10, 13, 17, 18, 19 May
The Canellopoulos Museum participates in the Athens City Festival, which is organized by the Municipality of Athens, with a series of events addressing all ages and groups.
JAZZ CONCERTS
Wednesday 10 May – Seeds Live
Seeds is the new band of Michalis and Christos Kalkanis.
On the imposing rooftop of the Canellopoulos Museum, the two brothers join forces to create a new, powerful world of sound, where the acoustic timbres of double bass, clarinet and piano coexist with electronic sounds. Their work creates images, which sometimes refer to movie soundtracks and the neoclassical scene, while in other times they recall traditional Greek music.
Start time: 20:30
Admission: no fee – reservation required
Reservations: please send an email to cityfestival@thisisathens.org a week before the event, mentioning your full name and contact number (up to 2 reservations per email).
https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/seeds-live-2/
Wednesday 17 Μαΐου – Martha Mavroidi
Martha Mavroidi presents a concert with music from Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean. The quartet performs songs and instrumental pieces from the Dodecanese and Asia Minor, as well as new compositions by Martha Mavroidi that echo traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Martha Mavroidi: voice, lavta
Stratis Psaradellis: lyra
Nikos Paraoulakis: ney
Giorgos Ventouris: doublebass
Start time: 20:30
Admission: no fee – reservation required
Reservations: please send an email to cityfestival@thisisathens.org a week before the event, mentioning your full name and contact number (up to 2 reservations per email).
https://cityfestival.thisisathens.org/en/martha-mavroidi-live-en/
GUIDED TOURS
Saturday 13 May
The Curators with offer guided tours to the collections of Ancient Greek and Byzantine/Medieval art, and the museum spaces (the neoclassical Michaleas Mansion, and the part of the Medieval fortification of Athens which, is preserved in the basement).
Start time: 11.00 and 13.00 (in Greece)
Duration of tours: appr. 50’
Admission: free – reservation required
To make a reservation, please call at 210 3319300
Thursday 18 May – International Museum Day
The Curators with offer guided tours to the collections of Ancient Greek and Byzantine/Medieval art, and the museum spaces (the neoclassical Michaleas Mansion, and the part of the Medieval fortification of Athens which, is preserved in the basement).
Start time: 11.00 (in English) and 13.00 (in Greek)
Duration of tours: appr. 50’
Admission: free – reservation required
To make a reservation for the English tour (11.00 am), please send an email at press@camu.gr
To make a reservation for the Greek tour (13.00 pm), please call at 210 3319300.
STORYTELLING
Friday 19 May – Fairytales at the Museum: Stelios Pelasgos
Οn the outside space of the Canellopoulos Museum (Theorias and Panos str.) the writer Stelios Pelasgos will give a narrative performance, featuring fairy tales recorded in Athens during the 19th century by historian and folklorist Marianna Kambouroglou.
Marianna Kambouroglou, mother of the famed historian, Dimitrios Kambouroglou, recorded Athenian fairy tales told in the bourgeois homes of her time with absolute respect for their style, language and values. The fairy tales are part of the intangible heritage of the time. They reflect the poetic elements of popular culture and literature.
Start time: 21:00
Admission: free
