Season September 2009 – July 2010
15-18 September, 13 & 27 October, 10 November 2009
Violin soloists:
Anna Zebranowska, Ayse Karaoglan, Wolfgang Schroeder, Sorin Alexandru Horlea, Antonis Bargilly,
Kypros Christodoulides, Janna Sargerson, Krasen Penev, Robert Hovhanessyan, Varvara Merzlova Peneva
Singer soloists:
Lenia Kalli (soprano), Antonis Koutroupis (tenor), Marios Charalambous (tenor), Marios Andreou (baritone)
Conductor: Yiannis Hadjiloizou
Programme:
Works by J. S. Bach, L. v. Beethoven, W. A. Mozart, G. Rossini, F. Mendelssohn, P. I. Tchaikovsky, A. Dvorak, J. Brahms, Y. and M. Hadjiloizou and orchestrations of traditional Cypriot songs by E. Karayiorgis and Th. Athanassiou
Entrance Free
Tuesday 15 September 2009, Christos Stelios Ioannou Foundation, 10:30
Wednesday 16 September 2009, Cultural Centre of Polis Chrysochous Municipality, 20:00
In collaboration with Polis Chrysochous Municipality
Thursday 17 September 2009, Cultural Foundation of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos, 18:00
(for the officers and soldiers of the National Guard)
In collaboration with the Ministry of Defense
Friday 18 September 2009, Garden of Lefkosia Town Hall, 20:00
Under the auspices of the Mayor of Lefkosia Municipality, Ms Eleni Mavrou
In collaboration with Lefkosia Municipality
Tuesday 13 October 2009, Axiothea street, 20:30
Within the 12th Cultural Festival of the University of Cyprus
(for information and reservations: tel. 22 894532)
Tuesday 27 October 2009, Patticheion Old People’s Activity Centre, Lemesos, 10:30
Tuesday 10 November 2009, Ayios Dometios Town Hall “Costas Montis”, 19:30
(for the members of the Elderly People’s Welfare and Care Centre of Ayios Dometios
In collaboration with Ayios Dometios Municipality
Born in Lefkosia in 1976, Yiannis Hadjiloizou took his first piano lessons at the age of 4 from his father, composer and conductor Michael Hadjiloizou. From a very early age he joined his father at the Lefkosia Music Society as chorus accompanist and assistant conductor. He continued his music studies in the U.S. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the American Conservatory of Music (Chicago), a B.M. in Theory from Roosevelt University (Chicago), a Master of Music in Piano Performance, an M.M. in Orchestral and Choral Conducting (ACM), an M.M. in Musicology (RU), an M.M. in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Oklahoma, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting from Boston University. He has attended masterclasses by renowned conductors such as Sir Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim, and Lorin Maazel. Mr Hadjiloizou has performed as solo pianist, accompanist or conductor in countries such as Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, England, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Jordan, Lithuania, as well as China and the U.S. He is the founder of the Chicago Camerata (1999), Norman Civic Orchestra (2002), Boston Chance Orchestra and Chorus (2006), and the Melodramatic Stage of Lefkosia (2006), all of which he has led. He has appeared as a guest conductor with the Symphony Orchestra of the American Conservatory of Music, the Symphony Orchestra and the Opera of the University of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma City Ballet Company, and the Symphony and Chamber Orchestras as well as the Opera Institute of Boston University. His appearance with the world renowned contemporary ensemble ALEAIII has received special praise, while his debut with the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra (February 2008) has been a great success. He has conducted works such as Wagner’s Sigfried-Idyll, Stravinsky’s L’ Histoire du Soldat, Mozart’s Requiem, and Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. He has conducted the historic premier of the opera Epitaphios by Michalis Hadjiloizou (poetry by Antonis Pillas) with a cast entirely made up of Cypriot artists: the first opera by a Cypriot composer to be fully staged, and Michael Hadjiloizou’s oratorio 9th of July 1821 , performed on the 9th July 2007. Mr Hadjiloizou is a producer for the classical music programs of the first radio channel of the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation. Since 2000 he has been the President and Artistic Director of the Cyprus Academy of Music. He is currently a Lecturer of Music at the European University Cyprus.
