Events in Chersonissos Municipality

Hosted at Heraklion Music School, Old American airbase, Gournes

Piano seminar and concert for all ages and levels by concert pianist, piano pedagogue, Head of Keyboard Studies of Brighton College, Abu Dhabi and the Director of the Young Artists Concerto Competition of NSO Symphony Orchestra Abu Dhabi, Dr Ioannis Potamousis (www.ioannispotamousis.com) Participation is FREE. Places will be offered strictly on a first come first serve basis. To register email aegeanarts@gmail.com.

Face painting, cookery classes, musical workshop, a tour of the village and more..

19.30 A fun musical workshop specially adapted for young children by bassoon virtuoso Mavroudes Troullos

20.00 “The Art of Cretan milk products”. Presentation and open cookery class by the Women’s Association of Episkopi

20.00 “The hidden treasures of Episkopi”. An informative stroll around Episkopi and its delightful Byzantine churches together with archaeologist and writer George Katsalis.

Two recitals – Six outstanding young talents!

Sunday 7th July@21.30 and Friday 12th July@21.30

Fresh from winning the 1st prize in the Amsterdam Grand Prize Virtuoso International competition, we welcome the highly trained bassoonist and Ambassador of the Koninklijk Conservatorium of Brussels Mavroudes Troullos, who together with Athens Academy scholar and multiple-prize winner Alexandros Sarakenidis, will present a unique concert of works for this rarely heard instrument that will include E.Bloch’s ‘From Jewish life’, G.Faure;s Elegie op.24,A.Scriabin;s Romance,S.Rachmaninov’s Vocalise,Piazzolla’s Oblivious and the Tchaikovsky-Pletnev Nutcracker Suite.