Music Festival

Professor at the Conservatoire de Paris and student of the great Brigitte Engerer, will open the festival with a recital dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Maurice Ravel’s birth. She will also offer free masterclasses to young pianists from Crete.

An evening dedicated to the works of the great composer Claude Ledoux, professor at the Conservatoire de Paris and one of the pioneers of Festum π, performed by pianist Nao Momitani.

The first full performance of all string quartet works by the great Greek composer in his birthplace, Crete.

Internationally recognized for his interpretations of François Couperin, he will present works by the French composer and speak about his artistry.

Top French composer Karol Beffa, professor at the Collège de France, will improvise live to the film Sunrise (1927) by F.W. Murnau.

Simone Dinnerstein, piano – Dimitris Vakakis, lyra – Orchestre π, Dionysis Dervis-Bournias – Works by Glass, Beffa, Mozart Our festival’s orchestra, Orchestre π, is constituted of principals from the renowned British orchestra and young Greek musicians receiving free masterclasses.

Simone Dinnerstein, piano – Dimitris Vakakis, lyra – Orchestre π, Dionysis Dervis-Bournias – Works by Glass, Beffa, Mozart Our festival’s orchestra, Orchestre π, is constituted of principals from the renowned British orchestra and young Greek musicians receiving free masterclasses.

Top american pianist Simone Dinnerstein performs Philip Glass’s 3rd Piano Concerto, composed especially for her. And a surprise: a concerto for Cretan lyra and string orchestra written especially for Dimitris Vakakis by the great French composer Karol Beffa.