The courtyard of the Great Hall of the Hellenic Parliament hosted the concert “MEIZON & EQUABILI Vocal Ensembles, Greek Choral Walk” yesterday, Monday, in a major artistic partnership between the Parliament and the Athens Concert Hall.
The President of the Greek Parliament, Nikitas Kaklamanis, during his speech at the event, highlighted civicism as the bridge that connects the Parliament with society, while inviting citizens to discover the multidimensional work of the institution, which evolves beyond the intensity of political disputes and the image of the TV debate. “Tonight you have met the other side of the Parliament. You only know one side, the one you see on the TV channels with the controversies that go beyond the limits,” he said: “But there is also the other Parliament, the one that has opened its doors to all Greeks and all Greeks and could not achieve this better than through culture.”
The President of the Hellenic Parliament did not fail to mention the social dimension of the institution, highlighting important initiatives that have been taken and demonstrate the practical contribution of the Parliament to society and the Armed Forces.
In conclusion, Mr. Kaklamanis referred to the aesthetic and structural upgrade of the Hellenic Parliament building, announcing that during the summer the call for tender for the major exterior restoration of this emblematic building will be made, so that with its completion and the installation of new lighting, the Parliament will be a real “jewel” in the center of the capital.
The distinguished vocal ensembles “MEIZON Ensemble” and “EQUABILI Vocal Ensemble”, as well as the “Athenian Night Organ Sextet Dimitris Dounis” were at the centre of the event, presenting a program that highlighted the polyphonic music tradition, with imaginative choral arrangements of traditional songs from Thrace, Macedonia and the Dodecanese. A total of 57 artists, 26 women and 31 men, participated in the musical event, which took place on a specially designed platform in the area outside the House of Parliament’s entrance hall.
Yesterday’s concert in the courtyard of the Parliament was a top cultural moment, sealing in the most melodic way the important collaboration between the Hellenic Parliament and the Athens Concert Hall, highlighting the power of institutional partnership in the promotion of art, which is expected to culminate on 24 June with the concert under the direction of the great Stavros Xarchakos and the awarding of the silver medal of the Parliament to both him and the great Nana Mouskouri.
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