Festival «MusiKos» Southern Aegean (2016-)

Concerts and actions in the South Aegean

The Athens State Orchestra stages the ninth “MusiKos” Festival, a music festival in the Dodecanese, in collaboration with ANAX, a not-for-profit organization and “P-art of the solution”.
The Orchestra began the MusiKos Festival in order to provide high-quality artistic events, to promote a wide-ranging collaboration between local authorities and musical and educational institutions, to aid development in the Greek provinces, to reach out to socially sensitive groups, and to make culture available to society as a whole. It includes free concerts for the public, along with educational activities for students on the islands.
The repertoire performed is extremely wide-ranging, extending from classical music to operetta and film music, and is performed by prominent ASO ensembles.
In 2024, activities were held in Rhodes, Kos, Leros, Nisyros, Kasos, Karpathos, Patmos, Lipsi, Agathonisi and Halki, and attended by over 4,000 students.
The Festival could not have become a reality without the full support and patronage of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, the General Secretariat of the Aegean and Island Policy, the South Aegean Region, the Chamber of Commerce of the Dodecanese, and the local municipalities involved.
Our especial thanks, too, to the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese for its cooperation, which was excellent as always.

Artistic coordination: Nikos Haliassas