Diary of UK Greek Events

DIARY of EVENTS for the UK GREEK COMMUNITY Please click here to inform us of any coming event so that it can be added in our Diary.
October 2011
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2	Sun	Sunday 2 October, 2.30pm to 5pm Greek Music Workshop for Children led by professional musicians and educationalists. A great opportunity for all children and young people to become familiar with Greek music, instruments and rhythms. Children are welcome to bring their own instruments; some instruments will be provided. The workshop will include songs from different parts of Greece and their rhythms, lyrical content, traditions and legends hidden behind them will be analysed. Participants will be actively involved to this ‘hands-on’ workshop at the end of which there is going to be an informal performance for all parents and friends. Free entry. Further information and bookings on 020 7487 5060 or 07506 759727 or at www.kitemusic.info Organised by the Hellenic Centre and KITE Music. Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre
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7	Fri	Friday 7 October An Evening of Ionian Kantades organised by the Ionian Society. Information on venue, time of event and entrance fee on 020 7589 2371 or 07808 777946 or at Anastasia.Savidu@hotmail.co.uk
8	Sat	Saturday 8 October, 7pm Homage à Chopin On the occasion of Chopin’s bicentenary, an artistic cross-collaboration between pianist Costas Fotopoulos, actor Alberto Bona and writer Josephine Hammond will give life to a most dramatic piano recital. The ghost of Chopin himself introduces the event, giving real insight into his music and into the unique exploration of an instrument he made his own; the piano. Highlights of the programme include some of his celebrated Nocturnes, the A-flat Polonaise, the Barcarolle, as well as a new composition by Fotopoulos: Homage à Chopin. Free entry but please confirm attendance on 020 7563 9835 or at press@helleniccentre.org Organised by the Hellenic Centre. Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre

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10	Mon	Monday 10 October, 7pm The Road to Macedon: the Changing World of Ancient Greece in the 4th Century BC An illustrated lecture by Dr Michael Scott, ancient historian at Darwin College, Cambridge and television presenter. Tickets £10. Further information and bookings on 020 7486 9410 (voicemail) or www.anglohelleniclague.org Organised by the Anglo-Hellenic League and the Macedonian Society of Great Britain. Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre
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12	Wed	Wednesday 12 October, 7.15pm –Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Greek Painters of Istanbul Mayda Saris, Armenian editor and author in Istanbul, will give an illustrated talk in English on her book on Greek painters who were born or raised in Istanbul and contributed greatly to culture in the late Ottoman era. References will be made to selected works from Greek Orthodox churches and private collections, as well as the collections of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, the Halki Theological School and the Topkapı Palace. The author will be introduced by Nouritza Matossian, London-based Armenian Cypriot writer. Free entry but please confirm attendance on 020 7563 9835 or at press@helleniccentre.org Organised by the Hellenic Centre. Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre
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14	Fri	Friday 14 October, 6.30pm to 8pm The Historical Novel in Contemporary Greek Fiction A discussion in Greek between contemporary Greek writers and critics. Participants: Maro Douka, Rhea Galanaki, Vangelis Hatzivasiliou. Dr Eleni Yiannakakis will chair the event. Free entry but please confirm attendance on 020 7563 9835 or at press@helleniccentre.org Organised by the Hellenic Centre and Dr Eleni Yiannakakis (University of Oxford). Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre
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18	Tue	Tuesday 18 October, 7pm to 8pm Byzantine Scholars and the Union of the Churches Memorial lecture for Julian Chrysostomides (1928-2008) delivered by Professor Costas N Constantinides (University of Ioannina). Those who will be attending the lecture will have the opportunity to make donations towards the Julian Chrysostomides Memorial Bursaries in Byzantine and Hellenic Studies awarded annually to students of the Hellenic Institute in support of their studies and research. Free entry but please confirm attendance on 020 7563 9835 or at press@helleniccentre.org or at ch.dendrinos@rhul.ac.uk Organised by the Hellenic Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London. Supported by the Hellenic Centre. Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre
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20	Thu	Thursday 20 October, 7.30pm ‘Cinema Paradiso’ A Night at the Movies Internationally renowned soprano Katerina Mina and multi-award winning film music composer Roman Kariolou will be giving a concert performing music by Ennio Morricone (Once upon a time in the West), Max Steiner (Gone with the Wind) and Roman Kariolou (The Shadows), as well as music from the movies Cinema Paradiso, The Mission, The Ecstasy of Gold, Once upon a time in America, Malena and A Fistful of Dollars. During the concert, pictures from scenes of the movies will be projected, to reflect the mood and atmosphere of the movie, in this new and unique musical concept. Free entry but please confirm attendance at on 020 7563 9835 or at cultural_chc@btconnect.com Organised by the Cultural Department of the Cyprus High Commission. Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre
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27	Thu	Thursday 27 October, 7pm Η Ελληνική Κασέλα (The Greek Storage Chest) Lecture in Greek by Virginia Matseli, ethnologist, Greek Ministry of Culture. Organised by Lykion ton Hellinidon to coincide with the launch of their 2012 Diary. Free entry. Further information on 07765 226029 or at enquiries@lykiontonhellinidon.co.uk Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre
28	Fri	Friday 28 October, 7.15pm The Wartimeofth October 1940 and the Enduring Debt Owed byEurope to Greece Lecture in English by Dr Klearchos A Kyriakides, University of Hertfordshire followed by a concert of war-related rembetika/laika songs from the 1940s performed by the Odyssey Classiki Laiki Orchestra. Free entry but please confirm attendance on 020 7563 9835 or at press@helleniccentre.org Organised by the Hellenic Centre. Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre
29	Sat	Saturday 29 October, 7.30pm - Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington High Street, London W8 Macedonian Society’s St Demetrios Ball 2011 Dinner and dancing till 1am with live music organised by the Macedonian Society of Great Britain. Tickets £75. Further information and bookings on 020 8361 4512 or at www.macedonia.org.uk treasurer@macedonia.org.uk sec@macedonia.org.uk

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