{"id":791,"date":"2021-11-21T09:03:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T09:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/?page_id=791"},"modified":"2025-05-01T09:30:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T09:30:36","slug":"then-now","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/en\/then-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Then | Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-fixed nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Pittas-Axiothea.jpg&quot;);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;background-attachment:fixed;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:500px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px 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center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"3.2\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 50px 0px 50px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Then<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;max-width:80px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#636262;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-zoomin fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"3.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"70\" height=\"90\" title=\"Note-3\" src=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Note-3.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-614\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-1\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-1 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-1 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-1 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-1 .author:after{border-top-color:#e2e2e2 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#e2e2e2;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>At sixteen I was awarded my violin diploma from the National Conservatory of Cyprus. For the diploma exam, apart from the Mozart and Mendelson violin concertos, I also performed my \u201cRhapsody for Violin and Piano\u201d (with Denis Rawson at the piano).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The \u2019Rhapsody\u2019 was one of my first complete compositions. There were a few others as well as dozens of music sketches and notes for operas, orchestral works, quartets.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>At twenty I was teaching music at the National Conservatory of Athens. It was then that I discovered the songs of Theodorakis and Hadjidakis who at the time were re-inventing the art of song writing giving it a new Greek identity closely associated with contemporary Greek poetry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>I began to also compose songs. My passion for the sea, since childhood, found a creative outlet in the poems of Nikos Kavadias, the poet who spent a lifetime crossing the oceans as a Radio-Officer in cargo ships and writing about his experiences. I believe I was the first to set his poems to music.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Some of my songs were then performed by Giorgos Zografos, a popular \u2018New Wave\u2019 singer, who sung them at the boite \u2018Esperides\u2019 in Plaka-Athens. At that time, I also met the writer Pavlos Matesis and set to music some of his poems. Two of these songs, sung by Popi Asteriadi, were commercially released under the \u2018Lyra\u2019 label. I also completed \u201cPatridografia\u201d a song cycle on poems by Matesis. They were satirical, bittersweet poems but the song cycle was rejected by the censorship authority as \u201cunsuitable for public release\u201d! The situation in Greece under the military dictatorship, was intolerable. I recorded two other of my songs set to my own lyrics. They were sung by Grigoris Bithikotsis and commercially released under the \u2018Columbia HMV\u2019 label. Then, I left Greece for London.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 50px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 50px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 50px 0px 50px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u03a4\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;max-width:80px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#636262;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-zoomin fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"3.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"70\" height=\"90\" title=\"Note-3\" src=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Note-3.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-614\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-2\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-2 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-2 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-2 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-2 .author:after{border-top-color:#e2e2e2 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#e2e2e2;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>At sixteen I was awarded my violin diploma from the National Conservatory of Cyprus. For the diploma exam, apart from the Mozart and Mendelson violin concertos, I also performed my \u201cRhapsody for Violin and Piano\u201d (with Denis Rawson at the piano).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The \u2019Rhapsody\u2019 was one of my first complete compositions. There were a few others as well as dozens of music sketches and notes for operas, orchestral works, quartets.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>At twenty I was teaching music at the National Conservatory of Athens. It was then that I discovered the songs of Theodorakis and Hadjidakis who at the time were re-inventing the art of song writing giving it a new Greek identity closely associated with contemporary Greek poetry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>I began to also compose songs. My passion for the sea, since childhood, found a creative outlet in the poems of Nikos Kavadias, the poet who spent a lifetime crossing the oceans as a Radio-Officer in cargo ships and writing about his experiences. I believe I was the first to set his poems to music.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Some of my songs were then performed by Giorgos Zografos, a popular \u2018New Wave\u2019 singer, who sung them at the boite \u2018Esperides\u2019 in Plaka-Athens. At that time, I also met the writer Pavlos Matesis and set to music some of his poems. Two of these songs, sung by Popi Asteriadi, were commercially released under the \u2018Lyra\u2019 label. I also completed \u201cPatridografia\u201d a song cycle on poems by Matesis. They were satirical, bittersweet poems but the song cycle was rejected by the censorship authority as \u201cunsuitable for public release\u201d! The situation in Greece under the military dictatorship, was intolerable. I recorded two other of my songs set to my own lyrics. They were sung by Grigoris Bithikotsis and commercially released under the \u2018Columbia HMV\u2019 label. Then, I left Greece for London.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 50px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 50px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 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style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sto-Perama.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sto-Perama.mp3\">https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sto-Perama.