Trieste: A tribute to the poet Nikos Gatsos

The Centre of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture in Italy presents “a tribute to the Greek poet Nikos Gatsos” – Poems set to music by Manos Hadjidakis, Mikis Theodorakis and Stavros Xarhakos in collaboration with the Center for Modern Greek Studies of the University of Trieste and the Greek Community of Trieste. The event will take place on Friday, April 23, 2010, at 17:30 hrs, at the Giubileo-Filoxenia events hall of the Greek Community of Trieste. The event is organized by Mrs. Maria Kassotaki, lecturer at the Center for Modern Greek Studies of the University of Trieste, in co-operation with the HFC Centre in Italy.

The programme includes:
1. Introduction: A presentation of the period “Poets of the generation of the 30′s” – the generation to which Nikos Gatsos belongs – by the philologist Professor D. Mammis.
2. Presentation of the poet’s life and work by the philologist Martina Bradaschia.
3. A brief historical presentation and recitation of poems set to music by the philologist Martina Bradaschia. Then follows interpretation by the contralto Elena Albertelli. Piano: Federico Consoli.
Friday, April 23, 2010, at 17:30 hrs,
Giubileo-Filoxenia events hall of the Greek Community of Trieste