Sunday, 21-08-2022
TIME: 21.00 / SAINT JOHN THEOLOGOS SQUARE - KASTRO

MODES AND MOODS

The Dimitris Kalantzis quarter will present “Modes and Moods”, featuring the music of Mikis Theodorakis. The spontaneity and intensity and intensity of jazz music beautifully showcase the big composer’s work. The repertoire includes excerpts from “Mikres Kyklades”, “Axion Esti”, the soundtrack of Kostas Gavras' film «Z», and more, paying tribute to the legendary Mikis Theodorakis.

MUSICIANS
TRUMPET: Andreas Polyzogopoulos / BASS: George Georgiadis / DRUMS: Alexandros - Drakos Ktistakis / PIANO - ARRANGEMENTS: Dimitris Kalantzis

FREE ENTRANCE
In collaboration with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades and the Cultural Association of Sifnos

Note by Mikis Theodorakis
«It was one of the most beautiful and moving moments of my life when I heard the jazz rendition of my songs. Because from a very young age, I had the privilege of listening daily to jazz records from the classic period on the rare gramophone of that time (the '20s). A music that marked me and that I would have loved to explore more deeply. However, the circumstances at that time (foreign occupation) did not allow me to do so. Thus, jazz has remained within me as a great unfulfilled desire. For this reason, I welcome Dimitris Kalantzis' initiative to dress my songs in jazz sounds, and moreover, in such a high level of artistic quality. I am delighted because I see that in our country, there are such talented musicians with technical excellence and creative imagination. After all, this genre of music is extremely demanding, as it is mainly based on improvisation, a continuous vigilance of the performer's intellectual and mental world. In a few words, I am very happy for this union of my music with the mythical world of jazz, and for this, I warmly thank the musicians and above all, the inspired arranger Dimitris Kalantzis, as well as the excellent conductor and friend Miltos Logiadis, and I wish them every success.»

Conference Speaker

DIMITRIS KALANTZIS

Dimitris Kalantzis was born in Athens. He studied piano and music theory at the Athens Conservatory and the Athenian Conservatory, where he graduated in piano and fugue with summa cum laude. In 1990 he began his studies at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music -Jazz Department in Budapest, where he graduated in 1994 with distinction. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Musical Interpretation from the Ionian University. From 2004 to 2010, he taught at the Ionian University in the Musical Studies Department, while since 2013 he is the director of the Jazz School of the Athens Conservatory. He has held concerts at the Herodium, at Athens Music Hall, at the Pallas Theatre, at the Sani Festival, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, at the Poisson Rouge in New York, at Gazarte, and Half Note. His personal discography includes “Mano’s” a jazz tribute to Manos Hadjidakis, 2011 (a platinum record), “modes & moods” music by Mikis Theodorakis 2013, “Santa’s secret dance” 2014 and “Yesterday Night – jazz take on the Greek music of yesterday” 2016. He has worked with important musicians on the Greek and international jazz scene, such as Kevin Mahogany, Andy Sheppard, Alex Foster, Ralph Peterson, Rex Richardson, Dennis Baptiste, Abram Wilson, Marcelo Peliteri, Ron Afif, Tony Remy, Amik Guerra and many more.
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