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Nikos Xanthoulis • «From the Ancient Lyre to the Lyrical Theatre»

Lecture in French/English Hosted by: Τhe Lyceum Club of Greek Women of Brussels, the Belgian Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures & the Parents Association of the Hellenic Section of European School Brussels III, in collaboration with Espace Périple Date: Monday 8 April 2019, @18:30 Venue: rue Froissart 115, 1040 Bxl


An evening of Logos and Music «From the Ancient Lyre to the Lyrical Theatre»  with the composer, soloist of the Greek National Opera and scientific associate of the Academy of Athens, Dr Nikos Xanthoulis.

In a unique Lecture Concert, Nikos Xanthoulis with an ancient seven-stringed Greek Lyre will revive its sound performing musical pieces that appeal to anyone who wants to enjoy the simplicity and beauty of a sound which is at the same time original and familiar!

Monday 8th April, at 18:30, at Espace Périple, rue Froissart 115, 1040 Bruxelles

Dr Christiane Tytgat, Archaeologist, co-president of the Belgian Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures, will introduce the theme «Apollo’s lyre. The lyre in Bronze Age and Classical Greece».

Dr Ioannis Economidis will take part in the panel discussion.

The event is organized by the Lyceum Club of Greek Women of Brussels, the Belgian Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures and the Parents Association of the Hellenic Section of European School Brussels III, in collaboration with Espace Périple.

Nikos Xanthoulis will be in Brussels to attend the performance of his musical adaptation of the «Selfish Giant» based on the short story of Oscar Wilde.
The play will be presented by the Theatrical Team of the Lyceum Club of Greek Women on April 6 (19:00) and April 7th (15:30) at the GC de Kam Theater (Beekstraat 172, 1970 Wezembeek-Oppem).

Presentation in English.

About Nikos Xanthoulis
Dr. Nikos Xanthoulis is a composer, ancient lyre player and researcher. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Political Sciences and has acquired a PhD in Music Theory from the Bulgarian Music Academy of Sophia. Dr. Xanthoulis is Professor of Trumpet, Harmony and Counterpoint at the Conservatory of Athens, Greece. He is also an Assistant Researcher of the Academy of Athens and a Tutor at the Greek Open University. For twenty-five years (1983-2008) he served as the principal trumpet player in National Greek Opera Orchestra and from May 2009 till 2012 he was heading the Educational Department of the same Opera. As a composer and soloist, he has presented his music in Greece and Internationally (USA, Australia, Canada, China, Russia, Sweden, Italy, Bulgaria, Turkey etc.) His works include translations of the ancient Greek music theoreticians. Xanthoulis has written and mastered incidental music for tragedies using reconstructed ancient instruments (lyre, aulos, tympanon and salpinx) trying to approach the prosody of the ancient Greek language. He has composed four children’s operas; two of them had been presented by the Greek National Opera. Dr Xanthoulis was awarded the Kress Lectureship by the Archaeological Institute of America for the year 2012-2013and an extension for 2017-2018. From 2014 to 2015 he was the Artistic Director of Public Broadcasting Orchestras and Choir (ERT). The last six years he revived the technique of the ancient Greek lyre through his research based on the depictions of pottery and the ancient Greek literature.

About Christiane Tytgat
Dr Christiane Tytgat studied Ancient History and Archaeology at the university KU-Leuven (Belgium). She was scientific collaborator at the KU-Leuven (1978-1981), Foreign Member at the École française d’Athènes (1982-1887) and curator at the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels (1992-2007). In 2002, she became the director of the Belgian School at Athens. From March 2007 until her retirement in July 2014, she was attached to the executive staff of the University of Amsterdam and appointed director of the Netherlands Institute at Athens. Since 2014 she is acting – together with François Roelants du Vivier, emeritus Senator – as co-president of the Belgian Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures. Her scientific research concentrates on the cemeteries of ancient Amathus (Cyprus), Cypriote and Greek pottery and on the archaeological site of Titani Korinthias (Greece). She was also involved in archaeological projects in Apamea and Ras-el Bassit (Syria).

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