This year’s edition, themed ‘Revolutions,’ traces the moments when art changes form, whether from inner necessity or under the pressure of history. At the core of the program are transformations and contrasts that become creative synthesis. The primal, physical sound of percussion meets the radical repertoire of the 20th century, while Baroque music emerges as the birth of a new, subversive sound for its time. Song becomes a vehicle of loss and testimony, the new generation of soloists dialogues with the great interpretative tradition, and the traditional meets the classical in a shared artistic landscape. Through these seemingly opposing forces, the Festival seeks upheaval as a source of artistic energy.

17–21 JULY 2026

Academy of Rhythm & Time
Five-day Masterclass on Rhythmology by Dimitris Desyllas

This year’s edition introduces a new educational pillar with the International Summer Academy of Rhythmology, under the guidance of Dimitris Desyllas. The Academy focuses on the internalization of rhythm by the performer, as well as on issues of synchronization, accuracy, and rhythmic perception, offering young musicians the opportunity to study in depth the technical and interpretative dimensions of musical time. The Academy is open to selected active participants upon application, but is open to all interested in attending.

Teaching: Dimitris Desyllas
Participants: students of the Academy of Rhythmology

TUESDAY 21 JULY 2026 | Time: 8:30 PM

Music Box in the House
A Multi-site Percussion with the TYPANA Ensemble

In the festival’s opening concert, the TYPANA ensemble, under the artistic direction of Dimitris Desyllas, transforms the building and its surroundings into a live sonic environment, creating a multi-site percussion setup around the audience. With works by Steve Reich, John Cage, Nebojša Jovan Živković, and Iannis Xenakis, the concert subverts the conventional relationship between stage and listener, bringing rhythm, space, and movement to the center of an experiential musical experience.

Performs: TYPANA percussion ensemble

SATURDAY 25 JULY 2026 | Time: 8:30 PM

Stile Nuovo
The Birth of a New European Sound

An evening dedicated to Italian virtuosity that flourished in London in the first half of the 18th century. The rare piccolo cello, an instrument between the violin and the cello, illuminates a world of transcriptions, technical daring, and musical migrations, where Italian composers and virtuosos contributed to the birth of a new Baroque language that changed the course of European music.

Four-string piccolo cello: Dimos Gkountaroulis
Viola da gamba: Andreas Linos
Archlute: Emanuele Forni
Harpsichord: Gerasimos Choidas

WEDNESDAY 29 JULY 2026 | Time: 8:30 PM

I Lost My Homeland
Memories and Testimonies of Armenians, Pontic Greeks, and Assyrians

A highly symbolic concert, dedicated to the Armenian, Pontian, and Assyrian genocides, where song, piano, and narration create a space of historical reference and human emotion. The internationally renowned soprano Melody Louledjian and the distinguished pianist Thibaud Epp perform Armenian, Pontian, and Assyrian songs, while Theodora Ioannidou frames the evening with detailed narrative accounts, providing the program with the necessary historical background.

Soprano: Melody Louledjian
Piano: Thibaud Epp
Narration: Theodora Ioannidou

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2026 | Time: 8:30 PM

Rising Virtuosi
Young Greek Soloists in the Spotlight

Two young Greek soloists with significant international distinctions, pianist Chrysanthos Therianos and clarinetist Petros Andreadis, present a program full of energy, imagination, and virtuosity. The concert highlights the new generation of performers through a repertoire that moves between classical tradition, improvisation, and dazzling virtuosity.

Piano: Chrysanthos Therianos
Clarinet: Petros Andreadis

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2026 | Time: 8:30 PM

Great Performers
Piano Recital with Simon Trpčeski

The internationally renowned pianist Simon Trpčeski presents a recital that traverses great moments of the piano tradition, from Beethoven to Prokofiev. Variations, dance forms, and Russian dramaticism coexist in a program of intense contrasts, climaxes, and interpretive power, featuring emblematic works as well as lesser-known pages of the repertoire, guided by the pianist’s sensitivity, virtuosity, and interpretive maturity.

Piano: Simon Trpčeski

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2026 | Time: 8:30 PM

Epokhé
The World in Suspension

The leading French harpist Anaïs Gaudemard collaborates with the renowned Hermès Quartet in a program for harp and strings that moves between delicacy, introspection, and the coexistence of two different sound worlds. From Debussy and Tournier to Smetana and Golubev, the concert draws its title from the philosophical concept of Epokhé, meaning the suspension of immediate judgment and the pause that allows the listener to process the upheaval before giving it form.

Harp: Anaïs Gaudemard

Hermès Quartet:
Violin: Omer Bouchez
Violin: Elise Liu
Viola: Manuel Vioque-Judde
Cello: Yan Levionnois