21/1/2002 - the Musical Institute of Aegio in the Palace of Music Athens

   On 21 January the Musical Institute of Aegio participated in a big concert in the Palace of Music Athens, that was organised by the Federation of Greek Associations of New York and the sponsor was the Holy Synod of Church of Greece.
  The Musical Institute was presented in the second part of the concert and played - with the chorus of Pan-Hellenic Association of Chanters "Romanos the Melodist", the chorus of Metropolis of Athens and the chorus of Association of Friends of Byzantine Music of Aigialeia - traditional songs under the direction of  distinguished greek-american chorus master Dimitris Fousteris.
   It was a unique evening which at the first part, the National Symphonic Orchestra of ERT has interpreted "the 5th Symphony" of Bethoven, the introduction of the opera "Don Jovanni" of Mozart as well as extracts from known musical pieces of Donizetti, Masne, Rossini, Verdi and Tchaikovsky under the direction of Andreas Pylarinos and soloist the bass Dimitris Kavrakos and the soprano Helen Fousteris.
   Also the classic orchestra of room "Feminarte" has participated with soloist, the violinist Yannis Georgiadis and the quartet male ecclesiastical chorus of "Saint George of Karytsi", while unique moment of the evening was the performance of "Maouthaousen" by the Symphonic Orchestra of ERT under the direction of our composer, Mikis Theodorakis.
   The concert that initially had been dedicated to the memory of the music-teacher and first-chanter of Cathedral of Athens, Spyros Peristeris, afterwards the tragic events of last September, it was also dedicated in the memory of the innocent victims of the hellenic community and it was prologued by the Archbishop of Athens and Greece, Hristodoulos.
 

The musicians :

Sakis Papadimitriou: Lute
Panos Dimitrakopoulos: canoon
Manolis Kottoros: Violin
Kostas Dimou: Clarinet
Alexis Hatziapostolou: Oud
Niki Katsimbiri: Kaval
Haralampos Papagiannoulis: Santour
Vangelis Makrygiorgos: Bendir, ntaouli
Giorgos Kalfopoulos: Toumpeleki, tambourine