18th
INTERNATIONAL PHAROS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2018
CYPRUS
31 mAY – 4 june / ROYAL MANOR HOUSE, KOUKLIA
6 june / THE OLIVE GROVE, DELIKIPOS
Acknowledged all over the world as Cyprus’ most
important annual classical music event, the International Pharos Chamber Music Festival is also recognised as
one of Europe's preeminent music festivals, having gained an unequalled
reputation for the quality of its concerts as well as its enchanting atmosphere
and settings. Inaugurated 18 years ago, the Pharos Festival was the first
festival of chamber music to have been established in Cyprus and it has so far
attracted numerous of the world’s finest and most celebrated musicians, while
it has garnered thousands of enthusiastic music lovers from all over the world,
who visit the island especially to be part of this exceptionally uplifting
music experience.
Organised between 31 May and 6 June 2018, the 18th International Pharos Chamber Music
Festival welcomes to Cyprus some of the most remarkable artists on the
international music scene, for an extensive week of music-making. The Festival
will open its doors at the Royal Manor
House in Kouklia – one of the finest surviving monuments of Frankish
architecture in Cyprus and a UNESCO World Heritage site – for five consecutive
concerts (31 May – 4 June) with 16 internationally renowned soloists joining
forces in an unparalleled programme of chamber music. The Festival will host,
amongst others, Sergei Babayan – one of the most notable names of the great Russian
piano school and winner of such prestigious competitions as the Cleveland, the
Hamamatsu and the Busoni piano competitions; the sensational Yevgeny Sudbin,
hailed by The Telegraph as ‘potentially one of the greatest pianists of the
21st century’; the extraordinarily compelling and Royal Philharmonic Society
award winner, pianist Simon Trpčeski; the brilliant student of David Oistrach
and Semyon Snitkowsky, Pavel Vernikov, who has evolved into one of the finest
violin virtuosos of our times; the remarkable “Giant of the Nordic Viola” –
Lars Anders Tomter; and Paul Meyer, who is unanimously recognised as one of the
world’s most outstanding clarinettists.
On the occasion of the Pharos Arts Foundation’s
celebration of its 20th anniversary, the 18th International Pharos Chamber
Music Festival will culminate, on Wednesday 6 June 2018, in a grand orchestral
finale, at the Pharos Arts Foundation’s open-air venue, The Olive Grove in Delikipos. The concert will mark the inaugural
appearance of the Dakapp Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of conductor
Wilson Hermanto, and it will present a varied and exciting programme by the
Festival’s soloists.
THE
ARTISTS:
Piano: Sergei Babayan,
Yevgeny Sudbin, Simon Trpčeski
Violin: Pavel Vernikov,
Boris Brovtsyn, Svetlana Makarova, Levon Chilingirian
Viola: Lars Anders Tomter,
Diemut Poppen, Léa Hennino, David Abrahamyan
Cello: Alexander Chaushian,
Tim Park
Double-Bass: Nabil Shehata
Clarinet: Paul Meyer
Horn: José Vicente
Castelló
Dakapp Chamber
Orchestra
under the direction of conductor Wilson
Hermanto
INFORMATION
AND TICKETS:
Information
& Box Office: www.pharosartsfoundation.org
& Tel: +357 22-663871
(Monday - Friday 10:00am-3:00pm)
Tickets: €15 / €10 (Concessions, Members of the Pharos Arts Foundation)
Tickets
also available from: KYRIAKOU FULLPAGE
BOOKSHOPS: 30 Ellados Ave., 8020 Paphos, Tel. 26-822850