2023 – Competition Winners

Winners of 19th Guitar Competition 2023 Category B (14 – 17 years) 1st prize: Orestis Mellios (+ a 400€ guitar by “Andromidas” music store) 2nd prize: Orfeas Zouzoulas (+ 50 euro check from “Papagrigoriou – Nakas”) 2nd prize: Eri Papageorgiou (+ 50 euro check from “Kokonetsis”) 3rd prize: Giannis Balkogiannopoulos Category A (<14 years) 1st […]

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Concerts of 29th Guitar Festival

Thursday, July 6, at 20.30 – Cultural Centre Part A: Runar Kjeldsberg (Norway) “Romantic guitar” Romantic music on authentic instruments Part B: Florian Palier, (Austria) Guitar Recital With the support of the Austrian Embassy. Friday, July 7, at 20.30 – Cultural Centre Rodotopi Guitar Ensemble “The Passaron” Georgios Nakis, conductor Saturday, July 8, at 20.30

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Georgios Nakis

He was born in Ioannina, Greece. He studied classical guitar (Guitar Teaching Diploma from the Hellenic Conservatory of Athens and Guitar Performance Diploma from the Municipal Conservatory of Ioannina) and Education Sciences (Bachelor’s degree in Preschool Education from the University of the Aegean and Master’s degree in Educational Science from the Hellenic Open University). At

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Florian Palier

The Austrian guitarist, Florian Palier, grew up in a family of musicians, discovering his passion and love for music at a very early age. He first studied with his father, Johann Palier, later with Macro Diaz Tamayo and finally, with Álvaro Pierri at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna where he graduated with

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Runar Kjeldsberg

“He’s really doing important work in the field of early Romantic guitar!” —Blair Jackson (Classical Guitar Magazine) Classical guitarist Runar Kjeldsberg has, as the first guitarist in the World, recorded the complete known solo works by the guitarist, composer and Soldier in the Napoleon army, François de Fossa (1775-1849). A major project that took over

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29th Festival – July 6-10, 2023

29th Hermoupolis Guitar Festival : July 6-10 2023 It’s regarded as one of the top guitar festivals in Greece, noted both for its high-quality events as well as its unique friendly atmosphere. A five-day summer festival with concerts, recitals, master classes, competitions and a guitar orchestra formed by festival participants. A unique combination of music

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28th Festival gallery

Artguitaristas (3/7/2022) Apollo Theater Timotej Kosovinc (Slovenia) (4/7/2022) Town Hall Emilia Rapti – Theodosis Temzelidis (5/7/2022)  Courtyard of the Labor Center of Cyclades Melanie Hosp (6/7/2022) Courtyard of the Labor Center of Cyclades Final concert  (7/7/2022) Apollo Theater

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28th Guitar Festival

The world of music welcomes the music of the world Hermoupolis Guitar Festival is one of the longest-standing institutions in the cultural events of Syros. With a fanatical audience in Greece and abroad, for 28 years now he has managed to place Syros at the center of musical events every summer and to leave satisfied

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2022 – Competition Winners

Winners of 18th Guitar Competition 2022 Category C (> 17 years) 1st prize: Vasileios Damianakis (+ 50 euro check from “Papagrigoriou – Nakas”) 1st prize: Aspasia-Ramona Spyropoulou (+ 50 euro check from “Papagrigoriou – Nakas”) Special award: Dimitrios Samartzis Special award: Theofilos Efthimiadis Category B (14 – 17 years) 1st prize: Christodoulos Tsormpatzoglou (+ 50

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