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sto Perama &#8211; Grigoris Bithikotsis<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-audio fusion-audio-2 dark-controls\" style=\"--fusion-audio-accent-color:#000000;--fusion-audio-border-size:0;--fusion-audio-border-top-left-radius:0px;--fusion-audio-border-top-right-radius:0px;--fusion-audio-border-bottom-right-radius:0px;--fusion-audio-border-bottom-left-radius:0px;--fusion-audio-background-color:#afafaf;--fusion-audio-max-width:100%;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-791-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Xaplose-ligo.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Xaplose-ligo.mp3\">https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Xaplose-ligo.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Xaplose Ligo &#8211; Grigoris Bithikotsis<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-4{width:50% !important;margin-top : 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auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-zoomin fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"fadeInRight\" data-animationDuration=\"3.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"49\" height=\"70\" title=\"Note-2\" src=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Note-2.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-611\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-3\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-3 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-3 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-3 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-3 .author:after{border-top-color:#e2e2e2 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#e2e2e2;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In London I met and worked with two distinguished self-exiled Greek performers. The singer Maria Farantouri and the world-renowned tragedienne Aspasia Papathanassiou. With Maria Farantouri we gave concerts in London and toured Italy in support of the demand for releasing Theodorakis and the other political prisoners of the junta. With Aspasia Papathanassiou we collaborated in a couple of projects. One was \u2018Epitafios\u2019, the Yannis Ritsos poetic elegy, which she recited to an original music score I composed and was released on an LP recording. There was also \u2018Sivilla\u2019, the poetic tragedy by Angelos Sikelianos, which she performed to my music at London\u2019s Cambridge Theatre. During that period, I was also composing songs, setting to music various poems and to my own lyrics. They were mostly songs of resistance to the political situation in Greece.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In 1970 the composer Mikis Theodorakis was released by the junta and moved to Paris. He invited me there and asked me to orchestrate his recently composed \u201cMarch of the Spirit\u2019 He wanted it to be for a large orchestra, chorus and three vocal soloists. This was performed at the Royal Albert Hall by the London Symphony Orchestra, the Gwallia Choir and soloists at a concert which included other works of his. Conducting was shared between Theodorakis and me. The vocal soloists at the concert were Maria Farantouri, Antonis Kaloyannis and John Theocharis. The latter, who have studied at RADA, was at the time employed by the Greek Section of the BBC World Service and preparing a radio production of \u201cThe Girl from Samos,\u201d a classical comedy by Menander, its lost manuscripts recently re discovered. He commissioned me to compose the music. The production attracted a lot of attention, and the music was particularly noted by many, including the BBC Drama Department which decided then to do, in translation, its own production of the play directed by Raymond Raikes. I was commissioned to compose the music for the new production and this marked the beginning of my long and fruitful association with the BBC Drama Department as a composer in dozens of its productions Around that time I was also often engaged by the Greek Section of the BBC-World Service as a programme assistant, at first mainly contributing to its cultural output. At a later stage I became Head of the Greek Section, for three years.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In April 1974, a few months after the students uprising in Athens and even fewer to the fall of the junta, Maria Farantouri sung to a packed audience at London\u2019s Round House, Theodorakis\u2019s \u201cCanto General\u201d and my Song Cycle \u201cExile and November 1973\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-7{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-7 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 50px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 50px 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class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sterno Apomesimero &#8211; Maria Farantouri<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-9{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-9 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-9{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-9 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-9{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-9 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-soundcloud\"><iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-449837730-150925670\/se-skotosan&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false&amp;color=c9c9c9\" title=\"soundcloud\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Se skotosan<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-10{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 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fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-12 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-8 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"70\" height=\"90\" title=\"Note-3\" src=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Note-3.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-614\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-4\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-4 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-4 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-4 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-4 .author:after{border-top-color:#e2e2e2 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#e2e2e2;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around that time I also recorded a few of my 11 sea songs (from the Kavadias collection) to be broadcast by the Greek Section of the BBC in its weekly programme \u201cSea and Seamen\u201d. It was a basic Voice and Piano recording, done in Studio S16 at Bush House, with John Theocharis and Antonis Stephanopoulos singing and me on the piano<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-12{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-12 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-12{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-12 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-12{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-12 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-13 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-9 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"70\" height=\"90\" title=\"Note-3\" src=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Note-3.