CHÓRES CHÓRES
Stavros Niarchos Hall
CHÓRES
June 2024
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Traditional songs and works by Michael Adamis, Alkis Baltas, Lajos Bárdos, Simela Emmanouilidou, Yannis Ioannidis, Zoltán Kodály, Alexandros Drakos Ktistakis, Nikos Kypourgos, Martha Mavroidi, Margarita Papadimitriou, Christos Samaras and Philippos Tsalahouris

 

Musical direction & coaching: Eirini Patsea, Christina Poupalou, Simela Emmanouilidou
Choreographer, lighting supervisor: Stavros Alexandros Ikbal

CHÓRES Artistic Director: Marina Satti
CHÓRES General Director: Kharálampos Goyós
CHÓRES Administrative Assistant: Eleni Gianni
CHÓRES Production Manager: Veroniki Krikoni

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CHÓRES female choral ensemble

Athina Alchazidou, Eleni Alexaki, Evita Alimara-Malafouri, Aggeliki Athanasopoulou, Gina Avgikou, Marina Avraam, Theodora Bakou, Homerolie Baltou, Georgia Bamia, Alcmini Bassakaros, Valia Bolonakou, Ourania Bolovini, Dimita Bompou, Melina Boutsioli, Anna Chalkia, Stavroula Chante, Angelina Chatzimarkou, Katerina Chatzinikolaou, Mina Chrisimou, Vasiliki Chrysofaki, Valeria Dimitraka, Giota Dimitrakopoulou, Vasiliki Dimou, Pinelopi Drakaki, Anna Efstathiou, Marialena Emmanouilidi, Vicky Fatourou, Maria Fotiou, Efi Fotiou, Panagiota Gantzoudi, Maria Anastasia Gianneiou, Konstantina Giannopoulou, Konstantina Giannoutsou, Eva Giotaki, Danai Gkanasou, Maria Glynou, Chrysoula Iliopoulou, Maria Ioannou, Souaila Jaghnoon-Kotaki, Genovefa Christina Kalaitzidou, Thomais Kalamara, Katerina Kalochristianaki, Artemis Karkani, Anastasia Katapidi, Faidra Kazakou, Maria Kazala, Athina Kefalopoulou, Katerina Kokolaki, Dominiki Kondyli, Anastasia Konstantinidou, Eleni Kontargyri, Filippia Kontogiannakopoulou, Nafsika Korialou, Vickie Koronidou, Varvara Kotsiourou, Aristea-Evangelia Koukounouri, Ariel Krarup, Veroniki Krikoni, Kelly Kyriakopoulou, Tania Livanou, Olympia Louka, Eleftheria Loupasaki, Jette Lübeck, Elisavet Malo, Maria Mantzoni, Danai Markaki, Maria Meidani, Kalliopi Maria Meladaki, Maria Merkouri, Sofia Mermingi, Margarita Mitropoulou, Eleftheria Molou, Anastasia Moraiti, Anastasia Mougkogianni, Georgia Mougopetrou, Dimitra Nakou, Niki Nikolakopoulou, Giolina Oikonomopoulou, Natalia Papadima, Claire Papadopoulou, Kyveli Papantoniou, Tania Paparidi, Fotini Papastergiou, Anna Paspati, Eirini Petraki, Effrosyni Platyrrachou, Maria Pollatou, Myrsini Polymenakou, Elena Pouliou, Marianna Roumelioti, Nadia Samara, Evi Sarantakou, Myrto Saroglou, Eleni Serdari, Antonia Sielouli, Emmanouela Sirigou, Marina Skoura, Angeliki Sofianopoulou, Elina Stamopoulou, Danai Stergiou, Melpomeni Stolaki, Afroditi Strati, Mina Tagkalaki, Georgia Theologidou, Pelagia Tragari, Anna Triantafyllou, Nikolaia Triantafyllou, Eleni Tsami, Nikoletta Tzortzi, Maria Varka, Xeni Vasilaki, Panagiota Vasileiou, Antonia Velisariou, Aggi Vrettou, Angeliki Vryazi, Vasilia Vyza, Kalliopi Xexaki, Nagia Xyla, Eirini Zachariadi, Aliki Zafeiri, Anastasia Zompola

Stavros Niarchos Hall
Opera

CHÓRES

Stavros Niarchos Hall of the Greek National Opera – SNFCC

Starts at: 20.30

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The CHÓRES female choral ensemble presents a unique concert at the Stavros Niarchos Hall of the Greek National Opera, on Wednesday 5 June 2024 at 20.30. Featuring their full line-up, CHÓRES propose a dynamic programme of polyphonic music where classic choral adaptations of traditional Greek and international melodies are intertwined with newer arrangements and compositions, many of them written especially for the ensemble by distinguished contemporary composers.

After an explosive season full of exciting performances in iconic Athens venues such as the Zappeion Hall, the Panathenaic Stadium, the Stoa of Attalos and the Acropolis Museum, and momentous occasions such as the Opening Ceremony of the Olymp’Arts Arts Olympiad, the Olympic Flame Handover Ceremony and the 2nd GNO Sacred Music Festival, the CHÓRES female choral ensemble returns to the Stavros Niarchos Hall and the core of its basic repertoire. With the onstage participation of over 120 women, CHÓRES approach these diverse compositions with the fresh and unconventional spirit that characterises this up-and-coming, unique ensemble, illuminating traditional musical material in modern and unexpected ways, and highlighting the uncommon vocal skills of their members.

The concert programme includes works by composers Michael Adamis, Alkis Baltas, Lajos Bárdos, Simela Emmanouilidou, Yannis Ioannidis, Zoltán Kodály, Alexandros Drakos Ktistakis, Nikos Kypourgos, Martha Mavroidi, Margarita Papadimitriou, Christos Samaras and Philippos Tsalahouris, as well as traditional songs. Marina Satti is the artistic director of the ensemble, which is led by its regular choirmistresses Eirini Patsea, Christina Poupalou and Simela Emmanouilidou, and choreographed by Stavros Alexandros Ikbal.


 

About the CHÓRES female choral ensemble

CHÓRES is an artistic incubator created by Marina Satti in order to cultivate its members' skills in music, dance and acting as well as to develop artists with a broad education and social awareness. CHÓRES experiment on the interconnection of diverse aesthetic and cultural elements, transcending the boundaries of geography or age and utilising various means of expression. More than 150 women aged between 15 and 60 years regularly practise the whole spectrum of performance arts. Their eclectic repertoire includes traditional Greek songs, songs from the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean, original compositions and folksong arrangements by numerous Greek and international composers, several of which were written expressly for the ensemble. CHÓRES regularly collaborate with the Greek National Opera as a resident ensemble, having taken part in many concerts, productions and choral festivals in Greece and abroad. In the context of the 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture, an educational and performing activity, with the title Mystery_96 CHÓRES, was organised; it comprised the formation of a local choral ensemble, weekly choral and broader artistic training courses, as well as special performances in Elefsina and the surrounding area, culminated in the ensemble’s appearance in the Opening Ceremony in February 2023. In April 2024, the choir took part in the Olympic Flame Handover Ceremony of the XXXIII Summer Olympic Games “Paris 2024” at the Panathenaic Stadium, Athens, singing the Olympic Anthem in collaboration with the National Symphony Orchestra of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation.