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Casa dei Mezzo Music FestivalNext Festival: Thursday 21—Tuesday 26 June 2012 (29 days to go)
2012 Casa dei Mezzo Music Festival ProgrammeWith no less than three World premières, three European premières and one Greek première, this is a programme not to be missed! Tickets: Advance ticket reservations can be made by email to casadeimezzo@sit.forthnet.gr or by telephone to +30 28430 29183. Tickets for the opening concert (Thursday 21 June 20:00) are free. Tickets for all other concerts are €10 each with the exception of tickets for the Grand Opera/Lyric closing concert (Tuesday 26 June 21:00) which are €15 each. Many of our 2011 season concerts sold out, so early booking is advised.Thursday 21 June 20:00 · Opening ConcertEvent: Opening Concert Students from the Leondaridis Music School in Makrigialos under the direction of Despinia Panteli and with lots of musical surprises! Friday 22 June 21:00 · ConcertEvent: Concert Gareth Farr, 1966 –
Michael Williams, 1962 – Martin Lodge, 1954 - John Psathas, 1966 – -- Intermission -- Arno Babadjanian, 1921 - 1983
John Psathas, 1966 – Three Island Songs (Greek Première) Aegean (World Première) New Zealand Chamber Soloists Saturday 23 June 13:00 · ConcertEvent: Concert Terje Bjørklund, 1945 – Viktor Stenhjem, Violin Leo Brouwer, 1939 Johann Sebastian Bach 1659 – 1750 Johan Kaspar Mertz, 1806 – 1856 Roland Dyens, 1955 – Chronis Koutsoumpidis, Guitar Marin Marais, 1656 – 1728 Eimear McGeown, Flute Johann Sebastian Bach, 1659 -1750
Beata Söderberg, Violoncello Saturday 23 June 21:00 · Evening ConcertEvent: Evening Concert Franz Schubert, 1797 – 1828
Hubert Wild, Baritone -- Intermission -- "TANGO SURPRISE" Trygve Brøske, Piano Sunday 24 June 13:00 · Lunchtime ConcertEvent: Lunchtime Concert Aspasia Nasopoulou, 1972 – Trygve Brøske, Piano Agathe Backer-Grøndahl, 1847 – 1907 Fem Blomstervignetter Op.23
Juniabend (Vier Gesange) Op 10 no. 4 Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano Sergei Rachmaninov, 1873 – 1943 New Zealand Chamber Soloists Sunday 24 June 21:00 · Evening ConcertEvent: Evening Concert Arvo Pärt, 1935 – Guido de Flaviis, Saxophone Thomas Sleeper, 1956 – Christian Damsgaard, Tenor Carl Maria von Weber, 1786 – 1826
Eimear McGeown, Flute -- Intermission -- Francis Poulenc, 1899 – 1963 Hege Høisæter, Mezzo-soprano Monday 25 June 13:00 · Lunchtime ConcertEvent: Lunchtime Concert Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770 – 1827
Marko Pop-Ristov, Violin Robert Schumann, 1810 – 1856 Zoe Zeniodi, Piano Claude Debussy, 1862 – 1918
Beata Söderberg, Violoncello Monday 25 June 21:00 · Evening ConcertEvent: Evening Concert Robert Schumann, 1810 – 1856
Hubert Wild, Baritone Thomas Sleeper, 1956 –
Guido de Flaviis, Saxophone -- Intermission -- Heitor Villa-Lobos, 1887 – 1959 Chronis Koutsoumpides, Guitar Bedrich Smetana 1824 – 1884
Trio dei Mezzo Tuesday 26 June 13:00 · Lunchtime ConcertEvent: Lunchtime Concert Graham Fitkin, 1963 – Guido de Flaviis, Saxophone Thomas Sleeper, 1956 – Guido de Flaviis, Saxophone Philip Glass, 1937 – Zoe Zeniodi, Piano Dmitri Shostakovich, 1906 – 1975
Beata Söderberg, Violoncello Tuesday 26 June 21:00 · Grand Opera/Lyric Closing ConcertEvent: Grand Opera/Lyric Closing Concert -- DREAM WITH ME -- Giacomo Puccini, 1858 – 1924 Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano Francis Poulenc, 1899 – 1963 Hege Høisæter, Mezzo-soprano Pietro Mascagni, 1863 – 1945 Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano Richard Wagner, 1813 – 1883 Hubert Wild, Baritone George Bizet, 1838 – 1875 Christian Damsgaard, Tenor Carmen - Excerpts from Act I, III & IV Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano -- Intermission -- Leonard Bernstein, 1918 – 1990 Hege Høisæter, Mezzo-soprano Peter Pan – Dream with Me Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano Mitch Leigh, 1928 – Hubert Wild, Baritone Franz Lehár, 1870 – 1948 Hege Høisæter, Mezzo-soprano Emmerich Kálmán, 1882 – 1953 Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano 2012 Casa dei Mezzo Music Festival ArtistsArtists so far scheduled to perform at the 2012 festival include ... 
Tarek Al-Shubbak - Piano - Spain
Katherine Austin - Piano - New Zealand Trygve Brøske - Piano - Norway Christian Damsgaard - Tenor - Denmark Guido De Flaviis - Saxophone - Italy Isa Katharina Gericke - Soprano - Norway Lara Hall - Violin - New Zealand Hege Høisæter - Mezzo-soprano - Norway Chronis Koutsoumpidis - Guitar - Greece John Lidal - Piano - Norway Eimear McGeown - Flute - GB (Northern Ireland) Marko Pop-Ristov - Violin - FYROM Viktor Stenhjem - Violin - Norway Beata Söderberg - Violoncello - Sweden James Tennant - Violoncello - New Zealand Hubert Wild - Baritone - Germany Zoe Zeniodi - Piano - Greece New Zealand Chamber Soloists - Piano Trio Trio dei Mezzo - Piano Trio 2011 Casa dei Mezzo Music Festival photos
Casa dei Mezzo Music Festival 2012 
Gunnar Strømsholm 2012 will mark the ninth year of The Casa dei Mezzo Music Festival - described by The Sunday Times Online as 'the most unique and intimate classical music Summer festival in Europe' - and the only exciting classical music festival on Crete offering a dynamic programme to complement the fascinating cultural heritage of this magnificent island. Our festivals last for six days and feature 12 concerts. Most festival events take place at the Villa Casa dei Mezzo in Makrigialos but one lunchtime concert is always held in the atmospheric ruins of the old Venetian Villa 'De Mezzo', in the nearby village of Etia. Over the years our festival has been very proud to welcome many really outstanding artists, and these are often artists with significant international careers. Our artists stay in Makrigialos throughout the festival and this helps to create that very special and unique atmosphere so much enjoyed by artists and audiences alike. The next festival will take place from Thursday 21 to Tuesday 26 June 2012. A list of participating artists will be released in January 2012 and the programme in April with tickets available soon after. I look forward to welcoming you to the next festival. Gunnar Strømsholm
Every year the Casa dei Mezzo Music Festival, Makrigialos, Crete, goes from strength to strength and this year was no exception. 
Our 2011 festival brought together 21 internationally acclaimed artists from France, FYROM, Germany, Greece, Norway and Spain with a six day programme that included works by more than 40 composers ranging from Purcell (1659-1695), Beethoven (1770-1827), Liszt (1811-1886), Hadjidakis (1925-1994) to Sleeper (1956-). And, in addition to the classical works, there was also an exciting and varied programme of works by our local musicians and composers. |
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