Faneromeni 24: Musicopoetic performance "Cyprus: from yesterday to today"

Thursday 11 July 2024

The summer events of the Faneromeni 24 Arts Festival begin with the musicopoetic performance "Cyprus: from yesterday to today". The performance will highlight the continuity of the people of Cyprus through time, music and poetry, elements that inform a multidimensional landscape, reflecting the influences of the past and present. Each note and lyric are a narrative, a living testimony of Cypriot identity and human experience, which continues to inspire and stir the experiences of invasion, uprooting, loss, poverty, relationship with the land, love and love, joy and pain, faith, hope and resistance.

Faneromeni 24 Arts Festival begins with the musicopoetic performance “Cyprus: From Yesterday to Today”. The performance will highlight the endurance of the people of Cyprus through time, where music and poetry become the building blocks for a multifaceted landscape that reflects both past and present. Every note, every lyric becomes its own narrative, a living testimony of Cypriot identity and human experience that continues to inspire and stir us; through memories of invasion, uprooting, loss, poverty; through our relationship with the land; through love, joy and pain; through faith, hope and resistance.

A journey through the sounds of music and poetry, starting from the past and reaching up to the present. A testimony of our Folk Culture through beloved traditional and artful Cypriot songs and through the poetry of anonymous and well-known folk poets who managed to capture the rich history of the land and the people of Cyprus. Michalis Passiardis, Antonis A. Katsantonis, Kyriakos Karneras, Xenis Patsalos, Christoforos Palaisiis etc.

A journey through music and poetry begins in the past and reaches to the present, a testimony of our Folk Culture through beloved traditional and “entexna” Cypriot songs and the poetry of both anonymous and renowned poets that have managed to capture the rich history of the land and of the people of Cyprus. Michalis Passiardis, Antonis A. Katsantonis, Kyriakos Karneras, Xenis Patsalos, Christoforos Palaisiis etc.

The main theme is the cultural wealth of Cyprus through time, highlighting the musical and folk poetic treasure of the island. To the sounds of the violin, the lute and the cannon we will travel to Karpasia, Mesaoria, Kokkinochoria, Pitsilia, Pafos, Tilliria, Akanthou, Avgorou, Pegeia, Zodia.

With its focus on the cultural wealth of Cyprus through time, the performance highlights the musical and poetic treasures of the island. The sounds of the violin, the lute and the qanun will transport us to Karpasia, Mesaoria, Kokkinochoria, Pitsilia, Paphos, Tilliria, Akanthou, Avgorou, Pegeia, Zodia.

Participating: Vasiliki Hatziadamu (singing), Markoullis (polite lute / singing), Pavlos Michaelides (violin), Charalambos Panteli (lute), Andreas Ioannou (qanun), Christos Isidorou (oud, sazi, pithkiavli), Michael Messios (bass), Panagiotis Stylianides (percussion).

Duration 1.15

All the events of the Faneromeni Arts Festival are held considering all necessary measures for the health and safety of visitors and staff and are accessible to disabled groups.

Events start at 20:30 and entrance doors will open at 20:00.

Free entrance

During the events, photos and videos will be taken. The image of those attending the events may be used for promotional purposes or may be given to the media or uploaded on the internet. By attending the events, the public automatically gives the organisers the right to use the photos/videos taken during the photography or video recording.