The festival is organized by the Spiritual Center of the Municipality of Patmos and co-organizers are the General Secretariat of the Aegean and Island Policy and the South Aegean Region.
The Festival of Religious Music of Patmos opens a new cycle as an artistic institution and enters its 21st year of organization, with the main aim of highlighting the art of religious music. Choirs and musical ensembles, voices and musical instruments will create a bridge of culture, rendering the multiplicity of music through the prism of faith and religiosity.
The events will take place in the outdoor area of ​​the Holy Cave of the Apocalypse, from August 30 to September 3, every night at 9:00 PM with free entry.
With the distinctive title “Light, sounds and words”, the festival transforms the island of Patmos into a beacon of culture, with the beauty of religious music shaping words and sounds into landscapes that travel the soul and mind of the listeners. The artistic direction of the 21st Festival of Religious Music of Patmos is shared, for one more year, by the acclaimed musicians Tania Sikelianou and Sotiris Despotis. They are flanked by the “Kleida” Chorus, the women’s “Arts” Choir under the direction of Maria Michalopoulou, as well as the acclaimed musicians Nikos Charizanos, Kostas Mantzoros, Anastasios Stellas, Claude and Odile Delangle, Eftychia Veniotas, George Lygeridis, the Stathis Skandalidis and Marianna Spyrakou. The festival will be presented by music writer Thomas Tambakos.
Strategic partners of the organization are the Holy Monastery of Ag. John the Theologian of Patmos and the Municipality of Patmos. The event is under the auspices of EOT.
Summary Program
Wednesday 30.08.2023
Psalter Anthology
Choral Choir “KEY”
Galanis Dimitrios (Chorarchis)
Thursday 31.08.2023
The Eternal Present
Byzantine elements with electronic music
Nikos Harizanos, composer
Kostas Mantzoros, electronic composition
Tania Sikelianou violin
Anastasios Stella voice
Friday 01.09.2023
A Ceremony Of…. Classics
Women’s Choir “Arts”
Teaching/Director Maria Michalopoulou
Piano accompaniment Marianna Spyrakou
Saturday 02.09.2023
From the Musical to the Spiritual – “From the Musical to the Spiritual”
Claude Delangle saxophone
Odile Delangle piano
Eutychus Veniota piano
Giorgos Lygeridis saxophone
Sunday 03.09.2023
4 Seasons by A. Vivaldi +
For violin and guitar
Tania Sikelianou Violin
Stathis Skandalides Guitar
Source :Skai
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