Former events

Autumn 2009

Thursday 17 September at 8 p.m.     download invitation
Book presentation in English of the book ”The circle of Karma” by the Bhutanese author Kunzang Choden. The author herself will be present and talk about “Women of Bhutan: Between Tradition and Modernization”, and introduce her new collection of short stories based on the lives of real Bhutanese women titled "Tales in Colour".
Organised by the Greece-Bhutan Friendship Association (info@bhutansociety.grOrganised gr) in cooperation with The Danish Institute at Athens.

Tuesday 20 January at 8 p.m.     download invitation
“Urbanization in the Greek World 1000-500 BC and the critical masses of settlement size and settlement numbers”
Lecture in English by Research Fellow, Dr. Rune Frederiksen, The Danish Institute

Wednesday 18 February at 8 p.m.       download invitation
”A journey of Music and Art in the 16th and 17th centuries”
Classical concert with simultaneous slide show of art. Ensemble Kelsos (www.kelsos.gr)
The concert consists of Renaissance and Baroque works by, among others, W. Byrd, M. Praetorius, F.Turini, J.van Eyck, C. Monteverdi, H. Purcell, A. Corelli, and there will be shown art by e.g. Tizian, Holbein, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Theotokopoulos (el Greco) and Damaskinos

Monday 23 March at 8 p.m.     download invitation
” Sculpture in upper class houses in Late Antiquity – the choice of motifs”
Lecture in English by Professor Niels Hannestad, University of Aarhus

Wednesday 1 April at 8 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 Fischer
Opening hours hereafter: Tuesday to Friday: 6-10 p.m., Weekends 11-2 p.m., Mondays closed. The exhibition will remain closed 16-21 April, both days included, due to the Greek Easter. Last exhibition-day: 30 April

Thursday 2 April at 8 p.m.    download invitation
Concert with the Danish violinist Kim Sjøgren
The repertoire covers a wide spectrum of the great classical works, popular hits, folk music, jazz and evergreens.

The lecture is rescheduled for 9 November
Monday 27 April at 8 p.m.    
“Raos: a new late MB and early LB site with frescoes on the southern part of the caldera, Thera”
Lecture in English by Dr. Marisa Marthari, Director of the KA’ Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities

Monday 4 May at 8 p.m.
”Theophilus Hansen as furniture designer”     download invitation
Lecture in English by chief librarian at the Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Mirjam Gelfer-Jørgensen

Monday 11 May at 7 - 9 p.m.    download invitation
“The Work of the Hellenic Institute of Marine Archaeology, 2005-2008”
Presentations on underwater surveys and excavations.
Contributors: Yannos G. Lolos, Christos S. Aguridis, George Koutsouflakis in English; Elias Spondylis in Greek

Wednesday 13 May at 8 p.m.     download invitation
“New music for saxophone and piano”
Concert for piano and saxophone by pianist Manolis Papasifakis and saxophonist Giorgos Daravelis

Monday 25 May at 8 p.m.     download invitation
”Sect and the city: emperor worship in Athens”
Lecture in English by project manager ph.d. Rubina Raja, University of Aarhus

Wednesday 27 May at 10 p.m.      download invitation
“International Jazz-festival” (Wednesday 27 May – Sunday 31 May) with participation of the Danish jazz singer Benni Chawes with band: Rasmus Lund (drums), Kasper Tagel (contra bass)
Venue: Technopolis, 100 Pireos Str., Gazi
For a preliminary festival program please call +30 210 34 60 981

Thursday 18 June at 5.30 p.m. in Copenhagen
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 Fischer
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Dantes Plads 7, Copenhagen, Denmark. The exhibition lasts until 30 August. Opening hours 11-5 p.m. Monday closed

Sunday 21 and Monday 22 June
10th European Music Day.
The Danish singer Lise Dres performs with her band on 21 June at 11 p.m. at Central Square in Larissa, and on 22 June at Kotzia Square in Athens at around 7.30 p.m. Entrance free.
The Danish Institute participates as a part of the EUNIC co-operation.

Wednesday 24 June at 7.30 p.m. in Copenhagen
”Antikkens største bygningsværk: Athens flådebase i Piræus”
Lecture in Danish by Director of Zea Harbour Project, Bjørn Lovén
Ny Carlsberg Glyptoteket, Dantes Plads 7, Copenhagen

Monday 22 September at 8 p.m.     download invitation
“A reconstruction of the life and career of Praxiteles”. Lecture in English by Dr. Antonio Corso, Numismatica e Antichita' Classiche. Quaderni Ticinesi

Spring 2008

Tuesday 19 February at 8 p.m.    download invitation
”The Temple of Apollo in Ancient Halikarnassos - the epigraphic evidence”
Lecture in English by Dr. Signe Isager, University of Southern Denmark 

Wednesday 27 February at 8 p.m.    download invitation
“The ancient Egyptian religious & funeral texts – antique beliefs concerning the hereafter”
Lecture in English and Greek by Dr. Amanda – Alice Maravelia, Research Associate of CES/RAS

Thursday 13 March at 8 p.m.    download invitation
Opening of the exhibition “Observation” with photographs by Lone Høyer Hansen
The exhibition is open daily14-31 March, 6-10 p.m., Sunday also 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Monday 17 March at 8 p.m.      download invitation
”Observation – the work with photography”
Professor Lone Høyer Hansen from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts presents her work with photography taking the images at the exhibition as a starting point 

Thursday 3 April at 8 p.m.     download invitation
A concert with classical music for guitar played by the Danish musician Mille Bureau
www.millebureau.dk

Friday 4 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 by Associate Professor, dr.phil. Poul Pedersen “Olympia and the Ionian Renaissance”
• Classical music for guitar performed by Mille Bureau

Reception

Wednesday 16 April at 7 p.m.     download invitation
“P.O. Brøndsted, the fortunes of the finds from Karthaia and other antiquities from Greece” 
Presentation in English by archaeologist Aristea Papanikolaou-Christensen in collaboration with the society The Friends of The Acropolis  

