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Celebrate 200 Years Of Greece s Independence With Its Four Great Composers At QPAC
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution, Queensland Performing Arts Centre will present Songs of Liberation on Friday 4 June 2021.
This special one night only event will showcase songs of struggle, liberty and empowerment by Greece s four great composers of the 20th and 21st centuries: Vassilis Tsitsanis, Manos Hatzidakis, Stavros Xarchakos and Mikis Theodorakis.
Internationally acclaimed soloist Dimitris Basis will bring the scores of these revered composers to life in the grandeur of QPAC s Concert Hall accompanied by a Greek band and symphony orchestra playing under the direction of conductor Dimitris Calligeros.
LEFKADIAN LIVE
Join the Lefkadians of Melbourne for a night of live Greek music, food and dancing. Tickets are $50, bookings are essential.
When: 14 May, 7:30pm
Where: Lefkadian Spiti, 124 Bell St, Coburg, VIC, 3058
Bookings & Info: Call Alexandra on 0409 531 089
MEMORIAL PRAYER SERVICE AND WREATH LAYING
The Pontian Coordinating Committee for the Commemoration of the Greek Genocide are holding a Memorial Prayer Service
for the victims of the Greek Genocide of Pontus.
When: 16 May, 11:00am
Where: Holy Cathedral of St Eustathios, 221 Dorcas St, South Melbourne, VIC, 3205
Info: Call 03 9380 4150
LECTURE: HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION AND GREECE SINCE 1821
To celebrate the Bicentenary of Greek Independence Day AHEPA Victoria is hosting lectures at Hellenic Museum, Melbourne. The lectures will be in English and will honour the Heroes instrumental to the success of the Greek War of Independence with speaker and president of AHEPA Victoria Inc. Peter Mercoulia.
ADVANCED SCREENING: KING OTTO
In the summer of 2004, audiences looked on in disbelief as the Greek National Football Team, a country that had never previously won a single match or even scored a goal in a major tournament, took down the giants of world football to become the unlikeliest of European Champions. This is the film that takes a look at how this incredible event unfolded.
When: 15 May, 4:00pm
Where: New Farm Cinemas, 701 Brunswick St, New Farm, QLD, 4005
Bookings & Info: Cinema website
PANIYIRI GREEK FESTIVAL
Celebrate all things Greek at Paniyiri Greek Festival, Brisbane’s biggest Greek celebration, jam-packed with Zorba dancing, honey puff eating competitions, cooking demonstrations, markets stalls, rides, sideshow alley, fireworks and lots of delicious Greek food.
Stuttgart-born Dimitris Basis is no stranger to the plight of diasporan Greeks. His own parents lived and worked in Germany during his most formative years, before they returned to their small village at Cherso, near Kilkis in Northern Greece, when he was aged eight. By nine, he was chanting the liturgy at his local church before deciding to study Byzantine music just three years later.
No stranger to Australia, he is back for the celebration of the Bicentennial of the Greek Revolution, for a series of concerts to honour Greek Independence which include uplifting songs by Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Hadjidakis, Vassilis Tsitsanis and Stavros Xarhakos.