The 1st Festival of Worship Music, a new large-scale event, which will take place from Holy Monday to Holy Wednesday in 17 historical landmarks of Plaka and the center of Athens, was presented today in the beautiful garden of the Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments “Phoebus” Anogia – Center for Ethnomusicology. The event, the first of its kind hoped to become an institution, is a partnership between forces of the Ministry of Culture and Sports and its supervised bodies, the National Opera (ELS) and Eurolife FFH. The idea and the artistic direction of the Festival are of the Artistic Director of ELS, George Koumentakis.
More than 400 young and distinguished Greek artists, musicians, choirs, singers, singers, composers, actors, chief musicians participate in an unprecedented experiential experience of immersion in the streets of Plaka and the center of Athens.
The musical relay of the 1st Festival of Worship Music will bring great works of world music, tradition and modern creation, with a thematic axis of worship, at the Acropolis Museum, the Metropolis of Athens, the Fethiye Mosque, the Bath of the Winds, the Museum of the Greeks Folk Musical Instruments “Phoebus Anogeianakis” – Center for Ethnomusicology, the Metochi of the Holy Sepulcher, the pedestrian street of Dionysios Areopagitos, the Museum of the History of the University of Athens, the Parnassos Philological Association, the Church of Na. the Museum of Paul and Alexandra Kanellopoulou, the Catholic Cathedral of St. Dionysiou of Areopagitis, but also in three routes with the Bands of the Army, Air Force and Navy in Dionysiou Areopagitou – Apostolos Pavlos – Kapnikareas Square, Acropolis and Metropolis Peripheral – Monastiraki.
“We are creating another institution for the days of Holy Week, a period with a great all-night atmosphere that is associated with worship, with religious faith, ungodly. These days touch each of us in his very sensitive personal moments and strings.
On the other hand, this Festival comes to be part of the broader policy we have, of the connection of the Cultural Heritage with the newest and modern creations of Culture “, said the Minister of Culture and Sports, Lina Mendoni, today, during the presentation of the program of the Festival.
“We have 17 historical landmarks of Plaka and the Center of Athens that in the first three days of Holy Week will host a marathon of 62 concerts and artistic activities, with 400 musicians, artists, choirs, singers, singers, actors offering us for the first time this deep contemplation associated with worship. “I consider it very important that we are here and we present and inaugurate this Festival”, the minister stressed.
“We are proud to support the 1st Festival of Worship Music, a large-scale event consisting of concerts and events to offer free of charge to every person who attends it a unique experiential experience. For three days, the neighborhoods of the center of Athens that will host the concerts and events of this Festival will be filled with people, thus proving that through the partnership of the public with the private sector, initiatives with great value for all can emerge and be implemented. us “, noted Alexandros Sarigeorgiou, President & CEO of the Eurolife FFH group, which allocated the largest percentage of expenses for the Festival (approximately 70-80%), while the rest comes from the Ministry of Culture.
“The 1st Festival of Worship Music aspires to be our first large open meeting in the center of Athens after the years of the pandemic. In the all-night atmosphere of Holy Week, the dozens of Concerts of Worship Music in unique landmarks of Plaka will be the ideal occasion to experience again the meaning of “together” and to tour the spring streets of our city. “The 1st Festival of Worship Music invited leading Greek performers, important ensembles, musicians, composers with works assignments – five were the works assignments – to present a panorama of Worship Music with very wide aesthetic and conceptual compositions”, pointed out George Koumentas brief reference to the events of the program, which is characterized by versatility, large size and quality.
The Festival will start on Holy Monday at 5 pm, in the courtyard of the Acropolis Museum, where the “Epitaph” by Mikis Theodorakis will be presented, in poetry by Giannis Ritsos, adapted by Giannis Belonis, conducted by Stathis Soulis, soloist by Natasa Boσαa and participation of Chóres of Marina Satti. The concert will be repeated at 8.30 in the same place.
It is noted that the entrance to all areas will be free, without reservations, while order of priority will be observed. Due to the limited capacity of many of the festival venues, several of the concerts are repeated up to three times each day, to enable as large an audience as possible to attend. The concerts of the festival will be short (from 25 to 40 minutes on average) so that the spectators can watch more than one, if they wish.
The distances between the venues are short, in order to give the spectators the opportunity to watch many of the activities of the festival. The detailed program is posted on nationalopera.gr & digitalculture.gov.gr, while in the form that will be distributed to the spectators there will be a map with the venues, a summary program of the events and a QR code for reference to the detailed program on the website of ELS. The prescribed protocols for the coronavirus will be observed at the premises.
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