ΜεĪΖοΝ Ensemble

The male vocal group MeĪZon Ensemble has given important performances at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, the Athens Concert Hall, the theatre of Ancient Messene and elsewhere, with many first performances of choral works by Greek and foreign composers. In this concert the ensemble will present a cappella works in the spirit of the days of Adrian Willaert, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Arvo Pärt, Costas Klavvas, Yannis Filopoulos, Polykratis and others.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Agathangelos Georgakatos

Born on Cephalonia, he started studying music in Patras and continued at the Zoltán Kodály Institute of the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest (diploma with distinction in chorus direction, Peter Erdei’s class). In 2001-12 as a teacher at the Municipal Conservatory of Patras he created a model class for choral reading, without music instruments, based on the Kodály pedagogical method. He founded and directed the Chorus of Cephalonia (1993), Μusica Nova of Patras (2000) and the professional Chamber Chorus of the Municipal Conservatory of Patras, with which he presented many premieres of Greek and foreign composers’ works. Since 2012, and following an international competition, he is the master of Greek National Opera Chorus, with which he has presented more than 240 opera performances. Moreover, he conducts oratorios, liturgies and motets of pre-classical and classical period and more than 250 choral works (a cappella, Renaissance and 20th century).

All events at the Old Stock Exchange of Athens are held in collaboration with the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation