CHÓRES & CHORDAE
Stavros Niarchos Hall
CHÓRES & CHORDAE
June 2025
Δημιουργική Ομάδα

Works by Michael Adamis, Alkis Baltas, Lajos Bárdos, Franz Biebl, Simela Emmanouilidou, Giannis Giannakos, Kharálampos Goyós, Yannis Ioannidis, Petros Klampanis, Zoltán Kodály, Nikos Kypourgos, Petar Lyondev, Martha Mavroidi, Margarita Papadimitriou, Christos Samaras, Nikos Skalkottas, Angelos Triantafyllou and Philippos Tsalahouris

Musical directors: Eirini Patsea, Christina Poupalou, Simela Emmanouilidou Choreographers: Stavros Alexandros Ikbal, Stefania Sotiropoulou

Πρωταγωνιστές Παράστασης

CHÓRES female choral ensemble
Eleanna Alavanou, Athina Alchazidou, Eleni Alexaki, Maria Andreoulaki, Vasiliki Antonaki, Sofia Archontouli, Marina Avraam, Rallou Avramidou, Homerolie Baltou, Despina Barmpounaki, Sofia Bekou, Valia Bolonakou, Ourania Bolovini, Dimitra Bompou, Ioanna Boskainou, Melina Boutsioli, Eleftheria Bozoni, Alexia Chamodraka, Effrosyni Chatzichristodoulou, Angelina Chatzimarkou, Katerina Chatzinikolaou, Artemis Chatzopoulou, Natalia Christoforou, Valeria Dimitraka, Giota Dimitrakopoulou, Veatriki Dimopoulou, Vasiliki Dimou, Anna Efstathiou, Maria Fotiou, Panagiota Gantzoudi, Faidra Gardouni, Konstantina Giannopoulou, Konstantina Giannoutsou, Eva Giotaki, Danai Gkanasou, Myrsini Gkini, Vasiliki Gkosda, Anna Chalkia, Chrysoula Iliopoulou, Maria Ioannou, Anna-Maria Kafantari, Konstantina Kagia, Christina Kagia, Maria Nefeli Kalpaka, Maria Kampani, Anny Karakosta, Artemis Karkani, Anastasia Katapidi, Vera Katsimparou, Maria Kazala, Athina Kefalopoulou, Dominiki Kondyli, Eleni Kontargyri, Despoina Kontozani, Nafsika Korialou, Varvara Kotsiourou, Magdalini Kousteri, Katerina Koutsonikola, Ariel Krarup, Veroniki Krikoni, Kelly Kyriakopoulou, Anastasia Langi, Paraskevi Lentza, Tania Livanou, Olympia Louka, Eleftheria Loupasaki, Jette Lübeck, Viviana Makri, Elisavet Malo, Eri Manoura, Dimitra Markopoulou, Maria Merkouri, Sofia Mermingi, Eleni Michouli, Erika Mitrou, Eleftheria Molou, Iony Moschovakou, Nastazia Mougkogianni, Georgia Mougopetrou, Nasia Nikolaidou, Vasiliki Nikolakopoulou, Katerina Ntikouli, Sevasti Orfanidou, Natalia Papadima, Kiki Papageorgiou, Foteini Papastergiou, Anna Paspati, Anna-Maria Patsouraki, Danai Periferaki, Eirini Petraki, Iro Pikoula, Spyridoula Pouliasi, Elena Pouliou, Despoina Pousini, Evi Sarantakou, Maria Sareli, Myrto Saroglou, Eleni Serdari, Antonia Sielouli, Marina Skoura, Evita Sofogianni, Elina Stamopoulou, Zacharenia Stavrou, Danai Stergiou, Christina Stratinaki, Katerina Syrianou, Eleni Tasopoulou, Georgia Theologidou, Pelagia Tragari, Anna Triantafyllou, Nikolaia Triantafyllou, Chara Trigka, Emmanouela Tsikalaki, Eleni Vareia, Georgia Vareltzi, Marilia Varka, Panagiota Vasileiadi, Panagiota Vasileiou, Antonia Velissariou, Aggi Vrettou, Angeliki Vryazi, Valisia Vyza, Elli Natassa Xanthopoulou, Nagia Xyla, Eirini Zachariadi, Eirini Zaveli, Anastasia Zompola

CHÓRES artistic director: Marina Satti
CHÓRES general director: Kharálampos Goyós
CHÓRES administrative associate: Eleni Gianni
CHÓRES production co-ordinator: Veroniki Krikoni

 

