy crisis, deprivation, economic crisis, climate crisis, and the recent severe natural disasters have deepened urban inequalities and heightened the vulnerability of urban populations. The 2nd Participatory Lab Conference aims to broaden the debate on these issues while bridging the gap between research contributions and real-life field experiences, involving the application of participatory processes and tools, institutional policy implementation, and the positions of civil society groups. It aspires to achieve these objectives through a combination of plenary discussions, local and international examples, round tables, posters presentations, and participatory workshops, articulated around the following themes:

Public Space
Architecture and Urban Design, Regeneration, Urban Mobility-Walkability, Urban Commons

Environment and Climate Crisis
Impacts of climate change, Urban Green, Biodiversity, Green and Blue Infrastructure, Landscape

Socio-spatial Inequalities and Spatial Justice
Social and environmental inequalities and exclusions, Housing crisis, Energy poverty, Gender inequalities, Social movements

Urban Development and Governance
Institutional Framework, Austerity and unequal distribution of resources, Local Governance, European Policies, Sustainable Development Strategies

Participation in the conference is possible in person, free of charge and without the need for pre-registration.

More information

Με την υποστήριξη:
Γεωπονικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Τμήμα Χωροταξίας & Ανάπτυξης (ΤΜΧΑ), Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης
Σχολή Αγρονόμων & Τοπογράφων Μηχανικών – Μηχανικών Γεωπληροφορικής, Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο

The project “Participatory LAB: Laboratory of Spatial, Urban and Environmental Participatory Planning for Climate Change Adaptation” is part of a broader initiative of the team Commonspace. The 2nd Scientific Conference of Participatory Lab is funded by the Green Fund under Priority Axis 2 of the funding programme “Extroverted Actions, Natural Environment and Innovative Actions 2023”.

ODYSSEE

Greece, the birthplace of western civilization, has been an infinite source of inspiration for artists. The philosophers, mythology, illustrious history and geographical location between east and west appeal to the imagination. Also musically there is a lot to discover. Unfortunately, over the last years, Greece’s misfortune got the most attention: natural disasters, a refugee crisis that concerns all of Europe – in both meanings of the word concern, and lastly a devastating economical crisis. The Ricciotti ensemble wants to offer some relief and joy in the form of a musical performance.

Program

Music from different styles and cultures finds a home in our program. To start with, we feature classical composers like Mozart, Glass and Spyridon Samaras. But there are also premieres by contemporary composers Evis Sammoutis and Maarten Bauer, and a Greek premiere by Calliope Tsoupaki. Greek heroes Theodorakis (known for his legendary film music) and Hadjidakis cannot be left out. Jazz music written by Greek musicians Kontrafouris and Klampanis is also added to the mix. The folk song Misirlou – known in different variations in most of the Eastern Mediterranean region – is a perfect example of the crossroads position of Greece. During the Dutch part of our tour, the finale of the seventh edition of Ricciotti’s Great Arranging Competition took place. The arrangers created compositions that incorporate the Seikilos epitaph, which is the oldest notated piece of music and was discovered near the Turkish city of Aydın. (The area was a part of Greece at the time.) The three winners received a cash prize and their pieces will be played during the Greek part of Ricciotti’s Odyssee.

Matthijs Koene
Together with this inspiring pioneer, the Ricciotti takes the pan flute back to its mythical country of origin. Matthijs Koene is considered to be one of the world’s leading pan flute players. His vision has greatly expanded the technical and expressive possibilities of the instrument. There have been written over two hundred compositions for him and his ensembles. This way Matthijs conquered a spot for the pan flute in the realm of classical music.

Repertoire

Premieres

Anemôtis
Evis Sammoutis

Ámmos
Maarten Bauer

Classical

Maestrale
Calliope Tsoupaki

Overture Rhea
Spyridon Samaras

Overture Idomeneo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Olympian
Phillip Glass

Bacchanale
Jacques Ibert

Dance of the Amazon
Anatoly Liadov

Orpheus in the Underworld
Jacques Offenbach

Repertoire

Elaiolado
Cretan traditional
arr. Willem van Merwijk

Too Close
George Kontrafouris
arr. Peter Keijsers

Irrationality
Petros Klampanis
arr. Robbert Scherpenisse

Hellenic Hits
Various composers
arr. Peter Davis

Misirlou
Traditional
arr. Geert Rubingh

De Gepikte Vogel
Jurriaan Andriessen

Jarence
Konrad Koselleck

Finalists Ricciotti’s Great Arranging Competition:

1800 Cirkels
Vangelis
arr. Rani Kumar

Soura kai Mastoura
Anestis Delias
arr. Ida Weidner

No More Yet
The Punch Brothers
arr. Peter Davis

With Matthijs Koene (Pan flute)

Twilight Visions
Chiel Meijering

The Ballad of Mauthausen
Mikis Theodorakis
arr. Marijn van Prooijen

Pandora’s Blues
Nana Simopoulos
arr. Bram Faber

Hartino to Feggaraki
Manos Hadzidakis
arr. Annemarie Hensens

Sofar So Good
Dimitri Vassilakis
arr. Kjell Hählen

Song for life and death
Calliope Tsoupaki
arr. Hugo Bouma

Herachrimea
Oene van Geel

The Ricciotti ensemble is a Dutch symphonic street orchestra consisting of 43 young, socially committed and talented musicians with the social mission of bringing live symphonic music everywhere and to everyone. Since its founding in 1970, we actively seek out audiences; at home, at work, on holiday, on the street or in the park or a concert hall. But mainly
in all kinds of institutions such as eldery homes, asylum seekers’ centres, homeless shelters and prisons. Audiences of very different backgrounds and ages, with or without access to public life and in all parts of the Netherlands as well as abroad. The program of every performance consists of short pieces in many different genres: classical, pop, jazz and also genres of non-western music-cultures.

During a tour the orchestra plays five performances a day on average, the musicians can be ready to play in just a few minutes upon arrival (the record being 1 minute and 36 seconds). In accordance with the orchestra’s social mission, all performances are free of charge for the audience.

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Theme
As the destination for this year’s tour abroad, the Ricciotti ensemble chooses Greece. One of the main pillars of the Ricciotti policy is the social mission. Greece is one of the areas of Europe where there have been many social problems in recent years. Because of its geographical location, Greece acts as the gateway to Europe and receives large numbers of refugees with all the humanitarian problems that entail. In addition, during the most recent economic crises, this same area was hit hardest. So, for the Ricciotti, reasons abound to travel to this area to try to reach as many people as possible who normally do not come into contact with live symphonic music. Apart from social reasons, Greece is also culturally and musically very interesting to travel to. Greece is the cradle of Western civilisation. That history and its mythology have inspired artists from all over the world for centuries. Composers of all times have also inspired works inspired by this culture. In addition, geography has created a folk music rooted in both Western and Eastern traditions. The programme will therefore consist of works by classical and jazz composers in which Greek mythology plays a defining role. This will be combined with typical Greek pop and folk music. Soloist Matthijs Koene is considered one of the world’s leading pan flutists. His vision and playing style have greatly enhanced the technical and expressive possibilities of the pan flute. Over two hundred compositions have since been composed for him and his ensembles. Thanks to all these efforts, Matthijs brought about the entrance of the pan flute into the world of classical music. Together with this inspiring pioneer, the Ricciotti ensemble will return the pan flute to the land of its mythical origins.