Saturday 10 May at 8 p.m.       download invitation
A concert with the Swedish string quartet Dalecarlia String Quartet, playing music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Bohuslav Martinu og Wilhelm Stenhammar.
The concert is arranged by The Swedish Institute at Athens on the occasion of its 60-years anniversary

Saturday 17 May at 6 p.m.
A concert arranged by the Athens Music Society Conservatory:
“Musiques d’enfants”: Legends, stories, fairytales and other music for children performed by students, teachers and friends of the conservatory

Monday 19 May at 8.30 p.m.       download invitation
A concert with classical music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Sergei Prokofiev, Νikos Skalkottas og Antonin Dvořák
Zoi Samsarelou (piano) and Dimitris Karagiannakidis (cello)

Arranged in collaboration with The Greek- Egyptian Association of Athens

Tuesday 20 May at 20 p.m.      download invitation
“Live sound art” presented by the experimental  composers Jacob Kirkegaard, Denmark, www.fonik.dk and Novi_sad (aka Thanasis Kaproulias), Greece, www.novi-sad.net

Thursday 22 May at 7.30 p.m.     download invitation
Opening of the exhibition “Memory of a tree” with photographs by Karin Raeck

The exhibition is arranged in collaboration with the Eco Festival 2008.
The exhibition is open 23 May to 5 June, Monday – Friday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 5 – 8 p.m.  

Tuesday 27 May at 8 p.m.      download invitation
“Mycenaean Salamis, excavations 2000-2007”
Lecture in English by Professor Yannos G. Lolos, University of Ioannina

Friday 30 May at 9 p.m. – 10 p.m.     download invitation
“International Jazz-festival” (Wednesday 28 May – Sunday 1 June) with participation of the Danish afro jazz band Deodato Siquir Trio: Deodato Siquir (drums), Preben Carlsen (acoustic guitar) and Andrzej Krejniuk (electric bass)

Venue: Technopolis, 100 Pireos Str., Gazi
For a preliminary festival program please call +30 210 34 60 981

Monday 2 June at 8 p.m.      download invitation
"Theoretical and cognitive implications of ancient colour terminology in the Mediterranean"
Lecture in English by Dr. David Warburton, Aarhus Universitet og Lyon 2 & Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée 

Friday 20 - Saturday 21 June    download invitation
Workshop: “Pottery in the archaeological record: a view from the Greek world”
A Workshop on J. Theodore Peña’s publication, Roman Pottery in the Archaeological Record

First Gösta Enbom Workshop arranged in collaboration with the National Museum, Copenhagen and the Canadian Institute at Athens

Saturday 28 June at 8 p.m.    download invitation
Concert with the soprano Susanne Bungaard and the pianist Mette Christensen who perform music by the composers Niels W. Gade, Felix Mendelsohn, Peter Heise, Giovanni Sgambati, Erik Bach, Poul Schierbeck, Claude Debussy, and Peter Erasmus Langemüller.

AUTUMN  2007

Wednesday 12 September at 8 p.m.
Concert with Sjællands String Quartet with music by Anders Koppel, Nikos Skalkottas, Leros Janáček, and Franz Joseph Hayden
See: www.4tet.dk

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Friday 14 September at 8 p.m.
"Gestures and Memory"
Live Art Performance Show by Nanna Lysholt-Hansen
See: www.nannalysholt.dk & www.nihspace.dk

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Wednesday 19 September at 7.30 p.m.
"Jewellery for Human beings"
Lecture in English by Carolina Vallejo
See: www.carolinavallejo.dk
9.00 p.m. Opening of the Exhibition "Jewellery for Human beings:
Jewellery for the sins & Gesture of the Virtues"
Two Themes by Carolina Vallejo
At the Jewellery Gallery, 3 Makriyianni Str. near the Acropolis Metro Station
The exhibition is open 19 September – 6 October
Opening hours: Mondays, Wednesday, Saturday: 9.30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
And Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday: 9.30 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Free entrance
 

Wednesday 3 October at 8 p.m.
"Space and Spectacle in the Philippeion at Olympia"
Lecture in English by Assistant Professor Peter Schulz
Department of Art, Concordia College, Moorhead, USA
 

Monday 8 October at 8 p.m.
"Origins of Religion: A Methodological Approach"
Lecture in English by Post doc. Lisbeth Bredholdt Christensen
Department of the Study of Religion, University of Aarhus
 

NB: The presentation is postponed
Monday 22 October at 8 p.m.
Presentation of the Greek edition of Eugenio Barbas book “The Paper Canoe. A guide to Theatre Anthropology”, translated by Konstantinos Themelis (Dodoni Editions).
 

Monday 5 November at 8 p.m.
"Neo-Classicistic Architecture: The Hansen Brother’s use of Greek-Byzantine Motives in their work in Denmark"
Lecture in English by Research Librarian Claus M. Smidt
The Danish National Art Library
 

Monday 26 November at 8 p.m.
"Geras: Priestly Prerogatives from Sacrificed Animals in Classical and Hellenistic Greece. Ritual and Economy"
Lecture in English by Adjunct Lecturer Victoria Tsoukala
Department of History, Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management
University of Peloponnese

Saturday 1 December at 8 p.m.
Opening of the Exhibition "The Kalash of the Mid-Winter"
Photographs by Inger Carlsson taken between November. 2005 and January 2006, mainly during “CHAOMOS”: The Winter Festival of the Kalash, who live on the slopes of the Hindukush in North Western Pakistan.
The exhibition is open 2 -16 December
Opening hours: Mondays – Sundays: 6 – 10 p.m. and also
Sunday: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Free entrance

Sunday 2, Sunday 9 and Sunday 16 December, at 8 p.m.
Film evenings: "CHAOMOS: The Winter-Festival of the Kalash"
A documentary by Jannis Manolidakis filmed during a research project expedition the winter of 2005 and 2006.

