🗓 May 3, 2026 | 🕚 11:30 AM
📍 Ipsonas Municipal Theater
🎟 Free admission

The Municipality of Kourion, as part of the “Kourion Classical Music Days” festival, is hosting the University of Cyprus Music Academy for a particularly impressive classical music journey, where youthful passion meets high artistic expression. This is a unique musical journey full of energy and lyrical exuberance, where talented young musicians perform string works characterized by a strong rhythmic pulse, exuberant chords, and sonic outbursts.

Program:
J. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
E. Grieg: String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 21
Béla Bartók: Romanian Dances

The program opens with Brahms’s popular Hungarian Dance No. 5, followed by Edvard Grieg’s String Quartet No. 1—a gem of the repertoire, brimming with virtuosity, drama, and Scandinavian lyricism. The concert concludes with Béla Bartók’s Romanian Dances, an explosive composition rooted in folk tradition, featuring intense rhythms and vibrant timbres.

Performers:
String Quartet: Andreas Ioannou (1st violin), Chloe Erefich (2nd violin), Vasilios Klouvatos (viola), and Athina Klouvatos (cello).
Instructor: Prof. Nicolas Efthymiou
String Ensemble of the University of Cyprus Music Academy
Piano: Dr. Christina Koulapi
Artistic Direction: Petros Stylianou