Samos Young Artists Festival 2023

Samos Young Artists Festival 2023

07.08 — 13.08.2023 | Pythagorio 
Ancient Theatre
Samos Young Artists Festival is one of the oldest music festivals in the North Aegean, taking place since 2010 non-stop, while in 2018 it received an award from the Union of Greek Critics for Drama and Music as the “Best Peripheral Music Festival in Greece”. To this day, more than 170 world famous musicians have coexisted, making Samos and the festival a musical destination.

Programme

• Monday, August 7 | Bossa Nova and Brazilian Jazz

Nina Papa – voice / Antonio Sgro – guitar / Robert Persi – piano / Yoann Serra – drums

• Tuesday, August 8 | Blue Hour

Aris Alexander Blettenberg – piano

• Wednesday, August 9 | From France to Iberia: A perpetual journey

George Xiaoyuan Fu – piano / Alec Holcomb – guitar / Elena Perroni – soprano / Alexandros Gavriilidis-Petrin – violin / Elizabeth        Fayette – violin / Gonzalo Martin Rodriguez – viola / Alessio Pianelli – cello / Ani Sophie Bukujian – violin / Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin –  artistic direction, cello

• Thursday, August 10 | ‘I Want Magic!’: A Night of Song and Opera

Siobhan Stagg – soprano / Matthew Newlin – tenor / Marcelo Amaralpiano

• Friday, August 11 | One Night and 34 Strings

Alec Holcomb – guitar / Alessio Pianelli – cello / Alexandros Gavriilidis-Petrin – violin / Ani Sophie Bukujian – violin / Gonzalo Martin Rodriguez – viola / Elizabeth Fayette – violin – Andrea Obiso – violin / Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin – artistic direction, cello

• Saturday, August 12 | Americana!

Alexandros Gavriilidis-Petrinviolin / George Xiaoyuan – Fupiano / Andrea Obiso – violin / Elena Perroni – soprano / Ani Sophie Bukujian – violin / Alec Holcomb – guitar / Elizabeth Fayette – violin / Gonzalo Martin Rodriguez – viola / Alessio Pianelli – cello

• Sunday, August 13 | Tango Argentino

Leonel Capitano – vocal / Agustín Guerrero – piano / Karel Bredenhorst – cello

Artistic Direction
Masha Ilyashov /  Timotheos Gavriilidis – Petrin

Information
The concerts take place daily from August 7 – 13, at 9:00 p.m. in the antique open-air theater of Pythagorion on the Greek island of Samos. Admission tickets can be purchased at the box office for € 5. All proceeds are given to the cultural association of Pythagorion “Lykourgos”.

Location
When traveling on the main road to Vathy, turn left towards the Efpalinon Tunnel just before leaving town. The theater is within 20 minutes walking distance of Pythagorion. Due to the traffic situation, those who drive are recommended to arrive early.