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-614\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-5\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-5 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-5 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-5 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-5 .author:after{border-top-color:#e2e2e2 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial male\"><div class=\"testimonial-thumbnail doe\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><\/div><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#e2e2e2;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around that time I also recorded a few of my 11 sea songs (from the Kavadias collection) to be broadcast by the Greek Section of the BBC in its weekly programme \u201cSea and Seamen\u201d. It was a basic Voice and Piano recording, done in Studio S16 at Bush House, with John Theocharis and Antonis Stephanopoulos singing and me on the piano<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-13{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-13 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-13{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-13 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-13{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-13 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-14 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-soundcloud\"><iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-449837730-150925670\/gramma-enos-arrostou&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false&amp;color=c9c9c9\" title=\"soundcloud\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Gramma enos arostou &#8211; \u0391ntonis Stefanopoulos<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-14{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-14 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-14{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-14 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-14{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-14 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-15 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-soundcloud\"><iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-449837730-150925670\/pousi&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false&amp;color=c9c9c9\" title=\"soundcloud\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Pousi &#8211; John Theoharis<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-15{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-15 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-15{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-15 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-15{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-15 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-16 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-soundcloud\"><iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-449837730-150925670\/karanti&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false&amp;color=c9c9c9\" title=\"soundcloud\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">To karanti &#8211; Antonis Stefanopoulos<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-16{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-16 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-16{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-16 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-16{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-16 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-17 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-soundcloud\"><iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-449837730-150925670\/enas-negros-thermastis&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false&amp;color=c9c9c9\" title=\"soundcloud\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Enas negros thermastis &#8211; Antonis Stefanopoulos<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-17{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-17 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-17{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-17 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-17{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-17 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-18 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-soundcloud\"><iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" allow=\"autoplay\" 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imageframe-12 hover-type-zoomin fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"fadeInRight\" data-animationDuration=\"3.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"49\" height=\"70\" title=\"Note-2\" src=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Note-2.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-611\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-6\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-6 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-6 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-6 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-6 .author:after{border-top-color:#e2e2e2 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#e2e2e2;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In the Summer of 1974 democracy was re-established in Greece. I decided to stay on in London. Music commissions from the BBC Drama Department have become quite frequent. All the commissions were of music interest to me but some, i.e., \u201cAG\u201d, had indeed a direct impact in the shaping of my music world and composing ideas. Through and because of these BBC Drama music commissions I also got to know some excellent musicians as well as instrumental and vocal ensembles with whom I regularly worked on my music, in recording studios but also in concerts. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In Greece, my music presence as a composer was at first mainly established in the theatre field. I was often commissioned to compose music for Ancient Greek tragedies and comedies, produced by prestigious theatre organisations such as the National Theatre of N. Greece, the Experimental Popular Theatre, the Cyprus National Theatre and above all, by \u201cDESMI\u201d the theatre group headed by Aspasia Papathanassiou. My collaboration with the latter flourished for many years and resorted in some highly acclaimed productions. Another outstanding collaboration is the one I developed with THEPAK, the Theatre Workshop of Cyprus University and its permanent director, the poet\/ Professor Michalis Pieris. It began in 2005 with \u201cErotokritos\u201d, the renaissance Cretan drama, which we then conceived and staged as a kind of \u2018popular opera\u2019. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>To a great extent it was the music and the songs I composed for \u2018Erotokritos\u2019 that reenforced my interest in exploring the art of Music and Verse as an integral part of the relationship between Music and Text.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-21{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-21 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 50px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 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style=\"background-color: #ededed;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-24 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 50px 200px 50px 200px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Now<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;max-width:80px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#636262;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-15 hover-type-zoomin fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"3.