The concert Khandan refers to both poetry and singing.
Teti Kassioni and Yorgos Athanasiou showcase their latest musical
performance featuring world poetry. Several notable poets from various
eras have had their work turned into music, including Charles
Baudelaire, Nazim Hikmet, Jacques Brel, Odysseas Elytis, Kostas
Varnalis, Lina Nikolakopoulou, Violetta Parra, and Ilias
Papakonstantinou. Among the composers whose works will be featured in
the music program are Jacques Brel, Manos Hatzidakis, Mikis Theodorakis,
Thanos Mikroutsikos, Nikos Xylouris, Manos Loizos, Dimitris Lagios,
Ilias Andriopoulos, Nikos Doukas, and Teti Kassioni.
Teti Kassioni, a Greek singer and composer, resides in Brussels. She
pursued her studies in Music with the vocalist Areti Topouzidou and in
French Literature(Universities of Thessaloniki & of Bologna). Her career
began as a singer in various bands in Greece like Graviton and Antidotum
Tarantulae, leading to collaborations with several Greek composers and
lyricists including Lina Nikolakopoulou, Marios Strofalis, Ilias
Papakonstantinou, and others, performing at different concert halls
across Europe. She has put out two solo albums and has been involved in
numerous collaborative albums too. In 2016, she came out with her
inaugural solo album named "Petagma," followed by her second album, "De
Marron et d’ Amour," which was released in 2023.The second one was
inspired by the poetry of Ilias Papakonstantinou and translated into
French by her. Thymios Papadopoulos, a prominent Greek musician and
composer, is responsible for producing and orchestrating her albums.
Yorgos Athanasiou, a classical guitarist native to Greece, currently
resides in Brussels. Since he was very young, music has been the sole
focus of his life. He completed his studies in classical guitar at the
Polyrhythmia Conservatory of Preveza under the guidance of Professor
Nikos Rossos, earning a Superior Degree in Classical Guitar with
distinction. He continued his studies in Athens with the soloist Kostas
Grigoreas, and in 2015, he received the highest Diploma in classical
guitar with honors. He is also a graduate of the Department of Music
Studies of the University of Ioannina and has obtained the Master Level
2 in Classical Guitar Virtuosity and Performance at the Conservatory of
Avellino, Italy. He is a teacher of Classical Guitar in Brussels and in
The Hague, and he performs in many concerts in Benelux and in Greece.
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