FESTIVAL
ELEFSINA
Aeschylia Festival 2023
Aeschylia Festival and 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture invite you to the opening of the Aeschylia Festival 2023 on August 27 at the Archaeological site of Elefsina at 21:00.
“Sleep Persephone in the arms of the earth…”, “in Elefsina once”, for a one and only concert, Maria Farandouri and Manolis Mitsias join their voices, on August 27, and remind us of some of the masterpieces of artistic and popular Greek song by the great composers and great poets: Theodorakis, Hatzidakis, Mikroutsikos, Seferis, Elytis, Ritsos, Gatsos, Anagnostakis and others.
The two great artists are prefaced by Mystery 154 Live Music Acts, a chamber music concert with the Eleusinian violinist Emilios Bartzis and the award-winning piano soloist Margaritas Kolasi, produced by the 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture. The audience that will be at the Archaeological site of Eleusis that evening will have the opportunity to enjoy the two soloists’unique performances in a program of classical repertoire with works by J. Brahms and L. V. Beethoven for violin and piano.
The festival will be held from August 27, 2023 to October 2023 in collaboration with «2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture», in Elefsina, and includes theatre, concerts, a street opera, and contemporary art exhibitions.