Saturday 8 December at 9.30 p.m.
The Danish Institute presents: "Deodato Siquir Trio"
The Muse Festival, Ianos, Stadiou 24
http://www.musefestival.gr/

Saturday 15 December 8 p.m.
The Music Theatre “IMI - Olon”. “A Ceremony of Carols”. Christmas concert with classical and contemporary foreign music.

Programme for the spring 2007

Tuesday 20 February at 8.30 p.m.

Musical theatre with the ensemble IMI - olon:

“Desire and longing in W. A. Mozart’s music”

A musical voyage via scenes from Mozart’s operas

First part: “Figaro’s wedding”

Arranged by: Anna Mouzaki, B. Papariga, M. Papadopoulou, and Aris Graikousis

Friday 23 February at 8 p.m.

Concert with classical music by Ludwig von Bethoveen, Mikis Theodorakis, Carl Nielsen and Johan Svendsen

Anastasis Mavroudis (violin) and Thorsten Lindner (piano)

Tuesday 6 March at 8 p.m.

“Peter Oluf Brønsted and early research of the Parthenon sculpture”

Lecture in English by Dr. Martin Kreeb, German Archaeological Institute

Wednesday 21 March at 8 p.m.

“Music and tradition at Mount Athos: modern monasticism and the return to

History”

Lecture in English by Ph.D. Tore Albert Tvarnø Lind, Department of Musicology, University of Copenhagen.
The Lecture is held at The SWEDISH Institute, Mitseon 9, Koukaki.

Monday 26 – Friday 30 March at 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Seminar on the theme “Cognition and Materiality: mentality, ideology, myth and cosmology” organized by the Nordic Graduate School in Archaeology.

Thursday 12 April at 8 p.m.

Classical music by Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Paul Hindemith and Carl Nielsen

Concert with the Danish wind quintet Boreas

Friday 13 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 by Professor Vincent Gabrielsen “Piraeus and the Athenian Fleet in Classical times”

• Music performed by the wind quintet Boreas

Reception

Monday 16 April at 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.

International seminar: “Ancient Piraeus – past, present and future”

Organized by the Danish Institute at Athens and the Zea Harbour Project 

Monday 16 April at 7 – 10 p.m.

Workshop “The Ancient Piraeus – history and archaeology”

Discussion paper by Professor Vincent Gabrielsen (Copenhagen) followed by panel debate with specialists.

Wednesday 18 April at 8 p.m.

Opening of the Exhibition ”Sound and rhythm” with paintings by Yannis Karydakis.

The exhibition is open 19 April - 4 May.

Opening hours: Mondays - Sundays 11 a.m.–1 p.m. and Mondays - Fridays 6-9 p.m.

The exhibition will be closed on April 23, 24 and 30 and on May 1

Monday 23 – Tuesday 24 April at 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.

International seminar: “The transport amphorae and trade of Cyprus”

Organized by the Danish Institute at Athens and the National Museum, Copenhagen

Friday 4 May at 9.30 p.m.

Happening with the Ionian Jazz Ensemble in the Courtyard of the Danish Institute

Musicians from the Ionian University, Corfu

Monday 14 May at 8 p.m.

Classical music with the trio Corda di Vento

Concert with Amalia Giannopoulos (cello), Federico Palacios Delgado (clarinet) and Kharalambos Angelopoulos (piano)

Wednesday 16 May at 8.00 a.m.

”Funary customs and maritime activity in Bronze Age Crete”

Lecture in English by Dr. Giorgos Vavouranakis, temporary lecturer, University of Peloponnese

Wednesday 30 May at 10 p.m.

Concerts with the Danish jazz band Thomas Clausen Acoustic Jazztrio at the Ionian University, Music Department

Friday 1 June at 7.30 p.m.

Opening of the Photo exhibition “Neoclassical Buildings in Athens” in collaboration with the Eco Festival 2007.

The exhibition is open from 1 June to 7 June

Opening hours: Monday -  Friday 9 a.m -1 p.m.

Friday 1 June at 10.00 p.m.

‘International Jazz festival’ (Wednesday 30 May – Monday 4 June) with participation of the Danish jazz band Thomas Clausen Acoustic Jazztrio

Featuring Thomas Clausen (piano), Thomas Fonnesbæk (bass) and Karsten Bagge (drums)   

The event will take place in Technopolis, 100 Pireos Str., Gazi

For an updated programme, please call: +30 210 34 60 981

Friday 27 – Sunday 29 July at 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.

International workshop: “LM IB Pottery. Examining new evidence for relative chronology and regional differences”

Organized by the Danish Institute at Athens and the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete.

Autumn 2006

Friday 15 September at 7.30 p.m.
Minoan Seminar: “Minoan defensive architecture”
Lecture in English by Dr. Tomas Alusik

Tuesday 19 September at 8 p.m.
“The total number of Ancient Greeks in 334 BC”
Lecture in English by Professor Mogens Herman Hansen

Friday 29 September at 7.30 p.m.
Minoan Seminar: “Santorini Eruption Radiocarbon dated to 1613 ± 13 BC
Lecture in English by Dr. Walter Friedrich and Dr. Jan Heinemeier

Wednesday 18 October at 8 p.m.
Opening of the exhibition “Roots”
The exhibition includes:
    Jewellery by Georgios Tolias
    Appliqué and watercolour paintings by Kirsten Mus
    Photos by Jørgen Hedemann
    Pithoi (pottery created in cooperation by Manolis Moutsakis and Kirsten Mus)
The exhibition is open Monday – Saturday: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. Sundays: 12 noon – 4 p.m. from Thursday 19 October – Wednesday 8 November

Wednesday 1 November at 8 p.m.
“The roots” of my work
Lecture in English by artist Kirsten Mus

