Type of seminar: 
Open – Polyphonic Ensemble (open to musicians & singers)
Level of participants: Previous experience in polyphonic singing is desirable but not necessary
Sight Reading: the sight reading is desirable but not necessary
In this workshop we will study songs and melodies from the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean, arranged for vocal ensemble. Treating the voice as a musical instrument, we will explore the possibilities and limits of the human voice, forming an orchestra of voices.
| Event Date | 16-01-2025 4:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 21-01-2025 9:00 pm |
| Individual Price | 248€ |
| Location | Houdetsi |
Type of seminar: Open – Music Group (bowed instruments)
Level of participants: Intermediate -advanced
(for students who are in an intermediate/ advanced level with their instruments, not necessary with a background in Makam)
Sight Reading: Basic
Suitable for students who come from different music genres and want to enter the modal music (turkish makam and Azeri mugam).
| Event Date | 23-01-2025 3:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 28-01-2025 9:00 pm |
| Individual Price | 248€ |
| Location | Houdetsi |
Type of seminar: Open – Instrument Centered (Cretan Laouto)
Level of participants: Intermediate
Reading sheets: Not necessary
The seminar will focus on Old & new compositions for the Cretan Laouto, the students will work as well on different rhythmic motif , melodic phrases, tunings, techniques and exercises.
| Event Date | 23-01-2025 3:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 28-01-2025 9:00 pm |
| Individual Price | 248€ |
| Location | Houdetsi |
Type of seminar: Open - Vocal
Level of participants: Intermediate
Sight Reading: not necessary
Departing from the rich musical tradition of Southern Italy, participants are invited to explore the capabilities of the vocal mechanism through familiarization with fundamental techniques that can enrich their performance.
| Event Date | 30-01-2025 4:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 04-02-2025 9:00 pm |
| Individual Price | 248€ |
| Location | Houdetsi |
Type of Seminar: Open - Music Group
Participant Level: Intermediate, Participants will be required to have at least a basic knowledge of Turkish/Arabic makam (or also Persian Dastgah) as well as a basic to medium level of playing a suitable instrument as a prerequisite to joining this seminar.
Sight Reading: Necessary
One of the aspects of makam music which is of greatest interest is the way in which all of the makams interact with one another in what is quite literally a labyrinth of different combinations and configurations.
| Event Date | 06-02-2025 3:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 11-02-2025 9:00 pm |
| Individual Price | 248€ |
| Location | Houdetsi |
Type of seminar: Open – Instrument Centered (Lavta)
Level of participants: All levels welcome
Reading sheets: Sheets will be used extensively, but students experienced and skilled in learning by ear will not be excluded
The Lavta seminar will focus on technique, improvisation as well as on aspects of the old and new repertoire which Periklis Pqpqpetropoulos has greatly helped to develop.
| Event Date | 13-02-2025 3:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 18-02-2025 9:00 pm |
| Individual Price | 248€ |
| Location | Houdetsi |
Type of seminar: Open - Instrument Centered
Sight reading: nesessary (medium level)
In this seminar, the oud will be studied as it is presented in the broader region of the Eastern Mediterranean. This particular geographical area is known for a distinctive musical tradition, in which the oud plays a central role.
| Event Date | 20-02-2025 3:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 25-02-2025 9:00 pm |
| Individual Price | 248€ |
| Location | Houdetsi |
Type of seminar: Open - Music Group (musicians & singers)
Level of Participants: Intermediate
SightReading: will be used extensively, but students experienced and skilled in learning by ear will not be excluded
The subject of the seminar will be the compositions and the repertoire of Ottoman and Turkish urban art music.
| Event Date | 27-02-2025 3:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 04-03-2025 9:00 pm |
| Individual Price | 248€ |
| Location | Houdetsi |
Type of seminar: Open - Instrument Centered (Davul, Darabuka,riq, frame drums)
Level of participants: Intermediate
Reading sheets: Reading rhythmic solfège is necessary
This seminar will focus on the techniques, rhythmology & arrangements in thedifferent types of percussion (Davul, Darabuka,riq, frame drums) in the music traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans.
| Event Date | 27-02-2025 3:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 04-03-2025 9:00 pm |
| Individual Price | 248€ |
| Location | Houdetsi |
Type of seminar: Open – Instrument Centered
Level of participants: Intermediate
Sight Reading: elementary knowledge of reading music
The purpose of the Arabic music seminar is to introduce students, who interested in middle East music in general, to basic elements which characterize the aesthetic of Arabic music. The approach that will be followed will have dual direction of processing in theory as well as in practice since the peculiarity of Arabic music is identified in both maqam theory and interpretation of musical themes and improvisation.
| Event Date | 06-03-2025 3:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 11-03-2025 9:00 pm |
| Individual Price | 248€ |
| Location | Houdetsi |
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