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Every week, the Greek National Opera will present a small, pocket concert for one or two voices, accompanied by piano, at their new premises of the Greek National Opera, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre (SNFCC). The pocket concerts give the opportunity to GNO soloists and musicians to get acquainted with their new home, as well as with the new landscape under construction at the SNFCC. Maria Mitsopoulou (soprano), Antonis Koroneos (tenor), Dominiki Chalari (piano) will be performing on January 11. Admission is free.

Four internationally acclaimed soloists, Janis Vakarelis, Cyprien Katsaris, Ferhan Oender and Hélène Mercier will meet at the Athens Concert Hall on January 10. The thing that makes this concert exceptional, is that the four pianists will be performing some of the most popular works of the repertoire transcribed for four pianos; Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture, Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances, Vivaldi’s Spring from the Four Seasons, Poulenc’s L’embarquement pour Cythère (for two pianos), Bizet’s Carmen Fantasy, Theodorakis’ Zorbas Suite Ballet and many more.

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3-D printing of everything from houses to hearts and pretty much all you can imagine, is the coming revolution. Not only for the industry, but in culture, as means of expression too. In the first major exhibition in Greece dedicated entirely to this amazing technology, more than 100 pieces by luminaries of Art, Architecture, Fashion, Science, and Product design combine to hint at the transformed commercial, public and private spheres of tomorrow. At the Onassis Cultural Centre, until January 31. Guided tours for groups over 10 people are provided.

The exhibition Visions by poet, writer and painter George Kakoulidis (Athens, 1956) is opening at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation on January 9. Inspired by the verse from the medieval cretan poem Erotokritos “this is not just a dream, but a vision” the artist presents his work; painting in addition to poetry or in tandem with it. As he puts it “painting helps me get along with people.” His poetry was set to music by Thanos Mikroutsikos, Nikos Kypourgos, Stamos Semsis. He is the recipient of the 1994 International Cavafy Prize (Alexandria, Egypt).

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The Studio New Star Art cinema in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Greece will present The Cuban Cinema Festival [in Greek] from January 8 to 14. 26 films and documentaries will be screened, during the festival. Cuban cinema managed to incorporate the Cuban and Latin American intelligentsia creating a truly indigenous style with strong instructive character, which gave authors the possibility of unlimited artistic freedom. Alejandro Castro Espinos, will probably attend the festival on January 9.