UNDER THE AUSPICES OF H.E. THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC

MR. PROKOPIOS PAVLOPOULOS

Event Announcement

"The Small World, the Great!" A Tribute to Greek Poet Odysseus Elytis,

Nobel Prize in Literature 1979

With music by George Couroupos

On the occasion of a new multilingual edition of Elytis’ poetry, an anthology in five languages (Ikaros, 2016), will be presented, celebrating the profound aesthetic and ethical values of the poet’s work, in dialogue with one of the most outstanding living Greek composers, George Couroupos.

A selection of Elytis’ poetry and prose will be featured in Greek and English language accompanied by Couroupos’ music, composed specifically for the edition (songs, melodies and sounds) along with video projections incorporating a great number of the poet’s art work.

Performing in the concert: Voices: Tassis Christoyannis, Theodora Baka Recitation: John Kittmer, Ioulita Iliopoulou Piano: Thanassis Apostolopoulos Violin: Panagiotis Tziotis Viola: Ilias Sdoukos Cello: Lefki Kolovou Introduction by Dr Polina Tambakaki

Artistic director: Ioulita Iliopoulou

The event will take place at the British Library on Sunday October 15th at 15:00

For booking and location please follow the link below: http://www.bl.uk/events/the-small-world-the-great-a-tribute-to-the-poet-odysseus-elytis

Held with the cooperation of the Embassy of Greece and the generous support of John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation and Links of London. Organised by Ark4Art.

A reception will follow.

Kindly supported by