Faneromeni '23 Art Festival – “The tradition is us”

With the aim of highlighting the diversity of the island's intangible cultural heritage, the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation opens this year's FANEROMENI23 Arts Festival on Thursday 22 June with the music concert "Thalassa mou, esi..."

The Greek mezzo-soprano Betty Harlafti will "raise waves" of songs from different places, eras, genres and composers, in a unique concert with an ethnic character, dedicated to the songs born around the Mediterranean.

The performer that completes this music duo is the dynamic young and talented Cypriot singer Frederiki Tombazou, who, together with a group of virtuoso musicians, will set sail for an exclusive musical journey to historic Mediterranean ports.

The concert will include songs such as the traditional melody of "Misirlou", lost in the depths of Egypt, traditional songs from Smyrna, as well as rebetika songs developed as a mixture of East and West ("Menexedes and Zouboulia", "Gulbahar"), the Cypriot "Triantafylleni", the Portuguese "Madradeus" and "O'Pastor", "Beautiful City" by our Mikis Theodorakis and the classics "La vie en rose" and "Non, je ne regrette rien" by the French singer and actress Edith Piaf. Visitors will also enjoy hits such as "Historia de un amor" by Almodovar's muse Luz Casal, songs from Southern Italy ("Andra mou paei"), "Viva Sevilla" from Spain, gypsy music and songs by Goran Bregovic, Zülfü Livaneli, Thanos Mikroutsikos and other modern Greek artists and composers.

Performers:

Betty Harlafti Singer

Frederiki Tombazou Singer

Michael Messios Conductor / Arrangements / Bass

Marios Toumbas Piano

Elias Ioannou Trumpet

Odysseas Toumazou Guitar

Ioannis Vafeas Drums

Production - Art Direction Christos Philippou

Duration: 75 minutes

Date: Thursday, 22 June 2023

Time: 8:30 p.m.

Venue: Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 86-90 Faneromenis Street, 1011 Nicosia

Information: 22 128175

Free entrance

Doors open at 20:00

On the evenings of the Faneromeni23 Arts Festival, museums and exhibitions of the Cultural Foundation will be open until midnight.

Events will take place with observation of all necessary protection measures for the health and safety of visitors and staff, and are accessible to disabled groups.

You can find more information on the website of the Cultural Foundation: www.boccf.org , on the official pages of the Foundation on Facebook & Instagram (@boccf)

During the events, photos and/or videos will be taken. The pictures of visitors of the events may be used for promotional purposes or may be provided to the media or uploaded on the Internet. By attending the events, the public automatically gives to the organizers the right to use the photos/videos taken.