The composer Yorgos Sicilianos: Commemorative tribute for the 10th anniversary of his death

Schedule:

  17:00-17:15 – Welcoming Remarks – Panos Dimaras, President of the Board of Directors of the Society of the Friends of Music – Stefania Merakos, Director of the Music Library of Greece “Lilian Voudouri” – Theodore Antoniou, composer, member of the Academy of Athens, and president of the Greek Composers’ Union  

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    17:15-18:20 – Lectures – 1st Session Moderator: – Panos Vlagopoulos, musicologist, Assistant Professor, Department of Music Studies, Ionian University   Speakers: – Nikos Maliaras, musicologist, Professor, Department of Music Studies, University of Athens – “Yorgos Sicilianos and Greek Music in the Late 20th Century” – Markos Tsetsos, musicologist, Associate Professor, Department of Music Studies, University of Athens – “The Liberal Romantic Modernism of Sicilianos” – Kostas Chardas, musicologist, Assistant Professor, Department of Music Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – “Focusing on the Human: Greek Antiquity and Humanism in the Music and Ideas of Yorgos Sicilianos” – Giorgos Sakallieros, musicologist, Assistant Professor, Department of Music Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – “Yorgos Sicilianos – Dimitris Mitropoulos: A Relationship of Friendship, Respect, and Mutual Influences”    

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    18:40-20:00 – Lectures – 2nd Session Moderator: – Giorgos Sakallieros, musicologist, Assistant Professor, Department of Music Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   Speakers: – Anargyros Deniosos, musicologist-composer – “Origins and Sources of Yorgos Sicilianos’s Music: A Brief Overview” – Nikos Tsouchlos, conductor, musicologist, Associate Professor, Department of Music Studies, Ionian University – “The Lady of the Moonlight by Yorgos Sicilianos” – Panos Vlagopoulos, musicologist, Assistant Professor, Department of Music Studies, Ionian University – “In the Manner of Yorgos Sicilianos: Music and Language in the Violin Concerto” – Georgios Demertzis, violinist – “Yorgos Sicilianos’s Chamber Music with Strings” – Charis Dimaras, pianist, Professor, Ithaca College (New York) – “The Conferenza Musicale Mediterranea of 1995 as the Beginning of a Multifaceted and Significant Relationship with Yorgos Sicilianos”     During the break, the exhibition curator will guide the audience through an exhibition that includes material from the Sicilianos Family Archive, the Yorgos Sicilianos Archive housed in the Historical Archives of the Benaki Museum (*), and documents from the collection of the Music Library.  

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    20:30 – Concert with Works by Yorgos Sicilianos – Eight Children’s Miniatures, Op. 23 – Pantoum, Op. 46   Performers: – Charis Dimaras, piano (Op. 23) – Georgios Demertzis, violin – Angelos Liakakis, cello  

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  Event Coordination: – Stefania Merakos, Valia Vraka – Event Scientific Consultant – Exhibition Coordination: Valia Christopoulou   Acknowledgements: – To Mr. Sakellaropoulos and Mrs. Zafeiriadou from the Historical Archives of the Benaki Museum (Yorgos Sicilianos Archive, accession no. 1188) for the kind provision of material. – To Prof. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianos for providing original material from the Family Archive.