Melpomeni’s Tales

Alternative Stage founding donor

Alternative Stage sponsor: PPC (Public Power Company)

Michalis and Pantelis Kalogerakis, the twin brothers from Heraklion in Crete that have been setting poetry to music since they were sixteen years old, are presenting their new album titled Ta paramythia tis Melpomenis (Melpomeni’s Tales) at the GNO Alternative Stage, on Saturday 29 June, at 20.30.

The new creation by the Kalogerakis brothers includes songs and narrations based on poems by Michalis Ganas, Pantelis Kalogerakis, Nikos Moschovakos, Jacques Prévert, Jalaluddin Rumi, Giannis Stigas, Tonia Tzirita Zacharatou and other poets.

Following their collaboration with Martha Frintzila on the album Voukolikon (2015) and Maria Farantouri on the album Prosopiko (2016), as well as the albums Kati Paraxeno (2017), Rimbautika (2021), and Varvara Project (2023), Michalis and Pantelis Kalogerakis continue their successful journey with a new work filled with spoken and sung elements.