Lunchtime concert – piano recital “Sounds of Forests and Sea” – Chania 19th October
The Municipality of Chania presents Maria Vlachodimou in a piano recital titled: “Sounds of Forests and Sea”, on Sunday, October 19, at 12:00 noon at the Grand Arsenal, Venetian Harbour, Chania.
General admission: 5 €
Free admission: pupils, students, Conservatory students, unemployed, handicapped.
A musical journey that begins with classical Vienna, passes through the romantic landscapes of a German forest and ends with Hadzidaki.
The program begins with Beethoven’s third Piano Sonata.
Schuman then leads us through the “Forest Scenes”.
Finally, Manos Hadzidaki’s “Ionian Suite” takes us to worlds full of light, nostalgia and simplicity.
About the pianist:
Maria Vlachodimou was born in Chania in 1998 and started piano lessons with Bella Lionaki at the Venizelio Conservatory of Chania. In 2020, she completed her undergraduate studies at the Department of Music Science and Art of the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, with professor Igor Petrin. Today she continues her master’s studies at the Detmold Music Academy, with professor Triantafyllos Liotis.
She has appeared as a soloist and as a member of musical ensembles in Greece, Italy and Germany.
In 2021, she participated in the concert cycle with all of Beethoven’s sonatas at the Thessaloniki Music Palace. She has collaborated with the “Athens Symphony” and the orchestra of the Venizelios Conservatory in Chania.
In 2024 she won the third prize in the “Perusia Harmonika” international competition. She won the first prize in the “Alice Vatikiotis” competition in Greece.
She was also awarded in the concert and chamber music competition of the Department of Music Science and Art.
In 2018 she participated as a member of the orchestra of the same department in a concert in Cologne.
She has participated in seminars with renowned pianists such as Roberto Prosseda, Sergey Senkov, Maria Asteriadou, Stepan Simonian, Hubert Rutkowski, Joseph Houston, Lilia Boyadjieva and Natalia Lentas.
Source: chania-culture.gr
