Musicians, singers and dancers from Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Albania will participate.
Two hundred artists from five countries will gather next Saturday on the stage of Agios Achillios on Prespes to send, through the spectacle they will present, the message of peace and unity of the Balkan peoples.
Musicians, singers and dancers from Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Albaniapromise to offer an unrepeatable evening that stands out in this year’s program of the renewed Prespes 2023 event.
It’s about 1st Balkan Festivalwhich – according to the announcement of the Cultural Events Organization of Prespa, Florina, “in the long term aims to steal the jewel of the wilderness that the Balkans have and to open communication channels, wide, such that only civilization opens”.
“Here is the Balkans, it’s not a joke” is the title of the event, which borrows the words of the great Greek painter and poet Nikos Eggonopoulos, while the members of the Organization discovered the cultural beacons that connect these five countries.
The same day will be followed by a great concert by Vassilis Papakonstantinou, who is touring Greece to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Greek song this year, but especially for the evening in Agios Achilleios, he has chosen a unique program, presenting the best he has performed in his career: Theodorakis, Loizos, Mikroutsikos, Livaditis, Karyotakis, Kavvadias, Nikolas Asimos, Costas Tripolitis, Alkis Alkaios, Stamatis Mesimeris, Odysseas Ioannou, Giannis Negrepontis, Lina Dimopoulou, George Kleftogiorgos and many others.
“The festival takes place in the wider area of ​​Prespa in a masterpiece of nature, an earthly paradise as UNESCO has characterized it. The great Theodoros Angelopoulos passed through this festival and left his mark. His step was not at all unsteady. In the three films he brought Florina and Prespa to the fore. The project is very difficult and in order to be carried out, as always and this is the case this year, the help of the government, the entire political world, the Army, the Police, the Fire Department and the officials of all of Western Macedonia is needed,” the Organization’s announcement states. .
Three-day program of events
The organizers emphasize the opportunity for the Greeks to visit the Prespa lakes again this year, underlining that “another Greece awaits them there, untouched”. As stated in the announcement, “magical landscapes await them that transform the misery of the borders into a blessed love for nature. Everything celebrates unity in Prespes, their motherly origin but also the silver pelicans, rose pelicans, herons and cormorants. Nature’s surfing is divine,” he concludes.
In detail, the three-day program of August 25-27 is as follows:
Friday August 25 at 18:00 event at the Drosopigi Community Square in the Municipality of Florina with the title: “Grigoris Lambrakis. The Martyr of Democracy and Marathoner of Peace. 1963-2023 60 years since his assassination.” Greetings will be given by: Giorgos Lianis, Grigoris Lambrakis, Michalis Marou and Stavros Styliadis, while the main speaker will be Dr. of Modern Greek Philology A.P.Th. Theodosis Nikolaidis.
A musical event will follow with Maria Thoidou and Makis Aivazoglou singing and Thanasis Bililis on the piano.
On Saturday, August 26 at 19:30 in Agios Achilleios of the Municipality of Prespa, the 1st Balkan Festival will take place under the title “Here is the Balkans, it’s not for fun”, with the participation of artists from Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Albania.
It will be followed by a concert by Vassilis Papakonstantinou with the collaborators Andreas Apostolos on orchestrations and piano, Vangelis Paterakis on electric bass, Stefanos Dimitriou on drums, Mary Brozis on violin, Yannis Augeris on electric guitar and Apostolos Mosios on acoustic guitar.
Finally, on Sunday, August 27 at 11:30 in the morning in the Multi-Purpose Hall of the Municipality of Florina, a workshop will be held on the topic: “The Architectural Connection of Florina – Monastirius (Bitola), with the following speakers:
Kotsopoulos Sofokles – Dr. Asst. Professor, Dept. of Architects and Engineers A.P.Th.
Voskopoulou Chrysoula – Dr. Architecture engineer
Nikolaos Tamoutselis – PhD. EDIP Teaching of Visual Arts, P.D.M.
Evgenios Ristevski – President of “Pelagonia” Monastery Association
Christian Velianov – Responsible Exam. Greek Language Certification Center Monastiri
Vasiliki Mavroidakou – Castellana – Cultural and Educational Program Manager at Villa Kerylos, South of France
Christophe Corbier – National Center for Advanced Research (CNRS) Researcher, Inst. of Research of the Museum (IReMus) of Paris
On the evening of the same day at 20:00 in the New Park of Florina, an event of the 1st Balkan Festival will take place with the following participations:
Greece: “Benders”
Albania
Bulgaria: Merce English speakers Svetoglas
B. Macedonia: KUD “Tashe Miloshevsi” Resen
Serbia: KUD “Beloinje” Kocani: orchestra
Source :Skai
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