Cultural Events

SPRING 2010

Wednesday 13 January at 8.30 p.m.    download invitation
Opening of the photo exhibition Piraeus – a sea of moments with works by the Danish photographers Jannik Seidelin, Jørgen Borg, Krass Clement, Ture Andersen and Sofie Svare Fischer.
The exhibition is on display at the Municipal Gallery of Piraeus, Filonos 29, Piraeus, tel: 210 4101401-2, until 31 January. Opening hours: Monday-Friday.: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. & 5-9 p.m., Sunday: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Entrance free.

Monday 18 January at 8 p.m.       download invitation
Classical concert with Giorgos Daravelis (saxophone), Amalia Giannopoulou (cello) and Giannis Michaïlides (piano) playing works by, among others, Chatillon, Nasopoulou, Daravelis and Juon.

Monday 25 January at 8 p.m.     download invitation
Presentation of the book The Minoans in the central, eastern and northern Aegean - new evidence. (Monographies of The Danish Institute, vol.8).
Keynote speaker: Dr. Toula Marketou “Ialysos in the Middle Bronze Age: A major site in the Aegean”, lecture in English.

Monday 8 February at 8 p.m.    download invitation
Classical concert with Sven Birch (piano) and Ria Georgiadou (flute), playing works by the composers Joachim Andersen, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Carl Reinecke, Christos Samaras, Niels W. Gade and Charles-Marie Widor.

Saturday 13 March at 8 p.m.
Opening of the art exhibition ”Childhood and family matters” with works by Sofia Vlazaki (Greece) and Lisbeth van Deurs (Denmark).
The exhibition is on display until 28 March.
Opening hours: Friday: 6-9 p.m., Saturday-Sunday: 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday: closed.
Entrance free.

Thursday 8 April at 8 p.m.
Classical concert with soprano Susanne Bungaard and pianist Mette Christensen. Works (lieder, arias) by, among others, P. Heise, C. Nielsen, E.N. Kondrup, F. Liszt, W.A. Mozart and G.A. Rossini.

Friday 9 April at 8 p.m.
Annual Meeting

• Annual report and review of Danish research activities in Greece by Dr. Erik Hallager, Director of The Danish Institute at Athens
• Lecture in English “Colour on high - polychrome sculpture from the Acropolis of Athens” by Jan Stubbe Østergaard, Research curator at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Denmark
• Musical intermission by soprano Susanne Bungaard and pianist Mette Christensen
• Reception

Monday 26 April at 8 p.m.
”Renaissance Tragedy - a Greek or Roman Revival?”. Lecture in English by dr.phil. Patrick Kragelund, Director at The Danish National Art Library.

Thursday 27 May (exact time to be announced)
‘European Jazz-festival’ (Tuesday 25 May – Sunday 31 May). The Danish Institute presents the Danish/Greek jazz singer Veronica Mortensen.
Venue: Technopolis, 100 Pireos Str., Gazi
For a preliminary festival program please call +30 210 34 60 981

Monday 21 June (exact time to be announced)
The Danish Institute participates in the European Music Day in Athens and the Greek province.
Details and program will be announced later.

Unless otherwise stated, the events will take place at the Danish Institute at Athens, and the entrance is free.