Musicians and music groups of global renown have been invited to perform a wide sample of works from the Renaissance to the present at the 3rd Patmos Chamber Music Festival (August 26-31), which is under the auspices of UNESCO.
The 3rd Patmos Chamber Music Festival is organized by the Italian organization Associazione Patmos Music Festival, in collaboration with the Patmos Municipality, and the support of the South Aegean Region. This is the first year the Chamber Music Festival and the 22nd Festival of Religous Music (September 1-6) will be run under a single entity, the “Patmos Music Festival”.
The series of recitals opened on Monday with works by Franz Schubert (“Arpeggione” Sonata in A minor, D 821, 1824), Gabriel Fauré (Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, 1917), and Camille Saint-Saëns (Trio No. 1 in F major, 1864), performed by Irène Duval (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), and Connie Shih (piano).
Chamber Music Festival performances will take place at the Panagia Diasozousa Square in Chora, at the Palio Dimotiko Scholeio in Chora, and at the courtyard of the Dimotiko Scholeio in Skala.
Religous Music Festival performances will take place at the amphitheater below the Monastery of St. John the Theologian and next to the Holy Cave of the Apocalypse, where St. John the Evangelist was exiled.
Besides the above-mentioned, other musicians and groups performing include Ian Bostridge (tenor), the Brussels Chamber Orchestra, Alessandra Ammara (piano), Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet), Michael Guttman (violin, directing), Anush Nikogosyan (violin), Maya Oganyan (piano), Andrea Oliva (flute), Alinka Rowe (viola), Andreu Vidal Siquier (trumpet), Jing Zhao (cello), and the Guttman Tango Ensemble.
Roberto Prosseda (who will perform on the piano) is artistic director and Massimo Fino (musical mss expert) is the executive director.
All recitals are free and open to the public, but require a reservation through the site, where the detailed program is also available: https://www.patmosmusicfestival.com (in English).
SOURCE; ANA-MPA
