100 Years from Mikis Theodorakis’s birth

Magic Night

Sat. 15 November 2025 21:00

Cultural and Conference Center of Heraklion, Crete

Carnaval is a ballet suite for orchestra that Theodorakis began composing while exiled to the island of Ikaria. According to his own words, this was the occasion for him to acquaint with Greece’s folk music tradition. The album Odyssey is a music journey through Theodorakis’ life, since he composed its first song at the age of 12 and its last at 81. Through this album, Mikis Theodorakis reflects on love, solitude, and the dead-ends of modern man in search of his own Ithaca—like a contemporary Ulisses. Sung by the principal performer of Theodorakis's works, Maria Farantouri. Conducted by the Artistic Director of the Cultural Center of Heraklion, Myron Michailidis.

Event Programme

MIKIS THEODORAKIS (1925-2021)
Carnaval, ballet suite for orchestra- 7 songs from the Odyssey.
Selection among Mikis Theodorakis’s popular songs

Cultural and Conference Center of Heraklion, Crete

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