Friday, October 4, 2024
Saturday, October 5, 2024
at 20:00
Foyer of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Sunday, October 6, 2024
at 12:00
Temporary Exhibition Hall C - Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
 
The world’s biggest harp manufacturing company, Salvi Harps, exhibits its harps in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, accompanied by a recital of renowned harpists, such as Anaïs Gaudemard, Katerina Kitsou, Electra Peleki
 
 
Free entrance
Limited seating
Free tickets will be given from Monday, September 30th, Municipality of Thessaloniki, Culture and Toutism Dept, 17, Kountouriotou str at Thessaloniki Port (opposite the Red Cross). 10:00-17:00 o' clock. Each person can take no more than 2 tickets. 

 
 
Friday, October 4^th, 2024
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Salvi Harps exhibition
 
Friday, October 4^th, 2024
at 20:00
Foyer of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki  

Concert:
‘Images’, pictures of sounds and ages
 
Participating:
Katerina Kitsou, harp - compositions 
Dimitris Kitsos, oboe 
Yannis Stefos, cello 
Davina Florentin, vibraphone - percussion
 
 
Programme:
Katerina Kitsou: 2nd floor~Preghiera for solo harp (2021)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Katerina Kitsou: Looking for myself, melody on a prelude by Bach for cello and harp (2023)
Marcel Tournier (1879-1951): Nocturne for cello and harp, Op.21
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Reverie for oboe and harp
Aubert Lemeland (1932-2010): Le havre de Saint Germain for oboe and harp
Pavlos Michailidis: awakening...? for vibraphone and harp (2016)
Katerina Kitsou: Raincoat for vibraphone and harp (2020)
Katerina Kitsou: Walking for oboe, cello, harp and percussion (2020)
Katerina Kitsou: Recherche -Retrouve for oboe, cello, harp and percussion (2020)
Katerina Kitsou: San to vasiliko tha s’ agapo for voice, oboe, cello, harp and percussion / lyrics: Vassiliki Kitsou (2023)
 
 
Saturday, October 5^th, 2024
at 20:00
Foyer of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki  

Harp recital: Anaïs Gaudemard

Programme:
Leopold Mozart (1719-1787): Notenbook for Maria Anna «Nannerl»
36. Allegro moderato in F Major  
37. Andante in B flat Major  
45. Allegro in E minor
Ludwig Spohr (1784-1859): Phantaisie in (C-moll) pour harpe, Op.35 (1807)
Albert Zabel (1834-1910) : La Source
Philiipe Hersant (1948): Bamyan
Claude Debussy (1872-1918): Clair de lune
David Robert Coleman (1969): Nachtstück, dedicated to Anaïs Gaudemard
Claude Debussy (1872-1918): Deux Arabesques
Duo with the violinist Simos Papanas for a musical surprise
 
 
“This programme is intended as a tribute to those performers who have played a central role in the central role in the writing of the harp repertoire. Several of them were harpists themselves, like Albert Zabel and have thus left their mark on the the harp, demonstrating a remarkable mastery instrumental mastery. The recital will begin with extracts from the notebook where Leopold Mozart, between about 1759 and 1764, wrote music for his daughter, Maria Anna Mozart (affectionately called ‘Nannerl’), to teach her to play the keyboard). Louis Spohr was inspired by conjugal love, and it was to his wife Dorette, an excellent harpist, that he dedicated his ‘Phantaisie Op.35’. I will be performing a work written for me, ‘Nachtstück’ by David Coleman, and another contemporary work by Philippe Hersant, commissioned by the Lily Laskine International Competition in 2002. The contemporary works will be surrounded by works by Debussy, who was himself very inspired by the harp and whose music is wonderfully suited to the instrument. Finally, I'll be ending the concert with a privileged partner and friend for a musical surprise in a violin and harp duet with Simos Papanas, himself a composer. I have every confidence in Simos Papanas' ability and in the strength of his proposals to add local color to the end of this concert.”
Anaïs Gaudemard
 
Sunday, October 6^th, 2024
at 20:00
Temporary Exhibition Hall C - Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki  
 
Harp: Electra Peleki
 
Programme:
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757): Sonata in F minor, K446
Wilhelm Posse (1852-1925): Study No.7
Paul Hindemith (185-1963): Sonata, 3rd movement
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757): Sonata in A Major, K113
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924): Impromptu
Elias Parish Alvars (1808-1849): Introduction and Variations in themes of “Norma”
 

 
 
Anaïs Gaudemard Master Class
October 5^th from 09:00 to 13:00 
October 6^th from 14:00 to 18:00
Temporary Exhibition Hall C - Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki  
The Master Class is free
Applications to Maria Sofroni: [email protected]
 
 
“I hope to share with them the range of possibilities with the instrument and all the secrets of the repertoire I know. I think my method is inspired by this quotation by Nicolas Boileau (1636 - 1711) « What is well conceived is clearly stated, and the words to say it come easily ». Reading and understanding a score quickly; its structure, style, musical context etc. Building a technique at the service of music and… vice versa! We will undoubtedly be concentrating on the subject of memory and the role of the body, particularly in preparing for deadlines for a better appreciation of the stage.”
Anaïs Gaudemard


Co-production: TSSO - ΑΜΤ
59^th Demetria Festival
Supported by the French Institute of Thessaloniki and the French Consulate in Thessaloniki

Entry is free with the use of tickets, which will be available until sold out from Monday, September 30th. Each person can purchase up to two individual invitations. Tickets can be obtained from the Directorate of Culture and Tourism, 17, Kountouriotou str., Port (opposite the Red Cross), daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.