[MGSA-L] The Contemporary Piano IV: two concerts in Urbana and in Chicago

[Modern Greek Studies UIUC]

The program in Modern Greek Studies at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign cordially invites you to

*The Contemporary Piano IV: Impressions from
Greece<http://www.moderngreek.illinois.edu/events/>
*

March 13, 2012 7:30PM  <goog_294848258>
Smith Memorial Room, Smith Memorial Hall , 805 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana
IL<http://www.facebook.com/events/313664828681531/>
&
March 15, 2012 7PM <goog_294848254>
National Hellenic Museum, 333 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL
60661<http://www.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/event/contemporary-piano-iv-impressions-greece/>


During two performances, in Urbana (March 13) and in Chicago (March 15),
award-winning pianist Konstantinos
Papadakis<http://kpapadakis.squarespace.com/> (New
England Conservatory) performs a program of works by Greek composers and
new works inspired by Greek themes. The program includes works by Nikos
Skalkottas (1904-1949), Jose Villavicencio Grossmann (b. 1973), Minas
Borboudakis (b. 1974), Robert Maggio (b. 1964), Panagiotis Theodossiou
(b.1964), and Manos Hadjidakis (1925-1994).

This project has been awarded an Innovative Initiatives Grant by the Modern
Greek Studies Association and is co-sponsored by the Robert E. Brown Center
for World Music. For the recital program see:
http://www.moderngreek.illinois.edu/documents/Papadakis_poster.pdf

Why Contemporary? Why Piano? Why Greece?

While folk and popular Greek music is frequently performed, and with great
success, in concert halls in all the major cities of the US, contemporary
classical music by Greek composers is scarcely known and rarely performed.
This may create the false impression that such music is not being produced,
when in fact many young Greek composers enjoy considerable acclaim among
their peers worldwide. The Contemporary Piano IV aims to help challenge
these common perceptions. Konstantinos Papadakis is a foremost champion of
contemporary classical Greek music, who regularly performs and records
these works in venues across the world. Significantly, the program includes
two works, by an American and by a Peruvian composer, inspired by Greek
themes that will be premiered at this concert. In juxtaposition with the
other works in this program, these works materialize the dialogue between
contemporary Greek music and the wider musical production of the 20th and
21st centuries that this concert hopes to help take root.

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