18^th 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