CHORDAE chamber choir
Marietta Bairaktari, Omiroli Baltou, Athena Charalampopoulou, Giota Dimitrakopoulou, Faidra Gardouni, Konstantina Giannopoulou, Evina Iliopoulou, Chrysoula Marinou, Eirini Oikonomou, Aristea Panagopoulou, Katerina Papandreou, Iliani Papouli, Eirini Petraki, Iro Pikoula, Elena Pouliou, Iris Rousopoulou, Asimina Selami, Eleni Stefanidi, Eleni Tasopoulou, Pelagia Tragari, Valisia Vyza, Christina Zampeli, Georgia Zachou

CHORDAE artistic director: Eirini Patsea
CHORDAE general directors: Marina Satti, Kharálampos Goyós
CHORDAE production co-ordinator: Eleni Gianni

Production assistant: Eirini Petraki

 

Stavros Niarchos Hall

Concerts

CHÓRES & CHORDAE

Available Dates

  • 11 Jun 2025

Stavros Niarchos Hall of the Greek National Opera – SNFCC

Admission will be free upon priority vouchers that will be exclusively distributed via ticketservices, starting from Friday 6 June at 12.00.

Starts at: 20.30

 

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The CHÓRES female choral ensemble presents a unique concert at the Stavros Niarchos Hall of the Greek National Opera, on Wednesday 11 June 2025 at 20.30. Featuring their full line-up as well as the newly-founded chamber choir CHORDAE, CHÓRES propose a rich program of polyphonic music where classic choral adaptations of traditional Greek and international melodies are intertwined with newer arrangements and compositions, many of them written especially for the ensemble by distinguished contemporary composers.

After a busy season full that started with their participation in the 50-member chorus of Aeschylus’ The Suppliants, co-produced by the Neos Kosmos Theatre and the Karolos Koun Greek Art Theatre, which was presented at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus and toured throughout Greece, and went on with exciting performances in iconic Athens venues such as the Zappeion Hall, the Athens Old Stock Exchange, Pireos 260 and the Great Hall of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, momentous occasions such as the 3rd GNO Sacred Music Festival, as well as the release of the films How to Build a Choir – Mystery_96 CHÓRES, in collaboration with the 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture, and Carols of Spring, the CHÓRES female choral ensemble returns to the Stavros Niarchos Hall and the core of its basic repertoire. With the onstage participation of more than 140 women, CHÓRES approach these diverse compositions with the fresh and unconventional spirit that characterises this up-and-coming, unique ensemble, illuminating traditional musical material in modern and unexpected ways, and highlighting the uncommon vocal skills of their members.

Furthermore, after its extremely successful first appearance at the German Evangelical Church in Athens last May, the newly formed chamber equal-voice choir CHORDAE makes its second public appearance, focusing on works from the Greek and international contemporary classical repertoire.

The concert program includes works by composers Michael Adamis, Alkis Baltas, Lajos Bárdos, Simela Emmanouilidou, Yannis Ioannidis, Zoltán Kodály, Alexandros Drakos

Ktistakis, Nikos Kypourgos, Martha Mavroidi, Margarita Papadimitriou, Christos Samaras and Philippos Tsalahouris, as well as traditional songs. Marina Satti is the artistic director of the ensemble, which is led by its regular choirmistresses Eirini Patsea, Christina Poupalou and Simela Emmanouilidou, and choreographed by Stavros Alexandros Ikbal.


About the CHÓRES female choral ensemble
CHÓRES is an artistic incubator created by Marina Satti in order to cultivate its members’ skills in music, dance and acting as well as to develop artists with a broad education and social awareness. CHÓRES experiment on the interconnection of diverse aesthetic and cultural elements, transcending the boundaries of geography or age and utilising various means of expression. More than 150 women aged between 15 and 60 regularly practise the whole spectrum of performance arts. Their eclectic repertoire includes traditional Greek songs, songs from the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean, original compositions and folksong arrangements by numerous Greek and international composers, several of which were written expressly for the ensemble. CHÓRES regularly collaborate with the Greek National Opera as a resident ensemble, having taken part in many concerts, theatre productions, social and educational activities, and choral festivals in Greece and abroad.


About the CHORDAE chamber choir
The chamber choir CHORDAE was founded in the autumn of 2024 under the umbrella of the CHÓRES choral family and its artistic director Marina Satti, and has been active ever since under the direction and artistic guidance of conductor Eirini Patsea. The ensemble aims to study and perform classical repertoire for equal voices and is comprised of female music students and amateur choristers who are interested in delving into the classical choral style, developing their vocal, polyphonic and interpretive skills, and deepening their stylistic knowledge of the choral repertoire. The repertoire on which the ensemble has focused so far ranges from Renaissance polyphony, through the rich choral repertoire of 20th century Central Europe, to contemporary international and Greek composers.