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Strengthening the love of music in the Aegean
July 13, 2024
More than 6,000 children on the Aegean islands have participated in the free music workshops of the Association “Friends of the Greek Island and Sea” since the mid-1990s until today. Kathimerini visited their annual festival MuSifanto on Sifnos and witnessed the Association’s inspiring efforts to bring appreciation for music, art and culture in general to even the most remote islands. The Association’s founding members include prominent Greek artists and writers – Iakovos Kambanellis, Titos Patrikios, Anna Synodinou, Elli Solomonidou-Balanou and Panayiotis Tetsis. Its goals have been and continue to be the study, preservation and promotion of the uniqueness of the Greek island environment and traditional cultural heritage. It also seeks to promote a soft form of growth that helps islanders to remain in their place of residence without tourism being the only source of employment and, above all, to create opportunities for learning, communication and the development of the talents of children and young people on remote islands.
Since the mid-1990s, more than 6,000 children on the Aegean islands have participated in the free music workshops run by the Friends of the Greek Island and the Sea Association.
Kathimerini visited the annual MuSifanto festival on Sifnos and witnessed the association’s inspiring efforts to spread appreciation for music, art and culture in general even to the most remote islands. The association’s founding members include prominent Greek artists and writers – Iakovos Kambanellis, Titos Patrikios, Anna Synodinou, Elli Solomonidou-Balanou and Panayiotis Tetsis.
Its objectives have been and continue to be to study, preserve and promote the uniqueness of the Greek islands and traditional cultural heritage, to encourage a gentle form of growth that helps islanders to stay in their place of residence without tourism being the only source of employment and, above all, to create opportunities for learning, communication and the development of talents for children and young people on remote islands.
