Tribute to Yannis Constantinidis / Kostas Giannidis

Alternative Stage founding donor 

Alternative Stage sponsor: PPC (Public Power Company)

The GNO Alternative Stage presents a great tribute to the multifaceted work of the great composer Yannis Constantinidis / Kostas Giannidis (1903-1984) on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his death.

Four concert programmes make up the tribute to the work of the great composer Yannis Constantinidis / Kostas Giannidis, who lived between two musical worlds and between two identities. The curator of the tribute's concerts is the ethnomusicologist Lambros Liavas, who took over the responsibility of preserving the composer's archive from the composer himself. The programme of the concerts is as follows:

• 10 November 2024
  The works for voice and piano
  Baritone: Tassis Christoyannis
  Piano: Thanasis Apostolopoulos

• 15, 23 November 2024
  Shοuld you wish send me some flowers…
  Kostas Giannidis songs arranged for period orchestra
  Arrangement: Giannis Loupakis
  Conductor: Nicolas Vassiliou
  Performer: Eleni Voudouraki, Angelos Papadimitriou 
  With the participation of eight-member music ensemble
  

• 16 November 2024
  The works for a capella four-voice mixed choir
  With the participation of the Mixed Choir of the Department of Music Studies of the School of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  Conductor: Nikos Maliaras
  POLIS Ensemble performs the original folk songs
  Arrangement: Alexandros Kapsokavadis
  

• 22 November 2024
  The works for piano
  Piano: tba

* In the beginning of each concert there will be a brief lecture by Lambros Liavas on the composer and his works, with projection of visual material from the Archive of Yannis Constantinidis / Department of Music Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and National Resources.