Monday 13 November at 7.30 p.m.
Presentation of Iannis Plemmenos’ translation of Søren Kierkegaard’s essay “The Immediate Erotic Stages” from his book “Either – Or: A Fragment of Life”
Performance of Mozart music
In cooperation with Taxideftis Publishers

Tuesday 28 November at 8 p.m.
Piano Evening with Danish Pianist Henrik Bo Hansen

Friday 1 December at 7.15 p.m.
Symposium: West Germany and the Reconstruction of Greece

The historian Mogens Pelt from the University of Copenhagen has specialised in Greek-German relations before and after the Second World War, and in his book “Tying Greece to the West” he throws light on Greek politics in the post-war period.
Further information on www.danish-culture-greece.dk
Please confirm your attendance before 30 November on tel. 210 93 22 242,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m. or e-mail: cultassi@otenet.gr

Organiser: The Royal Danish Embassy in cooperation with the Greek Foreign
Policy Institute ELIAMEP

Spring 2006

Friday 20 – Saturday 21 January
International workshop Tools and Textiles
Organized by the International Centre of Textile Research, Copenhagen
For full programme and further details: www.hum.ku.dk/ctr

Monday 23 January at 7.30 p.m.
Concert with young Greek musicians in cooperation with Elliniki Etairia
Ellis Phillippou (violincello) and Konstantina Kontogianni (sophrano) accompanied by Maria Eustratiadi and Konstantinos Evangelidis on piano

Wednesday 1 February at 8 p.m.
Opening of the exhibition Inside out outside in with the Danish artist Ida B. Larsen in collaboration with the French Institute in Athens
The opening will take place at Bistrot Paris Athenes, 31 Sina Str. It is open from 2 – 21 February, Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Monday 27 February at 7.30 p.m.
Minoan Seminar: “The clay animal figurines and figures from the Juktas sanctuary”
Lecture in English by Marika Zeimbeki

Tuesday 7 March at 7.30 p.m.
Minoan Seminar: “From house to house-tomb and on … Monuments - diversity and tradition in Bronze Age east Crete”
Lecture in English by Gerald Cadogan

Sunday 12 March at 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Opening of an art exhibition by the Danish painter Birthe Kjærsgaard who shows works made during her stay at the Institute.
The exhibition is open daily from 13 to 19 March from 6 p.m.  to 10 p.m.

Monday 13 March at 8.30 p.m.
Concert with classical music for violoncello and piano
Performed by Amalia Yannopoulou & Ismini Maurea

Friday 17 March at 7.30 p.m.
Jazz jam with the pianist Georgios Psichogiou

Wednesday 22 March at 8 p.m.
“Danish ceramics and ceramists in the 20th century”
Lecture in English by Director Dr. Bodil Busk Laursen, Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen

Friday 24 March at 7.30 p.m.
Minoan seminar: “Domestic shrines in LM IIIA:2-IIIC Crete – fact or
fiction?”
Lecture in English by Birgitta P. Hallager

Saturday April 1 at 6.30 p.m.
Concert with students from the Conservatory Mousikos Syndesmos Athinon will play a selection of piano works from the classical and romantic repertoire

Thursday 6 April at 8 p.m.
Renaissance music
Concert with the Danish ensemble Desperando spero

Friday 7 April at 8 p.m.

                Reception

Tuesday 25 April at 8 p.m.
”Buildings, Books and Bites – why not put the library on the shelf?”
Lecture in English by Professor Niels Ole Finneman

Friday 28 April at 7.30 p.m.
Minoan Seminar: “The Middle Minoan costal site at Pera Galenoi, Crete: satellite of a Minoan palace or not?”
Lecture in English by Eleni Banou and Eleni Tsivilika

Thursday 4 May at 8 p.m.
“Modern Danish Furniture - an old Greek chair”
Lecture in English by Dr. Christian Olesen, Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen

Friday 5 May at 9.30 p.m.
Happening with the Danish Band Robot featuring Cecilie Gravesen (vocal), Oliver Hoiness (guitar), Kristoffer Jul (keyboards), Εsmund Kverneland (sampler/beats/guitar etc.) and Kåre Joensen (bas/vocal)
The electronic rock band plays songs from their coming album Zero Return

Wednesday 10 May at 8 p.m.
“The World of the Muses - in Renaissance Denmark. Inspiration from Antiquity in the Life and Works of the Danish Astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601)”
Lecture in English by Dr. Poul Grinder-Hansen, the National Museum, Copenhagen

Saturday 13 May at 6.30 p.m.
“Shubertiade”. Undergraduate and graduate students, members of the teaching staff and friends of the Conservatory Mousikos Syndesmos Athinon in an all-Schubert concert of piano pieces and lieder

Monday 15 May at 7.30 p.m.
Minoan Seminar: “Ritual action at the edge of town: the Temple Tomb within the context of Neopalatial, Final Palatial and Postpalatial Knossos”
Lecture in English by Eleni Hatzaki

Thursday 25 May
Opening of the exhibition “Science and art – an exhibition on the activities of the Danish Institute at Athens”. An exhibition with a presentation of the current excavations, recent projects of the academic staff, and works of art by artists who have worked at the Institute. The exhibition is open until 13 June Tuesday - Sunday from 7 – 10 p.m. and Saturday - Sunday from 12 to 4 p.m. Mondays closed.

NB: The concert Thursday 1 June has been cancelled
Thursday 1 June at 9.30 p.m.
Happening with the Danish jazz band Thomas Clausen Brazil Trio featuring Fernando de Marco (bass), Afonso Correa (drums, percussion) and Thomas Clausen on piano
The band plays music by Thomas Clausen. The inspiration is coming not only from jazz and European music, but also from a number of Brazilian music styles, especially choro and samba.

