Stavros Xarhakos concert at Pallas Theater

Season: 2023
Start: 27 March 2023
End: 27 March 2023

Stavros Xarchakos in a journey from Pontus to Crete at the Pallas Theater.

Performing: Haini Dimitris Apostolakis, Alexis Parcharidis, Iro Saia

“Our past is the basis for our future” and Stavros Xarchakos knows this very well, as a composer who touches tradition and is inspired by it, studies it throughout his life, incorporates elements of it into his work from an early age and succeeds in spreading it to younger generations.
As was the case in September 2021 in a packed Herodeion, in the context of the concert “The… Song needs virtue and daring” and continues now at the Pallas Theater on Monday 27 March, with a great travelogue, based on the priceless wealth of folk music, entitled “From Pontus to Crete – The sunrise has come and the west has gone”.

This time the musical map is “expanded”, as our musical quest extends from Crete to Pontos and Stavros Xarhakos’ companions on stage, apart from Hera Saia, known for her love and virtuosity in folk singing, are performers – representatives of the authentic Cretan tradition: the Haini Dimitris Apostolakis and Alexis Parcharidis of the Pontian song.

On Monday, March 27, the Pallas Theater will be flooded with melodies that have passed from generation to generation, narratives that have remained alive from mouth to mouth and timeless, historical folk songs will have their place of honor, since on that evening they will be presented through the inventive instrumental view of the great composer, who knows ideally how to “bridge” the past with the present.

Stavros Xarchakos (Conductor)

Performers: Hainis Dimitris Apostolakis, Alexis Parcharidis, Iro Saia

Musicians:
Neoklis Neofytidis – piano
Vasilis Drogaris – accordion
Iraklis Zakkas – bouzouki
George Pappas – lute, nocturnal strings
Yiannis Tavlas – guitars
Michalis Nikopoulos – lute
Vangelis Paschalidis – santouri
Giorgos Atmatsidis – Pontian lyra
Giannis Discos – wind instruments
Stefanos Hadjianagnostou – flute
Dimitris Kazanis – violin
Haris Kellaris – electric bass
Takis Vassiliou – drums, percussion

Sound Engineering: Giorgos Korres, Giorgos Koleventis
Lighting: Maria Athanasopoulou
Photos: ©VaGGiNet/ Evaggelia Thomakou
Production: Cricos