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Festival of Exomvourgo
Cultural summer in Ôinos insland
Concerts by Greek artists, theatre performances, literary events
as well as interesting exhibitions are included in this year's programme
of the 5th Festival of Exombourgo in Tinos island. Having already
sealed the Aegean's cultural life, this important art institution
begins on July 1rst and lasts until September 4, offering interesting
events which are held in various venues and open air spaces in Tinos.
The festival of Exombourgo aims to promote the natural beauty of
the island, its history and artistic traditions, as well as values
and tendencies of the broader Greek cultural field. The particular
characteristic of Exombourgo is its numerous villages, which compose
a landscape that motivates human imagination and creativity due
to the diverse and qualitative elements of its people.
University professors, editors, historians, journalists,
writers, directors, actors, visual artists, musicians and art lovers
in general, offer both their prestige and knowledge to the festival.
Also, young locals participate in the organization committee voluntarily
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Festival's artistic director is Themis Rodamitits, while
the lightings are by Elefteria Deko.
The programme of the festival goes as follows:
Friday 1/7 (Loutra)
-Traditional songs of the Aegean Islands by Eleni Legaki and Nikos
Konitopoulos
-A tribute to the French dancer and choreographer Daniel Lommel
in collaboration with the foundation En Tino
Friday 8/7 (Cultural Foundation of Tinos)
-Speakers: Piollet Wilfried, Tony Caneeloro, Fabien Dumas, Moose
Tailor, Giorgos Skampardonis
-Notes for piano and violoncello, music performance with Mema Ireneou
and Vania Papadimitriou (featuring music compositions by Skalkotas,
Papastavrou, Kydoniatis)
-Did you say Baroque? Dance performance by the Dance Group
Aenaon (archaeological site of Kionia)
Saturday 9/7 (Volax theatre)
-Dance performance entitled Extracts of Love- A tribute to Manos
Xadjidakis by Aenaon Dance Theater
Sunday 10/7 (Porto Tango Hotel)
-A series of cultural events (outdoors of Porto Tango Hotel)
Friday 15/7(Cultural Foundation of Tinos)
-Presentation of the second volume of the literary magazine Dekata
Saturday 16/7 (Loutra)
Concert by Eleni Vitali
Friday 22/7(Loutra)
-The enchanting Greek song. The music group Pageon interprets Greek
traditional songs as well as songs from Asia Minor and rempetika
Sunday
24/7 (Loutra)
- A voyage to the lighthouse A concert by Yiorgos Kalkanis.The event
also includes a tribute to the poet Nikos Kavadias
Friday 29/7 (Falatados- elementary school)
-Photography exhibition entitled "Stones" by Yiorgos Tsoutsouras
-A music tribute
to the great popular composers Vassilis Tsitsanis and Markos Vamvakaris
(Kechros)
30/7-4/9 (Falatados)
-Exhibition of sculpture, painting and photography works entitled
Paying a visit to Chalepas
Participating artists: Io Aggeli, Yiannis Adamakos, Markos Georgilakis,
Babis Kritikos, Mireille Lienard, Afroditi Liti, Klio Makri, Thanassis
Makris, Yiannis Melanitis, Tassos Missouras, Xenofon Bitsikas, Chronis
Botsoglou, Vana Xenou, Miltos Papastergiou, Andre Chabot, Dimitris
Scourogiannis, Marios Spiliopoulos, Praxitelis Tzanoulinos, Maria
Fillipopoulou, Pantelis Chandris
Cutator: Iris Kritikou
30/7-7/8 (Êomi-elementary school)
- Tinos 2005 , painting exhibition by Maria Prelorentzou- Papageorgiou
Sunday 31/7 (Loutra)
-Mediterranean. The journey of an image. A multi performance with
the phonetic ensemble Imi-olon and other musicians featuring songs
from all over Greece as well as Asia Minor, Turkey, Portugal, Egypt,
S. Italy and Spain.
1-3/8 (various villages of Exombourgo)
-A theatre performance based on myths and legends from Greece, China.
Germany and other countries.
Monday 8/8 (Loutra)
-Concert by Notis Mavroudis and with the participation of Panagiotis
Margaris (guitar), Morfo Tsairelli (song)
Wednesday 10/8(Loutra)
-Lorka's poetry in Greek song and songs by Manos Hadjidakis. A concert
featuring songs by Theodorakis, Hadjidakis, Xarchakos, Glezos, Leontis
Friday
12/8 (Loutra)
-Á concert by Ìanolis Mitsias
Monday 16/8 (Loutra)
-Here is my star. Theatre performance based on texts by Dimitris
Vikelas and Emanuel Roidis directed by Eleni Georgopoulou
Wedneday, 17/8 (Volax Theatre)
-Puppet theatre performance entitled The princess with the green
tail by the theatre group Prassin Aloga. The performance is based
on the traditional Macedonian fairy tale The man who understood
animals written by Avgi Papakou -Lagou
Sunday 4/9 (Xombourgo)
-Gazing the Aegean Sea. An event exploring the contribution of Modern
Greek thought in Europe. The event is honoured by the presence of
the famous writer Jacques Lacarrier who delivers a speech on Gazing
the Aegean Sea.
Other speakers: Pavlos Tzermias, vice-president of the Greek Institution
for Culture who speaks on Culture and Politics , Apostolos Apostolopoulos,
writer - chairman of the NGO Delfiki Amfiktionia, who speaks on
The intellectual contribution of Kastoriadis, Papajoannou, Xenakis,
Axelos in modern European thought.
The musicians Nina Patrikidou (violin), and Michalis Karavassilis
(ancient Greek instruments) participate in the event as well.
Within the framework of the festival, singer Eystathia
accompanied by the group Astatheis performs in various clubs of
Tinos Island, while another concert is organized on September with
the participation of Mario, Babis Tsertos and Yiouli Tsirou.
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Dates: 01/07/2005 - 04/09/2005
Time: 21:00
Where: Various venues in Tinos
Ticket Price: prices vary depending on the event
(admission free for children up to 12 years old and people over
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