



The Tinos World Music Festival presents for the second year the three-year cycle of musical creation with the title “Transformations”, which aims to explore the relationship between the various manifestations of folk music culture and contemporary artistic creation.
CULTURAL FOUNDATION OF TINOS | 20:00
Musafirat
Eleftheria Daoultzi | Giannis Rizopoulos | Kostas Tsarouchis
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Musafirat presents a musical journey to Eastern Mediterranean countries and new compositions based on these ancient musical traditions with new approaches and an improvisational mood. Their name is inspired by the title of a book, written by Vasileios Ladas, an author from Patras, and in Farsi it means “journey”. Musafiri are the travellers, the visitors.
Eleftheria Daoultzi: qanun
Giannis Rizopoulos: percussion
Kostas Tsarouchis: oud
Admission free
Manos Achalinotopoulos | Martha Mavroidi
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Leading clarinet virtuoso Manos Achalinotopoulos shares the stage of the Tinos World Music Festival with Martha Mavroidi, Yiannis Papadopoulos, Giorgos Ventouris and Vangelis Karipis, in a concert with compositions from the album “Hyacinth” –which this year marks the 25th anniversary since its release– and new compositions that explore the place of folk traditions in the music of today.
Manos Achalinotopoulos: clarinet
Martha Mavroidi: electric lafta, vocals
Yiannis Papadopoulos: piano
Giorgos Ventouris: double bass
Vangelis Karipis: percussion
Admission free
CULTURAL FOUNDATION OF TINOS | 20:00
Taxiarchis Georgoulis | Nikolas Palaiologos | Vangelis Karipis
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Two Greek virtuosi of the oud join forces in a unique concert, that aims to highlight the potential of the instrument and its affinity with other string instruments of the Eastern Mediterranean such as the rabab and the saz. Taxiarchis Georgoulis and Nikolas Palaiologos meet Vangelis Karipis in percussion, in a programme containing their own compositions but also traditional songs from the Greek, Turkish and Arab world.
Taxiarchis Georgoulis: oud
Nikolas Palaiologos: oud, rabab, saz
Vangelis Karipis: percussion
Admission free
Manolis Christodoulou Quintet
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The quintet was founded during the pandemic. It was essentially a spark of creation in an otherwise dark period for humanity. Its members are bound together by a mutual affection towards the traditions of both Greece and the wider Eastern Mediterranean region. In the compositions there are also clear influences and elements of western music and harmony. The result of the recordings and the first compositions of the quintet is their debut release with music that tells a unique story, one that each listener can imagine differently. The absence of lyrics gives everyone the opportunity to create their own story when listening to each track.
Manolis Christodoulou: qanun
Nikos Kochilas: violin
Ptolemaios Armaos: guitar
Giorgos Ventouris: double bass
Vangelis Karipis: percussion
Admission free
MUSEUM OF MARBLE CRAFTS, PIRGOS, TINOS | 18:00
The third day of the festival is organised for the third year in collaboration with the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation’s Museum of Marble Crafts in Pirgos, Tinos.
Giorgos Papaioannou | Nikos Papaioannou
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Giorgos Papaioannou (violin, viola and lavta) and Nikos Papaioannou (cello and lavta) will present a programme of mainly their own compositions but also works by other composers that have inspired them, based on the modal music traditions of the Mediterranean region.
Giorgos Papaioannou: violin, viola, lavta
Nikos Papaioannou: cello, lavta
Admission free
Fotis Vergopoulos | Shushan Kerovpyan | “From Greece to Armenia”
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A six-string bouzouki, one double bass and two voices take us on a journey between Greece and Armenia, with some interesting detours to other latitudes and longitudes. The minimal instrumentation of the ensemble contributes to an authentic approach to these repertoires, always from a contemporary perspective.
Fotis Vergopoulos: bouzouki, vocals
Shushan Kerovpyan: double bass, vocals
Admission free
SATURDAY 04 NOVEMBER | CULTURAL FOUNDATION OF TINOS | 12:30 - 14:30
For the third year, Tinos World Music Festival organises two educational programmes with two musicians that participate in the festival. A workshop on bouzouki with Fotis Vergopoulos, one of the most important musicians of his generation, and a workshop on Armenian song with Shushan Kerovpyan, an exceptional musician from an Armenian musical family. The workshops will be held at the Cultural Foundation of Tinos on Saturday, 4 November at 12:30 – 14:30.
The participation in the workshops is free of charge. Registration at contact@