Weekend concert at Herod Atticus in aid of summer’s fire-stricken
The Mikis Theodorakis Popular Orchestra will perform in aid of the people stricken by the summer fires in Ileia at the Herod Atticus Theater over the weekend. The two three-hour performances will also include the parallel screening of a group exhibition of works. The orchestra will be joined by different vocalists in the two events. Participating singers include Maria Farandouri, Petros Gaitanos, Foteini Darra, Doros Dimosthenous, Christos Thivaios, Mariza Koch, Grigoris Bithikotsis, Dionysis Tsaknis, Manolis Famellos, Themis Adamantidis, Sofia Vossou, Gerassimos Andreatos, Aliki Kayaloglou, Miltos Paschalidis, Antonis Remos and many others. The parallel screening will create a dialogue between the works of art and the songs. Participating artists are Petros Zoumboulakis, Michalis Manoussakis, Pavlos Samios, Opy Zouni, Marios Spiliopoulos, Giorgos Lazongas, Vassilis Sperantzas, Alekos Fassianos, Yiannis Psychopaidis and many others. The artists will also offer works for an auction in support of tree planting at Ancient Olympia’s Hill of Cronus. For tickets: Hellenic Festival box office, 39 Panepistimiou, tel 210.327.2000.