Friday 2 June at 10.00 p.m.
‘International Jazz festival’ (Thursday 1 – Sunday 4) with participation of the Danish jazz band Thomas Clausen Brazil Trio featuring Fernando de Marco (bass), Afonso Correa (drums, percussion) and Thomas Clausen on piano.
The event will take place in Technopolis, 100 Pireos Str.
For the updated programme, please see:
http://eujazzfestival.otenet.gr/en/program-en.htm

Unless otherwise stated, the events will take place at the Danish Institute in Plaka

Autumn 2005

Wednesday, 21 September at 8 p.m
Danish Glassart in the 20^th Century
Lecture in English by Dr. Jørgen Schou-Christensen, Danish Museum of Art & Design

Monday, 10 October at 8 p.m.
Opening of the exhibition Sun pictures- a photographical journey with Hans Christian Andersen from Rome to Constantinople by Danish photographer Mette Perregaard
The exhibition is open 11 – 30 October, Monday – Friday from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Thursday, 13 October at 8 p.m.
Silver and Jewellery - the rise and development through the 20th century
Lecture in English by Dr. Lise Funder, Danish Museum of Art & Design

Thursday, 20 October at 7 p.m.
The Nordic Library, Kavalotti 7, Makrigianni, 117 42 Athens
Οpen house with an exhibition of books by Cavafis and older editions of classical authors.
Refreshments is served.

Friday, 21 October from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Lectures on New Nordic Research in Greece on the occasion of The Nordic Library’s 10 years anniversary
A reception follows.

NB This event is postponed. Information about new date later. New date: 16/12/05
(Friday, 4 November at 7.30 p.m.)
Minoan Seminar: “Vignettes from The Minoan Book of the Dead: A new reading of the Minoan-Mycenaean gold rings”
Lecture in English by Alexander MacGillivray

NB Monday 7 November at 7.30 p.m. arranged by ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΙΑ
Concert with young soloists
Violinists Nikou Bei and Ilia Kandesa accompained by Jeni Soulkouki and Ludmila Paschalidou

NB Change of date for the opening of this exhibition to be:
Monday, 14 November at 8 p.m. 
(Saturday, 12 November at 8 p.m.)
Opening of the exhibition In dialogue with Hans Christian Andersen by the group of Danish artists ”Colibri”
The exhibition is open 15 – 26 November, Monday – Friday from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Friday, 2 December at 7.30 p.m.
Minoan Seminar: “The middle Minoan costal site at Pera Galenoi, Crete: Satellite of a Minoan Palace or not”
Lecture in English by Heleni Banou

NB Monday 5 December at 20 p.m.
Jazz/Brazilian music
Concert with Vini Kjærsgaard Iuel & Thomas Clausen and his Brazilian trio

Wednesday, 7 December at 8 p.m.
“A rural habitation in hinterland Cyprus in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The Danish Excavations at Panayia Ematousa”
Lecture in English by Dr. Lone Wriedt Sørensen, University of Copenhagen

NB Friday, 16 December at 7.30 p.m.
Minoan Seminar: “Vignettes from The Minoan Book of the Dead: A new reading of the Minoan-Mycenaean gold rings”
Lecture in English by Alexander MacGillivray

Spring 2005

Friday, 28 January at 7.30 p.m.
Minoan seminar: ”The Hieroglyphic Archive at Petras. Problems on the interpretation of contexts” 
Lecture in English by Dr. Erik Hallager, The Danish Institute at Athens & Dr. Metaxia Tsipopoulou, KÄ’ Ephoria, East Crete
For further details: www.minoanseminar.gr

Tuesday, 1 March at 7.30 p.m.
“Join the worldwide celebration”

Presentation of the programme of the celebration of Hans Christian Andersen’s 200^th birthday.

• Announcement of the Andersen ambassadors by the Danish Ambassador in Greece
• Reading of parts of  “A Poet’s Bazar” by actor Konstantinos Themelis
• Musical feature: (Lied) The soprano Natasha Angelopoulou sings R. Schuman with texts by Hans Christian Andersen. Piano: Nikos Christodoulou.
• Reception

 Venue: The Benaki Museum, Piraeos 138

Photos

Monday 7-17^th March

“My Life as a Fairy Tale”- a travelling exhibition about the life of Hans Christian Andersen, and drawings and papercuttings by Andersen. The exhibition will be opened by Hans Christian Andersen Ambassador, Niki Goulandris.
At the opening, actor Konstantinos Themelis will read the fairy tale “The Emperor’s New Clothes”.

 Included events

• 8^th March: Puppet theatre “Look! It’s Andersen” by Emanuella Kapokaki’s theatre group “Prassein Aloga”.
• 9, 15 and 17^th March: Theatrical activities for children with the dramaturge Ioanna Kissa

Venue: Stoa tou Vivliou, Pesmazoglou 5
Opening: 7^th March 8pm 

• The exhibition “My Life as a Fairy Tale” will travel to 12 cities throughout Greece

Wednesday, 9 March at 8 p.m.
“The Stoa of Eumenes II: Its Architectural construction and its relationship with the monuments of the South Slope of the Athenian Acropolis.”
Lecture in English by Dr. Mihalis Lefantzis, A’ Ephoria, Acropolis

Saturday, 19 March at 12.00 p.m. 
Minoan seminar:  “’Clearing away contemporary clutter and accidental associations’ - an attempt to resurrect Evans's Old Palace at Knossos”
Lecture in English by Colin Macdonald, British School at Athens

Saturday, 19 March at 8.30 p.m.
Opera arias and Greek Classical music
Concert with Socrates Monahos (piano) and Maria Skarlatou (soprano)

Sunday, 20 March – 20 November
The travelling exhibition “The fairytale of my life” will visit 12 different cities throughout Greece

The Exhibition "Sun pictures..." has been postponed until the fall of 2005
Friday, 1 April at 8 p.m.
Opening of the exhibition “Sun pictures – a photographic companion to Hans Christian Andersen in Italy and Greece, 1841” 
and presentation of the book “Sun pictures” by the Danish photographer Mette Perregaard

Saturday 1-24 April

“Andersen through the eyes of the artist”

Exhibition with Danish and Greek illustrators and sculptures and installations by Anita Xanthou.

