The Thessaloniki Art & Music Summit (THAMS), a new international center for artistic creation, cultural exchange and contemporary music inspired by Greece, co-organized by the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (TSSO) with Global Arts United (GAU), in collaboration with ABLAZE Records, successfully launched on Friday, May 29, at the AUTH Ceremonial Hall. Talented composers from all over the world wrote music inspired by Orpheus and the TSSO presents it in two concerts in our city.
Nine (9) wonderful works were enjoyed by the audience, in the presence of their creators, at the first concert, namely:
James Gaudy (USA): The Unseen Wire
Hangzhong Lian (China): Elegy in Dreaming
Aaro Pertmann (Estonia): Symphony, part III
Guy Renardeau (The Netherlands): Earth Sounds
Panagiotis Botzios (Greece): Dichotomie
Kervy Delcy (USA): II: ‘The Song that Escaped the Grave’ from ‘Of rain and ashes’
Jack Frederick (USA): Orpheus in Visual Art
Taner Kemirtlek (Scottland): Scroll and Soft Toccata
John Maclachlan (Canada): Peripeteia
The TSSO conducted by Evan Harger while eight (8) more follow next Friday at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall:
Blake Buehler (USA): Across the Sands of Time
Joshua Ivar (USA): Upon the Meeting of Wind and Water
Andres Ramirez-León (USA, Mexico): L’ amore di Orfeo
Christopher Chiarotti (USA): Nebula
Akshay Tiwari (USA): Orpheus on Mount Pangaion
Helkin Sosa (Colombia, USA): Music for the Gods
Wenyu Zhi (China): Ladapà
Ivana Vojnovic (Serbia): Concertino for orchestra
The second concert is conducted by William R. Langley, while Nikos Xanthoulis participates with his ancient Greek lyre
The event was introduced by THAMS co-directors, Diogo Carvalho from Global Arts Utd and Douglas Knehans from Ablaze Records.