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ONLINE ONLY: Mikis Theodorakis and the Nature of Greek Music: Some Reflections
UPDATE: Due to unforeseen developments this seminar will no longer take place on the Mezzanine Level and will be ONLINE ONLY.
Live Stream Here: YouTube Live, Facebook Live, Twitter Broadcast
Date: THURSDAY 10 March 2022 @ 7:00pm AEDT (Melbourne) | 10:00am EEST (Athens) | 3:00am EST (New York)
Presenter: Prof Vrasidas Karalis
Language of Presentation: English | No knowledge of Greek required
Entry: FREE
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Synopsis
The recent death of Mikis Theodorakis represents the end of a whole era of cultural creativity in Greece and world-wide. In his long life, Theodorakis composed all kinds of music and expressed some time contradictory political ideologies. He tried to fuse high and popular culture, political and tragedy, activism and meditation. His songs have shaped modern Greek consciousness, and created some of the most powerful emotional symbolism through which Greek define themselves to this day. The talk will be about the less known works of his career, symphonic works, tragedies and operas, as well as the exploration of what he called the cosmic harmonies in music. What makes humans musicians? This is what gives Theodorakis music universal and enduring despite the changes in performance style and ideological perspective.
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Bio
Professor Vrasidas Karalis holds the Chair of Sir Nicholas Laurantos in Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies at the University of Sydney. His area of expertise is Greek Cultural Studies since the Byzantine and Modern periods. He has published extensively with special emphasis on Byzantine historiography, Modern Greek political life, Greek Cinema, Balkan culture, European Union and Greece, while also translating Patrick White’s Voss and The Vivisector, as well as well Michael Dransfield’s poems into Greek. Modern Greek poetry translated into English, include works by Nikos Karouzos, Kiki Dimoula, Andreas Angelakis etc.
His most recently published monograph is ‘The Cinematic Language of Theo Angelopoulos (Berghahn Books, 2021). He has also edited the collections Cornelios Castoriadis and the Project of Radical Democracy (2013), Martin Heidegger and the Aesthetics of Being (2008), Power, Justice and Judgement in Hannah Arendt (2012), while also being the editor of Modern Greek Studies (Australian and New Zealand.).
He has been the recipient of awards in translation and nominations for his critical work. In 2003 he was awarded the Federation Medal of Australia. Currently he is working on the work of the cinematographers George Miller and Theo Angelopoulos.
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How To Participate
EDIT - ONLINE ONLY: Due to unforeseen developments this seminar will no longer take place on the Mezzanine Level and will be ONLINE ONLY.
Join us online as the event will be simulcasted on YouTube Live, Facebook Live and Twitter Broadcast.
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Sponsors
We thank Anthea Sidiropoulos for the kind donation that makes seminars like this possible.
During the course of the year considerable expenses are incurred in staging the seminars. In order to mitigate these costs individuals or organisations are invited to donate against a lecture of their choice. You too can donate for one or more seminars and (optionally) let your name or brand be known as a patron of culture to our members, visitors and followers, as well as the broader artistic and cultural community of Melbourne. Please email: info@greekcommunity.com.au or call 03 9662 2722. We thank the following corporate sponsors:
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The Greek Community of Melbourne is registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Non-Profits Commission ABN 14004258360
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