• 1-3^rd April.

      Exhibition with Hans Christian Andersen’s papercuttings.
 Venue: Technopolis D 12 

• Tuesday 5^th April 2005 at 8.00pm

      Opening of the exhibition: “Andersen through the eyes of the artist”. Reading by actor Konstantinos Themelis.
Venue: Politistiko Kentro Dimo Athinaeon  “Melina”, Irakleidon 66 & Thessalonikis, Theseio. Tel: 210 34 52 150 

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• Tuesday 12^th April at 8.00pm

      Lecture by Myrto Georgiou Nielsen “Heroes and Lovers in Andersen’s Fairy    Tales”. Reading by actor Konstantinos Themelis.
Venue: The Danish Institute at Athens, Herefondos 14 A, Plaka, Athens
To attend, call 210 32 44 298, mail: sine.riisager@diathens.com

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• 12, 15, 19 and 21 April,10-12am

      Theatrical activities for children with Ioanna Kissa, dramaturge.

Venue: Politistiko Kentro “Melina”. 
For schools to attend, please call 210 32 44 298
mail: sine.riisager@diathens.com

• Thursday 14^th April at 7.30pm

       Theatre performance “The Red Shoes” by the puppet theatre group Emanuella           Kapokaki. Puppet theatre with live music by Dimitris Vasilakis. Based on the fairy tale by the same name, by Hans Christian Andersen.

Venue: Politistiko Kentro “Melina”.
For schools to attend, please call 210 32 44 298

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• Thursday 7^th April

            Concert with the Danish Quartet “Nordlys”

       - Hosted by Mrs Niki Goulandris
       - Reception

The Nordlys Quartet consists of Christine Pryn, violin; Frederik Waage, cello;   Jolson Oshiro, clarinet; Joachim Olsson, piano.

 Venue: The Goulandris Museum of Natural History, Levidou 13, Kifissia

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        If you wish to participate in the events, please contact 210 32 44 298 or send an
        e-mail to: sine.riisager@diathens.com

Thursday, 7 April at 7 p.m.
“The Red and the Blue Eros”- Colour Symbols in Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy-Tale “The Little Mermaid” and His First Novel “The Improvisator” (1835)
Lecture in English by Professor Niels Kofoed, Copenhagen

The lecture is organized in collaboration with the Hellenic Folklore Research Centre, Academy of Athens, and will take place in the lecture hall of the Greek Folk Art Museum, Kydathinaion 17, Plaka

Friday, 8 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 by Professor Niels Kofoed on Hans Christian Andersen in Greece

• Music performed by the ensemble “Nordlys”

• Reception

Thursday, 14 April at 7.30 p.m.
Minoan seminar: “The Minoan eruption of Thera occurred in the mid 17th century BC!”
Lecture in English by Dr. Claus Hammer, University of Copenhagen

Thursday, 5 May at 8 p.m.
Concert with the Danish band Second Nature
The band plays acoustic music inspired by 70s singer/songwriter tradition which gives an easy and laidback sound.

Friday, 6 May at 8 p.m.
"The Danish excavation of the Maussolleion at Halikarnassos: Glass vessels from the tomb chamber of Maussollos"
Lecture in English by Dr. Despina Ignatiadou, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

Monday, 9 May at 7.30 p.m
The Swedish Institute at Athens and The Embassy of Sweden
cordially invite you to The Danish Institute for the opening of the 
Design exhibition “Sportrulle” -  Multisport wheelchair
Students from the University Mälardalens Högskola have designed and produced the exhibition 
and the multisport wheelchairs. The students will be present at the opening 
and during the opening hours of the exhibition.
Duration: May 10 – 13. Opening hours: 11.00 – 21.00.
Ιnformation: Swedish Institute 210 92 32 102 & Embassy of Sweden 210 72 66 113
and www.sportrulle.se

Saturday, 14 May at 7.30 p.m.
“Panorama of music of the United Europe” 
Concert with music performed by advanced and graduate students from the Ωδέιο Μουσικός Συνδεσμός Αθηνών

The lecture on 18th of May by Lone Wriedt Sørensen is cancelled
Wednesday, 18 May at 8 p.m.
“A rural habitation in hinterland Cyprus in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The Danish Excavations at Panayia Ematousa”
Lecture in English by Dr. Lone Wriedt Sørensen, University of Copenhagen

Friday, 20 May at 7.30 p.m.
Minoan seminar: “Miniature pottery dedications in peak sanctuaries – the case of Kythera”
Lecture in English by Dr. Ifigenia Tournavitou, University of Volos

Saturday 28 May at 8 p.m.
Concert with Greek and Danish songs performed by The Greek National Conservatory Student Choir, conducted by Spyros Klapsis

Wednesday, 1 June at 10. p.m.
International Jazz festival with participation of the Danish band Gramski’ Beat

The event will take place in Technopolis in Athens 

For the updated programme, please see www.cityofathens.gr , - agenda

Thursday, 2 June at 8 p.m.
Concert with the Danish Jazz band Gramski’ Beat
The band plays jazz-like music with components from rock in their very own blend.

AUTUMN 2004

Friday 17 – 28 September
Re-opening of the exhibition ”The Ancient Olympic Games and their Revival”
In connection with the Paralympic Games
The exhibition is open daily from 5 -10 p.m.

