Flute & Piano Recital

Savvas Christodoulou (flute) – Annini Tsiouti (piano)

The "Kastelliotissa" medieval hall hosts with great pleasure a unique concert dedicated to the Austrian composer Franz Schubert and the Greek composer Fanis Zachopoulos.

On the one hand a brilliant representative of the School of Vienna F. Schubert during the 19th century when flute had lost some of its popularity which it enjoyed in the previous century, enriched the repertoire with a masterpiece called Trockne Blumen.

On the other hand a young and very talented Greek composer with unique ideas. Born and raised in Athens in 1990 shows his talent very early when entering the Academy of Music in Utrecht. Some of his compositions have been presented by world-renowned performers in major concert halls. His special idea to compose three interludes based on the poem by Constantine Kavafys "Since nine o’clock" has won raves from Dutch musical reviewers. Two excellent Cypriot soloists will perform in a special musical acquaintance, these two compositions as well as the first movement of the Sonata per arpeggione by F. Schubert along with the Suite for flute and piano by Zachopoulos, a piece which was composed especially for this concert.

Savvas Christodoulou was born in Limassol and he started having flute lessons at a young age. In 2005 he moved to Prague to study flute performance in the Prague National Conservatory from where he graduated in 2010. In the same year he was accepted in Utrecht Conservatory to study with world famous flute soloist Aldo Baerten. He obtained his Bachelor degree on flute performance and education with honors in 2012. In addition he studied piccolo with Gudrun Bourel and Baroque performance with the “Master” of Baroque flute Mr. Wilbert Hazelzet. In 2015 he obtained his Master’s degree in flute performance on stages. He participated in several Masterclasses worldwide

with famous flutists such as Sir James Galway, Emanuel Pahud, William Bennett, Peter-Lukas Graf, Michel Bellavance, Susan Milan, Denis Bouriakov etc. He was a member of the Symphony orchestra of Prague Conservatoire and Utrecht as well. He appears regularly in flute recitals and chamber music concerts in The Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece and Cyprus.

Annini Tsiouti started taking piano lessons at an early age at Ethnikon Odeion Kyprou. After obtaining her diploma she continued at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, where she studied piano and chamber music. She was awarded the Ville de Paris bursary for her studies at the Conservatoire Claude Debussy and she also studied Musicology at the Sorbonne University where she obtained her Master’s degree specialising in the piano music of Nikos Skalkottas. She has appeared in many international festivals and has given concerts in Europe and the Middle East, as a soloist, accompanist or as part of chamber music groups. She has been living and working in Cyprus since 2008 where she is still actively involved in the contemporary music scene and has given first performances of many works by Cypriot and international composers.

Concert begins at 8:30 p.m

Entrance/Donation 10 euro

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