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"70\" height=\"90\" title=\"Note-3\" src=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Note-3.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-614\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-7\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-7 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-7 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-7 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-7 .author:after{border-top-color:#e2e2e2 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#e2e2e2;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;The Geneva Elegy&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">A music composition by Christos Pittas based on the poetry book under the same title, by Michalis Pieris.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">World premiere<strong>: 29 September 2022,<\/strong> Cultural Festival of Axiothea, Nicosia-Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Performed by: Amalia Tatsi &amp; Dionissis Tsantinis (vocal soloists),\u00a0Sorin Alexandru Horlea &#8211; violin,\u00a0Stavros Petropoulos &#8211; violoncello, Manolis Neofytou &#8211; piano, Marios Nikolaou &#8211; percussion.<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-16 hover-type-zoomin fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"3.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"63\" height=\"70\" title=\"Note-1\" src=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Note-1-e1630012633202.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-610\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-8\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-8 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-8 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-8 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-8 .author:after{border-top-color:#e2e2e2 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#e2e2e2;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Cassandra\u2019s Wedding&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Music-Choro-dramatic Act. This recent work by Christos Pittas is based on an original text by the poet\/dramatist Tony Harrison. It is composed for one actress\/vocalist, two dancers, a six male vocal ensemble, an instrumental ensemble of ten and Electronic Soundtrack. It has not yet been performed due to the Covid 19 pandemic<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-17 hover-type-zoomin fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"3.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"49\" height=\"70\" title=\"Note-2\" src=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Note-2.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-611\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-9\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-9 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-9 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-9 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-9 .author:after{border-top-color:#e2e2e2 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#e2e2e2;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;The Demon of Fornication&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Demon of Fornication, a historic tale, is a recent music composition by Christos Pittas, written for two vocal performers and a symphony orchestra. It is based on a text by Leontios Macheras (15th century AD) and a contemporary poem by Giorgos Seferis (1900-1970) under the same title and inspired by the Macheras text.<\/p>\n<p>The story refers to the period between 1359 and 1369 AD when Peter the 1st was King of Cyprus and of the events, personal and historic, which led to the King\u2019s violent murder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">World Premiere: 2 &amp; 3 November 2023, Rialto Theatre, Limassol and Pallas Theatre, Nicosia \u2013 Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Performed by: Christos Kechris (tenor) and Dionissis Tsantinis (baritone) with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra (leader Wolfgang Schroeder) Conductor Kyriaki Kountouri.<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-18 hover-type-zoomin fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"3.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"63\" height=\"70\" title=\"Note-1\" src=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Note-1-e1630012633202.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-610\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-10\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-10 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-10 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-10 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-10 .author:after{border-top-color:#e2e2e2 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#e2e2e2;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Rime d\u2019 Amore&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span data-fusion-font=\"true\">Symphonic\/Vocal composition<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span data-fusion-font=\"true\">Greek premiere on May 13, 2025<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span data-fusion-font=\"true\">Olympia-\u201cMaria Callas\u201d theatre, Athens<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The composition is based on a collection of 16th century Greek Cypriot love poems, by an unknown poet, discovered and kept in Venice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Christos Pittas was commissioned to compose the work by the Cyprus Government, to mark the occasion when Cyprus joined the European Economic Zone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The world premiere of the work took place at a celebratory concert in 2008.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More recently the composer returned and reworked on the music score of Rime d\u2019 Amore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this new and final version, the work is having its Greek premiere on May 13th, 2025.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The work will be performed by Mezzo Soprano Theodora Baka, Tenor Christos Kechris, Baritone Paris Dematsas and Doros Demosthenous will sing the \u201cTroubadour\u201d parts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Piano and Harpsichord soloist will be Dimitris Marinos with the ERT National Symphony Orchestra under conductor Andreas Pylarinos.<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div 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\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03af \u03c4\u03ce\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03af \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03a0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc \u039a\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u039a\u03c1\u03ae\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2, \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u0397\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03bf, \u03bc\u03cc\u03bb\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c4\u03c1\u03ad\u03c8\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd \u03bf\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b8\u03ae\u03ba\u03b5\u03c2 Covid \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c7\u03b5\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac \u03bc\u03ad\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c3\u03c6\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2.