World Music Day

4th floor

With a concert dedicated to 20th century opera and music the Greek National Opera and the National Museum of Contemporary Art celebrated World Music Day on the veranda of the 4th floor in the Museum’s new building, on Tuesday, June 21, 2016.

This concert, the second event of the series PROLEGOMENA, marked  the beginning of a collaboration between two Cultural Organizations which will develop their activities on the new axis that is created on Syngrou Avenue.

The distinguished soloists of the Greek National Opera Angelica Kathariou, Elena Kelessidi, Christos Kechris, Nikos Kotenidis, Dionyssis Sourbis, Marilena Striftombola, Yannis Christopoulos, accompanied by pianist Sophia Tamvakopoulou, performed excerpts from 20th century operas and music by Britten, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, Vlasov, Ravel, Bernstein, Hahn and Duparc and literally charmed the audience.