July at Rilato Theatre...


Music for Shepherds and Sultans – Michalis Kouloumis* 

Music from Cyprus and classical music of Constantinople / Contemporary Modal Music.

Michalis Kouloumis and Tristan Driessens embark on what is just the beginning of a closer partnership, with Catalan multi-instrumentalist Miriam Encinas joining them on frame drums and pithkiavlin. Their repertoire organically fluctuates from original compositions in classical Ottoman style to anonymous rural dances of Cyprus. With this choice of repertoire and especially with their way of interpreting it, Michalis Kouloumis, Tristan Driessens and Miriam Encinas bridge a gap between classical and folk music. Compositions such as Isfahan Saz Semaisi or Köyde Sabah somehow reflect how classical music has always been deeply inspired by folk music legacies. Originally rooted in daily life’s rituals, folk traditions draw their expressiveness from a cyclical journey of constant transmission and renewal, which defines their actual legitimacy through time and space.


Michalis Kouloumis - violin, voice

Tristan Driessens - oud

Miriam Encinas - percussion, dilruba, pithkiavlin

Venue: 

Rialto Theatre
Andrea Drousioti, Str.Heroes Square 3040 Lemesos 
Phone number: 77777745
Fax No.: 25749663
Website: www.rialto.com.cy

Start date/End date:  14 July 2023

Start time/End time:  21:00 (duration 75')  

Entrance Price/Τicket: *18th Cyprus Rialto World Music Festival @HeroesSquare, FreeEntrance
This year’sFestival is dedicated to the memory of Angelina Nicolaidou, a beloved collaborator of the Rialto Theatre. An inspiring, prominent conductor, Angelina lit the path of many young people, performing and showcasing the work of talented composers.

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