Educational Meetings at the Nafplion Conservatory with Festival Artists

This year, for the first time, the Nafplion Festival organizes educational meetings with four personalities of the music scene with a variety of topics. The programme is addressed to students of the Argolis Music School and students of the Nafplion Municipal Conservatory.

 

PROGRAMME

 

Saturday, July 5, 2025, 17:00 – 18:00

NIKOS XANTHOULIS – The Revival of Orpheus’ Lyre

The lyre has been the “national” instrument of the Greeks for more than a thousand years. With the decline of idolatry, the knowledge of its technique was lost, and it became completely identified with the ancient world. Nevertheless, it remains in people’s minds as the symbol of music to this day. Dr. Nikos Xanthoulis, composer, lyricist, scientific associate of the Academy of Athens and corresponding member of the Archaeological Institute of America, revived the lost technique of the instrument through the illustrations of the vases, the original sources and with a lot of daily study of the instrument. Images, sounds, myths and a lot of music project the panorama of ancient Greek music through a journey in time.

 

Monday, July 7, 2025, 17:00 – 18:00

CHRISTOS ZERBINOS – The importance of music in the development of children’s intelligence

How does music affect the development of children’s mental abilities?

How can teaching music build a healthier way of thinking and understanding?

An extremely interesting discussion with the great musician Christos Zerbinos.

 

Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 11:00 – 12:00

MILTOS LOGIADIS – Music Studies in Greece and Abroad

The conductor, pianist and professor of orchestral conducting at the Department of Music Studies of the Ionian University presents the range of possibilities for music education at a higher level, and answers questions.

 

Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 10:30 – 11:30

GIORGOS KONSTANTINOU – Music without music?

A discussion with pianist Giorgos Konstantinou on the enjoyment of music from Schoenberg to the present day.