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Harpsichordist Ventoura Premiere's Greek Composers

ventouraThe soloist Julie Ventoura will give a concert at the Hellenic American Union (HAU) Theater on May 23, performing works for harpsichord written by four Greek composers ranked among the greatest of the 20th Century.
The works are: Mermaid’s reply by Pavlos Ventouras, the Prelude and Cantilena by Babis Kanas, Dance in the Sand by Konstantinos Lignos and Zen Poem and Prelude by Spiros Mazis. Ventoura will perform the premiere of John Cage’s In a Landscape (1948) for harpsichord.
The event is organized by the HAU in collaboration with the Hellenic American Education Center and the Greek Composers Union. Maira Milolidaki (soprano), Antonis Yamvrias (flute), Anastasia Miliori (violin) and Ilias Kountis (director) will participate in the concert. Admission is free.
Ventoura was born in Athens. She obtained a diploma of piano at the national conservatory of Athens and has studied harpsichord at the Athenaeum Conservatory. She has participated in master classes with renowned composers.
Her repertory extends from early baroque composers – especially German- to modern music. She has performed more than 30 concerts and has recorded 12 works. She is the founder and Director of Nikolaos Mantzaros Conservatory, the most acquainted school of early music in Greece and curates concerts and educational workshops with worldwide known artists.
 

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