Wednesday 29 September at 8 p.m.
Presentation of Transport Amphorae and Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean. Acts of an International Colloquium at the Danish Institute at Athens
Short lectures by the editors, Ph.D. Jonas Eiring and Assistant keeper, senior researcher John Lund 

Thursday 30 September at 8 p.m.
Concert with a collection of Rued Langgaard’s songs with Norwegian texts and Edvard Grieg songs with Danish texts.
Gunn K. Aune, soprano, accompained by Maro Frangouli on piano 

Friday 1 October at 7.30 p.m.
Minoan Seminar: Halasmenos, Ierapetra. A new Late Minoan IIIC shrine
Lecture in English by archaeologist Metaxia Tsipopoulou 

Tuesday 12 October at 8 p.m.
Opening of the exhibition ”Light, Earth and Fire” - an exhibition of paintings and ceramic sculptures by Danish and Greek artists. ('Bridges between Women Artists')
The exhibition comprises the paintings of Jytte Loehr and the sculptures of Maria Petratou.
The exhibition is open from 13 – 25 October: Tuesday – Friday: 5 - 8 p.m., Sunday: 12 - 4 p.m.

Friday 15 October at 5 –8 p.m. and Saturday 16 October at 11 a.m. – 9.30 p.m.
Voices of Danish women poets – a poetry festival  ('Bridges between Women Artists')
A poetry festival introducing the most celebrated Danish women poets such as Inger Christensen, Pia Tafdrup, Pia Juul and Narcisa Vucina. The Danish poets will be presented and their poems interpreted into Greek by celebrated Greek poets of the same generation such as Maria Laina, Katerina Angelaki-Rooke, Athina Papadaki and Maria Kyrtzaki

Wednesday 27 October at 7.30 p.m.
Minoan Seminar: A Minoan shipwreck
Lecture in English by archaeologist Elpida Hadjidaki 

Monday 8 November at 7.30 p.m.
Minoan Seminar: Cretan Warriors of the Early Dark Age. A Figured Bell-Krater from Thronos/Kephala (Ancient Sybrita) and the rise of a ‘microstate’ on Crete.
Lecture in English by archaeologist Anna Lucia d’Agata 

Thursday 11 November at 8 p.m.
Kalydon. The Greek-Danish Excavations in Aitolia.
Lecture in English by the director of the excavations, dr.phil. Søren Dietz 

Thursday 25 November at 8 p.m.
The Palace of Maussollos and the Sanctuary of Apollo at Halikarnassos - according to recent Turkish-Danish excavations in Halikarnassos.
Lecture in English by the director of the excavations, dr.phil. Poul Pedersen, Syddansk Universitet

Friday 26 November at 8 p.m.
“Bridges of music” – a concert with compositions by Danish and Greek women composers    ('Bridges between Women Artists')
The concert will be performed by the well-known Greek ensemble KELADOS. The programme for the evening consists of works by the Danish composers Nancy Dalberg, Juliana Hodkinson, Birgitte Alsted and Hilda Sehested. The Greek selection is Graciella Paraskevaides, Aspasia Nasopoulou, Anna Moyzaki and Efi Markoulaki.                 

Saturday 11 December 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Minoan Seminar: One-day workshop, “The Minoans in the Northern Aegean”.

Irini Nikolakopoulou (Akrotiri, Thera); Wolf Dietrich Niemeier (Miletos); Christos Boulotis (Limnos) and Dimitri Matsas (Samothrace)

The concept 'Bridges between Women Artists' consists of three components, namely:

• "Light, Earth and Fire",  an art exhibition
• "Voices of Danish Women Poets", a poetry festival
• "Bridges of Music", a concert with Greek and Danish women composers

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SPRING 2004

Tuesday, 24 February at 8 p.m.
Concert with piano and song featuring works by modern Danish and Greek composers
Piano: Maro Frangouli.    Songs: Anna Mouzaki, mezzo-soprano

The presentation will take place on Monday, 14 June at 8 p.m.
February/March
Søren Kierkegaard's “Diary of a Seducer” on CD
Presentation in Greek by the actor, Constantine Themelis
(An English translation of the text will be distributed)
Further details regarding time and place can be found later at www.diathens.com

Monday, 15 March at 8 p.m.
Concert featuring predominantly Danish songs
With the Danish ensemble ConTakt 

Friday, 26 March at 8 p.m.
Greek temples in the Black Sea region – fact and fiction
Lecture in English by Pia Guldager Bilde, M.A., Director of The Black Sea Centre 

Wednesday, 31 March at 8 p.m.
Concert featuring modern Danish and Greek music
With the Copenhagen Saxophone Quartet 

Friday, 2 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 by Professor Henning Lehmann, Chairman of the Board:

Greek and barbarian. Orthodox and heretic. The “Emperor´s Church” and the churches of the nations  - observations on the history of the “Middle East” in the early Middle Ages

• Music performed by the Copenhagen Saxophone Quartet
• Reception

Wednesday, 28 April at 8 p.m.
The Zea ship-sheds - architecture and function
Lecture in English by Bjørn Lovén, M.A., Director of Excavations

Saturday, 8 May at 6.30 p.m.
Classical music by Greek and foreign composers
Performed by teachers and graduating students from the 'Athens Musical Society' School of Music

Wednesday, 26 May at 8 p.m.
Concert with music by the Danish composers, Rued Langgaard and Poul Schierbeck
Violin: Hanne Askou     Piano: Berit Juul Rasmussen

Tuesday, 1 June - Monday, 7 June
Jazz festival featuring the Uffe Steen Trio on 1 June.
The event will take place in Technopolis (Gazi) in Athens and later in Patras
For the updated programme, please see
http://eujazzfestival.otenet.gr

Wednesday, 2 June at 8 p.m.
Concert at The Danish Institute with Uffe Steen Trio

This exhibition has been cancelled: 
Thursday, 3 June, 8 p.m. - 10p.m.
Opening of art exhibition - Danish Watercolours
By the painter, Hanne Sejrbo Nielsen
The exhibition is open 4 - 27 June on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Monday, 14 June at 8 p.m.
Søren Kierkegaard's “Diary of a Seducer” on CD
Presentation in Greek by the actor, Constantine Themelis
(An English translation of the text will be distributed)

Please also note the following event: 
Kitt Johnson shall perform the Reumert-winning show "The Mirror" in Technopolis (Gazi), Odos Pireos 100 on Monday, 12 July during the 2nd Contemporary Dance Festival of the Municipality of Athens.
In the days following her performance Kitt Johnson holds workshops for those immediately concerned.
Information about "The Mirror": http://www.kittjohnson.dk/filer/e/mirror.html
Background information about Kitt Johnson: http://www.kittjohnson.dk/filer/e/presentation.html

Autumn 2003

Concert with music by Danish composers Rued Langgaard and Poul Schierbeck.
Hanne Askou, violin and Berit Juul Rasmussen, piano.