<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-20 hover-type-zoomin fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"3.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"70\" height=\"90\" title=\"Note-3\" src=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Note-3.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-614\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-12\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-12 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-12 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-12 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-12 .author:after{border-top-color:#e2e2e2 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#e2e2e2;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Cassandra\u2019s Wedding&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u039c\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae- \u03a7\u03bf\u03c1\u03bf\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03a0\u03c1\u03ac\u03be\u03b7. \u03a4\u03bf \u03c0\u03c1\u03cc\u03c3\u03c6\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03ad\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03a7\u03c1\u03ae\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03a0\u03ae\u03c4\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03af\u03b6\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b5\u03af\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 Tony Harrison, \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b9\u03bf \u03c3\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd \u03af\u03c3\u03c9\u03c2 \u03c3\u03cd\u03b3\u03c7\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u0386\u03b3\u03b3\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b7\u03c4\u03ae \/\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd, \u03b4\u03b5\u03bd \u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b1\u03ba\u03cc\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03af \u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03c9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b3\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u03af \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03b7\u03bc\u03af\u03b1. \u0395\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bc\u03af\u03b1 \u0397\u03b8\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03cc\/\u03a6\u03c9\u03bd\u03b7\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03c3\u03bf\u03bb\u03af\u03c3\u03c4, \u0394\u03cd\u03bf \u03a7\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03c5\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2, \u03b5\u03be\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03ad\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc \u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u03b7\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc \u03c3\u03cd\u03bd\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf, \u03b4\u03b5\u03ba\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03ad\u03c2 \u039f\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc ensemble \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 EST (\u0397\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03c5\u03c0\u03bf\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03c1\u03b9\u03be\u03b7).<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-21 hover-type-zoomin fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"3.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"49\" height=\"70\" title=\"Note-2\" src=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Note-2.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-611\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-13\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-13 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-13 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-13 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-13 .author:after{border-top-color:#e2e2e2 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#e2e2e2;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Demon of Fornication<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Demon of Fornication, a historic tale, is a recent music composition by\u00a0Christos\u00a0Pittas, written for two vocal performers and a symphony orchestra. It is based on a text by Leontios Macheras (15th\u00a0century AD) and a contemporary \u00a0poem by Giorgos Seferis (1900-1970) under the same title and inspired by the Macheras text.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The story refers to the period between 1359 and 1369 AD when Peter the 1st\u00a0was King of Cyprus and of the events, personal and historic, which led to the King\u2019s violent murder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">World Premiere:\u00a02 &amp; 3 November 2023,\u00a0Rialto Theatre, Limassol and Pallas Theatre, Nicosia \u2013 Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Performed by:\u00a0Christos\u00a0Kechris (tenor) and Dionissis Tsantinis (baritone) with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra (leader Wolfgang Schroeder) Conductor Kyriaki Kountouri.<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-22 hover-type-zoomin fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"3.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"70\" height=\"90\" title=\"Note-3\" src=\"https:\/\/christospittas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Note-3.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-614\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-14\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-14 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-14 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-14 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-14 .author:after{border-top-color:#e2e2e2 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#e2e2e2;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Rime d\u2019 Amore<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span data-fusion-font=\"true\">Symphonic\/Vocal composition<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span data-fusion-font=\"true\">Greek premiere on May 13, 2025<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span data-fusion-font=\"true\">Olympia-\u201cMaria Callas\u201d theatre, Athens<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The composition is based on a collection of 16th century Greek Cypriot love poems, by an unknown poet, discovered and kept in Venice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Christos Pittas was commissioned to compose the work by the Cyprus Government, to mark the occasion when Cyprus joined the European Economic Zone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The world premiere of the work took place at a celebratory concert in 2008.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More recently the composer returned and reworked on the music score of Rime d\u2019 Amore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this new and final version, the work is having its Greek premiere on May 13th, 2025.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The work will be performed by Mezzo Soprano Theodora Baka, Tenor Christos Kechris, Baritone Paris Dematsas and Doros Demosthenous will sing the \u201cTroubadour\u201d parts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Piano and Harpsichord soloist will be Dimitris Marinos with the ERT National Symphony Orchestra under conductor Andreas Pylarinos.<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style 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