Greece in USA launched the new cultural venue “The Opening Gallery” in Tribeca (42 Walker st) that will host a concert by composer and bassist Petros Klampanis on the 7th of November 2022. The Opening Gallery is currently featuring the group exhibition “Collective Brain” with Greek Visual artists: Alexandros Georgiou, Yioula Hadjigeorgiou, Peggy Kliafa, Artemis Kotioni, Eleni Mylonas, Vasilis Zarifopoulos, Dimitris Tragkas, Adonis Volanakis. Proceeds support neurodiversity and the autistic community via the American non-profit “Luv Michael.”
Greece in USA’s new initiative will be presented this week in Athens. The Hellenic American University (Nashua, NH, USA), with the support of the Terra Foundation for American Art (Chicago, USA) and the Hellenic American Union, presents from November 10 to 13, 2022, the 1st International Conference Terra (in) Cognita: Dialogues between Greek Culture & Modern American Art.Researchers and artists will meet in Athens to explore the influence of central pillars of Greek culture, such as myth , Symbolism and Ancient Tragedy in Contemporary American Art. According to the organizers of the conference, Dr. Ermioni Karahaliu and Dr. Panagiotis Kalozoumis, the aim is to highlight the basic elements that shaped this cultural dialogue within a single conceptual and cultural framework. Particularly important for the work of the Conference is the presence of Dr. Sozitas Gouduna, founder of the non-profit organization Greece in USA. In her opening speech, on the evening of Thursday, November 10, Dr. Goudouna will talk about the representation of Greek art in the contemporary American cultural scene and the work of the organization Greece in USA, an innovative cultural platform, which aims to promote contemporary Greek artists in the USA, through exhibitions and educational programs to establish a strong «artistic diplomacy ».
GALAN TRIO IN THE US
GREECE IN USA also presents the Greek Music Ensemble Galan Trio and its project “Kinesis,” a survey on the music of contemporary American composers in an original, multifaceted concert program that will be performed in seven distinguished universities in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana and Illinois presenting new commissions in collaboration with prominent composition professors.
Kinesis is an undirected movement of a cell, organism, or part, in response to an external stimulus. In Greek, Kinesis means movement, motion. Motion is a fundamental characteristic of all living beings; motion is what all musicians worldwide have desired during the last couple of years; motion alludes to continuity and it’s a promise for the future of “Kinesis” itself.
The first edition of the project featured the work of composers Nikitas Demos, Martin Gendelman, Paul Richards, Scott Robbins and Yiorgos Vassilandonakis who contributed one original work for piano trio reflecting on the period of the pandemic. The second edition featured the work of Matthew Greenbaum, Todd Groves, John Levey, David Martynuik, Ken Steen and David Thomas. The November 2022 edition features the work of Alex Lubet, Mary Ellen Haupert, Daniel Powers, Jeffrey Kowalkowksi, Pantelis Bolarakis, Dylan Findley, Navid Bargrizan and Brooke Joyce.
The Galan Trio concert is part of GREECE IN USA’s new program GREECE NOW under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture focusing on Greek artists who experiment with «nowness» and reflect upon the ubiquity and social ramifications of “nowness” in their work.
Petros Klampanis, is a Greek bassist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator. Named a “Bass Ace” by Bass Player Magazine, composer and bassist Petros Klampanis grew up in Greece. In addition to his appearances in the US, he has performed at the JazzAhead Festival in Bremen, XJazz Festival in Berlin, and others.
GALAN TRIO:
Known for the passionate and energetic way they perform classical compositions, the Athens-based Galan Trio is active both in Greece and internationally. Focused mainly on presenting new compositions, Galan Trio also creates original programs, the most recent being «Kinesis». For this project, the trio commissioned five distinguished composers from the United States to compose on this theme. This collaboration led to two concert tours at eleven universities on the east coast in October 2021 and April 2022. In July 2016, the ensemble travelled to Gulangyu, China, the so-called “Piano Island,” for the series of concerts “Greek Inspirations in China,” the first festival in China that featured Greek music. In 2017, they released their debut album «Switch,» a musical blend of cultures with works composed for and dedicated to Galan Trio by Thomas Bramel (U.S.A.), David Haladjian (Armenia), Vincent Kennedy (Ireland), Vasco Pereira (Portugal), Harald Weiss (Germany), and Nikos Xanthoulis (Greece). The album presentation took place in Athens at Megaron Concert Hall. Switch received critical acclaim and was broadcasted on the radio in Greece, Switzerland, the United States, Portugal, Germany and Armenia. In 2019 Galan Trio composed and recorded the original soundtrack for the documentary Y1: Silence of the deep directed by Philippos Vardakas. Collaborations with other accomplished composers include: mezzo-soprano Alexandra Gravas and flutist Jessica Quinones, Dirk Brosse, Igor Vorobyov, Yorgos Vassilandonakis, Paul Richards, Arthur Aharonian, Martin Gendelman, Scott Robbins, and Nickitas Demos. Schott Editions published “Secret Dancing” by Harald Weiss with a dedication to the Trio. Recently, the trio presented their work in Spain, Armenia, the Netherlands and in Greece as the prestigious Athens & Epidaurus Festival, the Komitas Festival, the fourth online festival of the Greek National Opera, the Onassis Foundation’s Open Day and the Megaron Concert Hall series Music Portraits. In December 2021, Galan Trio premiered their project Ararat at the Archaeological Museum of Athens, which will be presented in various countries. The trio returns to the United States in November for the third part of Kinesis.
Για προκλήσεις που μπορεί να οδηγήσουν σε πραγματική ένοπλη σύγκρουση στην κορεατική χερσόνησο και τη γύρω περιοχή, κάνει λόγο το υπουργείο Αμυνας της Βόρειας Κορέας.
Ο Τραμπ ανακοίνωσε τις νέες επιλογές του για θέσεις συμβούλων του Λευκού Οίκου, υπουργών αλλά και αξιωματούχων για την προώθηση του κυβερνητικού έργου στις ΗΠΑ.
«Οποιο μωρό παίρνει στα χέρια της να παθαίνει κάτι;» λέει για την Ειρήνη η γιαγιά του μωρού το οποίο επανέφεραν στη ζωή οι γιατροί στο Καραμανδάνειο Νοσοκομείο το 2016.
Η Ειρήνη ισχυρίστηκε στο «Τούνελ» ότι τα ρούχα που φορούσε η κόρη της δεν πρόκειται να τα πάρει το Ανθρωποκτονιών γιατί τα έχει θάψει μαζί με το παιδί, αλλά η νονά του ρωτάει «γιατί τόσο πολύ ψέμα»...