Meeting with the creators and  a small "taste" of a new international co production between Denmark and Greece with opening night on 7 November, the performance by the Danish theatre group BIDT "Public Spaces".  

"The Licinian Tomb in Rome – Fact or Fiction?"
Lecture by mag. art. Mette Moltesen, curator at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.

Opening of the exhibition "Painting and glass"
Painter Heléne Sandegård and glassmaker Per-René Larsen.
The exhibition was open to the public throughout November on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 3-8 pm.

Opening night of the performance by the Danish theatre group BIDT "Public Spaces", at Theseum –Theatre of the Arts, Tournavitou 7, Psirri.

Wednesday 3 December, 8 pm
"Ludvig Holberg – A Great Dane and a Great European"
Lecture by Prof. Jørgen Mejer, Director of the Danish Institute at Athens.
Holberg, born on this day 319 years ago, was a prolific writer of poetry, comedies, scholarly books and memoirs.

Spring 2003

Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales and Music.
The Danish Actress Ghita Nørby read texts by H.C. Andersen in Danish and English, and pianist Svenn Skipper played music from the period. Greek translation of the fairy tales was provided.

Annual meeting of The Danish Institute.
Reports by the director of the Institute, Jørgen Mejer and by Søren Dietz, director of the excavations at Calydon. Songs of the Danish composer P.A. Heise performed by the bass Bo Elley and the pianist Per Lange Mikkelsen. Followed by a reception.

Songs by P.A. Heise, performed by Bo Elley, bass, and Per Lange Mikkelsen, piano.

Celebration of the Danish architect, Christian Hansen's 200th birthday.
Chr. Hansen was one of the most important architects in Athens in the XIX. Century. Illustrated lecture in English by the archaeologist Aristea Papanicolaou-Christensen.

Contemporary Greek and Danish Music.
Performed by the Greek musicians Anna Mouzaki, mezzo-soprano, Maro Frangouli, piano, Kostas Tiliakos, clarinet, and Anastasia Katochianou, violoncello.

Exhibit of the Danish Artist Peter Brandes' illustrations to the new Danish translation of Homer' Odyssey.
In cooperation with the National Bank Cultural Foundation.
The exhibition took place at the "Eynard Hall", Agiou Constantinou 20, Omonia.

Contemporary Danish and Greek Music.
Performed by the Danish musicians Deborah Wood, piano, and Anna Klett, clarinet.

Autumn 2002

Transport Amphorae and Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean 
International Colloquium.

Gerhardt Poulsen, a Danish Architect in Greece before World War I
Exhibition of watercolours and drawings.

Die Minoische Eruption von Santorin: Vulkankatastrophe der Bronzezeit
Lecture in German by Prof. Walter Friedrich, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Archaeologi and Philology at Mons Claudianus in Egypt. Collaboration or co-existence?
Lecture in English by Ph. D. Adam Bülow-Jacobsen, (Copenhagen and Paris)

Kierkegaard: The Demonic, The Erotic and Seduction
Musically-accompanied readings.
The Greek actor Constantinos Themelis read experts in Greek from the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaards partly autobiographical drama of love The Seductor's Diary accompanied by the Danish flautist Pia Kaufmanas and the Danish viola player Iben Theilmann, playing chamber music by W.A.Mozart.

Contemporary Greek and Danish Music
Performed by the Greek group of musicians: ANTIMETAMORFOSIS
Music for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, guitar, violoncello and piano. 

Autumn 2001

From Handicrafts to Industrial Design: The New Vikings
Lecture in English by Jan Trägårdh, MAA, IDD, on the development of industrial Danish Design from Erik Herløw to Erik Magnussen and David Lewis. 

The European Anarchy. Europe's Hard Road into High Politics
In cooperation with The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).
Lecture in English by Erik Holm, former councillor to the EU Commission and author of a new book on European politics.

"UDKIG" - an Exhibition of Paintings by Jytte Loehr

Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Birth of the Human Rights
Lecture in English by the Danish editor and writer Peter Wivel.

Kingdom of Dreams
Lecture in English by Jesper Jensen, MA, Aarhus University, on the Athenian sanctuary of Asclepius on the south slope of the Acropolis, and the interpretation of the numerous reliefs relating to the sanctuary.

Spring 2001

The Platonic Corpus in Antiquity
Lecture in English by the Director of the Danish Institute, dr. phil. Jorgen Mejer. 

Calydon in Ancient Myth and Modern Archaeology
Lecture in English by Director, dr. phil. Jorgen Mejer.

From Handicrafts to Industrial Design 
Lecture in English by one of the leading industrial designers in Denmark, Jan Traegaardh, MAA, MDD,
on the early development of Danish Design up to the time of Sigvard Bernadotte. 
- This is the first of a series of lectures on Danish Industrial Design. 

Masterclass with the Danish jazz musicians Lars Moller (saxophone) and Ole Theill (tabla and drums).

Modern Dance from Denmark - double bill 
1) “Stigma” with Kit Johnson, X-Act, dancer and choreographer. 
2) “Caught in the Act” with Vidar Hansen and Tim Rushton, dancers and choreographers. Videodesign: Signe Krogh. 
The performances took place at "Theseum" a theatre for the Arts, Tourvavitou 7, Psiri.

Work shop with actors from the company Odinteatret. For actors.

“Tracks in the Snow”, performance by Roberta Carreri, Odinteatret. 

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