His life, work and era
MusicNIKOLAOS HALIKIOPOULOS MANTZAROS
His life, work and era
Music
STARTING TIME: 11:00
The Corfu International Festival honours the memory and the work of the Corfiot composer Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his death, through a series of events that will take place from October to December 2022.
On Sunday 6 November at 11:00, the three Philharmonic Orchestras of the city will cross the cantons creating a unique soundscape.
Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros is known to the general public as the composer of the National Anthem. However, apart from this, he was a pioneer in many other areas of music composition, while his work was also very great in the field of music teaching, as many of the later Ionian composers were his students. All of the above could make him a generator not only of Ionian music but of modern Greek music as a whole.
The Corfu International Festival honours Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros.
