The 11th TWMF is looking towards the future! What will the music of the future be like, and how will it relate to the music of the past? The world’s musical traditions are deeply rooted in time. What is their relationship to today’s music, and what will their place be in the music that future generations will listen to? TWMF invites musicians who approach musical traditions in a creative way, grafting them with contemporary sounds, combining different musical genres, and renewing the musical material through new compositions and improvisations.
CULTURAL FOUNDATION OF TINOS
Melidron, 21:00
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Melidron [méli (honey) + ýdor (water)] — the sweetness of life, the music that unites roots and voices. Melidron is a musical ensemble born in 2011 through a love for tradition, entechno, and the polyphonic elements of Greek music. From Asia Minor and Epirus to contemporary creations, the group weaves together the old with the new, the East with the West. Today, under the musical direction of Dimitris Xanthos, Melidron is refreshed and presents a multifaceted soundscape, and comes to the Tinos World Music Festival to meet the world through sounds that bridge cultures, eras, and emotions.
Dimitris Xanthos: guitar and direction
Eirini Lazoura, Maria Lepidara: voice
Sofia Roumani: piano
Michalis Giannitsis: voice
Vladimiros Voinas: percussion
Andreas Kampanis: ney
Admission free
Stamatis Pasopoulos “g – MBT”, 22:00
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Original, dramatized musical compositions inspired by the Balkan character of Greece’s northern cross-border region. Traditional instruments and soundscapes reflect both the beauty born from the blending of local cultural diversity and the modern “model” of social differentiation.
Regional dances—carrying elements of collective identity—are transformed into complete sonic personalities, each offering its own perspective and interpretation within the overall narrative. The violin and accordion, as core instruments of these musical cultures, are placed in an “art music” context, while still preserving the raw folk essence that defines them.
Makis Baklatzis: violin
Stamatis Pasopoulos: accordion, tapes, composition
Admission free
CULTURAL FOUNDATION OF TINOS
The Friends of Music Society of Tinos Choir, 20:30
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The Friends of Music Society of Tinos Choir was created 10 years ago, under the direction of music educator and vocal teacher Georgia Bakogiannis. It consists of 17 female members who sing Greek and foreign repertoire. In the last two years, they have added Greek traditional songs arranged for a cappella choir to their program. The choir has participated in many concerts and festivals in Tinos and beyond.
Admission free
Sedum Trio, 21:00
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Sedum Trio consists of three musicians based in Crete. The group draws inspiration from the Cretan landscape and presents a program of original compositions, songs, and traditional tunes from Greece and the Mediterranean.
Manolis Tzanakis: oud, voice
Eleanna Papanikolopoulou: percussion, voice
Sakis Polyzos: double bass
Admission free
Lyra Quartet, 22:00
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Sokratis Sinopoulos brings together three of the most prominent interpreters of the politiki lyra (lyra of Istanbul) in a creative musical dialogue for four lyras.
Starting from the musical tradition of early 20th-century Constantinople—where the lyra played a central role in popular orchestras—the four musicians trace the instrument’s evolution up to the present day. They delve into and expand upon the rich musical material passed down by master musicians of the past, drawing inspiration from it for improvisation and new creation.
The program features old instrumental tunes from Constantinople, Smyrna, Thrace, and the eastern Aegean islands, as well as original compositions by Sokratis Sinopoulos, specially arranged for this unique ensemble.
Chrysanthi Gkika: lyra
Dimosthenis Karachristodoulou: lyra
Sokratis Sinopoulos: lyra
Stratis Psaradellis: lyra
Admission free
MUSEUM OF MARBLE CRAFTS, PIRGOS TINOS
The third day of the festival is organised for the 5th year in collaboration with the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation’s Museum of Marble Crafts in Pirgos, Tinos.
Panagiotis Kaitatzis Trio, 20:00
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Oud player Panagiotis Kaitatzis from Lesvos presents a new musical project, centered around the oud and built on a foundation of original compositions.
The trio creates a sound that blends lyricism, rhythmic intensity, and musical storytelling, all shaped by a contemporary aesthetic. At the heart of the repertoire are new works inspired by a range of musical influences, aiming to create original sound landscapes that explore rhythm and harmony through the interaction between the musicians.
The melodies combine deep emotion with explosive energy, while the trio’s sound is defined by its flexibility—seamlessly moving from atmospheric moments to powerful musical climaxes.
At the same time, the trio experiments with reinterpretations, offering a fresh take on beloved compositions by other artists, as well as rearrangements from the traditional music repertoire of Lesvos.
Panagiotis Kaitatzis: oud
Orfeas Sierras: drums
Paschalis Papazoudis: keyboards
Admission free
Smari, 21:00
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Smari is a group of six musicians who blend their musical influences from the Greek and Arab-Persian traditions with contemporary musical idioms. Two neys, lyra, cello, double bass, lavta and voice form a flexible ensemble that seeks to explore how the centuries-old musical traditions of Greece and the Middle East can find their place in today’s world.
Harris Lambrakis: ney
Nikos Paraoulakis: ney
Martha Mavroidi: voice, lavta
Stratis Psaradellis: lyra
Giorgos Tamiolakis: cello
Giorgos Ventouris: double bass
Admission free
SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER | CULTURAL FOUNDATION OF TINOS | 11:00 - 13:00
The Tinos World Music Festival is organizing an educational program for the fourth consecutive year, offering an opportunity to people who live far from urban centers and lack access to artistic educational activities to attend a workshop with free admission. This year, Eleanna Papanikolopoulou from Sedum Trio will hold a workshop in greek folk singing on the theme “Gender-based Violence in Folk Songs.” The workshop will take place at the Cultural Foundation of Tinos on Saturday, October 11, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
The seminar titled “Gender-Based Violence in Folk Song” aims to shed light on the multiple facets of this social phenomenon as they are reflected in oral folk tradition. Folk song, as a collective artistic expression of the people, conveys social perceptions, moral values, and behaviors that both shape — and at the same time reflect — gender relations over time. By singing the stories of women who were brutally murdered for just a glance, for two roses, or for using a hookah, we will explore the position of women within a strictly patriarchal framework.
Registration can be made through tinosworldmusicfestival@gmail.com or through social media.
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