Fengaros Music Village: 21 - 26 July 2022
- by Louvana Records
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- 01 May, 2022
Workshops - Lectures - Concerts
Fengaros Music Village welcomes its ninth edition, taking place on the 21st to the 26th July in the rejuvenating village of Kato Drys in the Larnaca district. Providing arts education through a series of nine music and theatre workshops, the summertime establishment nurtures a broad network of artists from Cyprus and beyond to gather in the village and foster creative collaboration. This edition’s workshops will be taught by industry professionals with expertise in a range of fields including drumming, orchestration and arrangement, jazz, and folk music traditions.
Attendees will be able to participate in their workshop of choice which will take place daily during the morning and afternoon hours, revitalising the quaint Cypriot village with music and creativity. Each evening free concerts will be available to the public, followed by open jam sessions at the village’s traditional cafe. Fengaros Music Village’s goal is to hone a long-lasting and resourceful community of artists to cultivate diverse creative and disseminative opportunities amongst one another.
Registration:
Limited spaces are available for each workshop. Registrations are secured on a first come, first served basis upon payment of the participation fee via the sign-up page.
** All registrations secured and paid for, will include a personal, non-transferable three-day invitation to the tenth anniversary of Fengaros Festival as a gift.
Each Workshop Duration:
Attendees register for one workshop amounting to around 30 hours of morning and afternoon sessions.
Cost of Participation:
€160 - Full-time participation in one workshop
€200 - Full-time participation in one workshop and five lunch meals
Accommodation:
Free Camping (with showers and toilets)
Shared Agrotouristic Lodges available for renting for two, three or four persons
Refundable cancellation of registration until the 21st of June 2022.
Antonia Charalambous & Athina Kasiou (Cyprus) - From the Text
Unravelling a performance for all roles, and using the text as a starting point
Christodoros Mnasonos (Cyprus) - Makam Taksimleri ve Saz Eserleri
Aesthetics of makam through organic compositions and taksim
Ermis Michail (Cyprus) - The Guitarist’s Perspectives Vol. 2
Conceptualising the guitarist’s and bassist’s capacities and responsibilities
Eleni Irakleous & Stelios Chatziktoris (Germany) - Free the Voice and Sing Up!
Applying embodied practices to expression in vocal performances
Fotis Siotas (Greece) - The Roles of the Strings in Popular Music
Innovating arrangement, orchestration and performance for string instruments
George Kontrafouris (Greece) - Jazz and Beyond Vol. 2
Improvisation and exploring instrument roles through group interaction and performance
Martha Mavroidi (Greece) - Musical Nuclei: Improvisation and Composition
Exploring musical variations through group composition and improvisation
Stefanos Meletiou (Cyprus) - Grooves, Stickings, Subdivisions and their Musical Applications
Applying a balanced routine between practising technique and advancing musicality
Vassilis Philippou (Cyprus) - Words and Sounds of Cyprus in Contemporary Songwriting
Revitalising Cypriot music, poetry and dialect
Once in a lifetime, you’ll experience a pandemic. Once in a blue moon, you’ll have a chance to escape to a secluded island. Once on a red Thursday, as the local saying in Cyprus goes, you’ll be in a situation with a group of complete strangers, fully immersed in the sparks of creation flying forth. On A Red Thursday (9 March) is the product of just such a gathering of musicians from a multitude of backgrounds, journeys, skills and preferences. Their first single, ‘ Until We Meet Again’ , performed by Eurotoire team members Panayi and Jolien marks the beginning of sharing their experiences of stepping outside their comfort zones with the world. Following this first offering is alternative RnB number ‘ So Lonely ’ (3 February) performed by Maris Pihlap. ‘ Figures ’ (25 February) is the final single before the album’s release and sees Raveloe and Tamara van Esch punk out in a commentary on obstacles womxn face.
DOUBLE LP, DIGITAL ALBUM -
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In a songwriting programme piloted by Cypriot label, Louvana Records called Eurotoire, songwriters, producers, and session musicians from ten countries were invited to gather in Cyprus to test their limits, trust strangers, and allow their artistry to merge. Their initial week-long meeting began on a Thursday in June at Studio eleven63 in the island’s capital of Nicosia and blossomed into fifteen demos. After another two writing and recording sessions in July and September, the tracks bloomed into the Eurotoire team members’ fully-fledged album. Now they’re using On A Red Thursday to spread the word about the power of surrendering to creative instinct and collaborating with the unknown. On 13 February, the Louvana Records YouTube channel premiered a short documentary created by all eighteen artists with a single camera shared between them. Clips shot by the artists were edited together by videographer Antonis Pouliasis to depict their journey from complete strangers to collaborators as they untie forces to create an album together.
