àktapha
new music ensemble
Upcoming Events
- Mon, 16 SeptNGallery16 Sept 2024, 09:00 – 20 Sept 2024, 10:30NGallery, Nikis 30, Athens 105 57, Greece
About us
Our Vision
àktapha is a group of musicians based in Athens, which aims to de-academicize contemporary music and reunite it with the public. Denying the belief that new music requires "trained" listeners, our group strives to establish honest ways of communication with the audience, while trusting the expressive power of new creations, independent from predetermined styles.
Convinced that music can help people explore their own selves, we collaborate with artists who share our vision in order to create and promote an artistic community that supports the exploration of the individual's self and through that, develops the individual's sensitivity, vulnerability and empathy.
We aim for close and long-term relationships with the artists with whom we work, as well as for a small number of productions, to devote them the necessary time for their development and maturation; hoping that this will make them an oasis in the chaos and apathy of today's urban life.
Members
Julia Babe
bassoon
Yiannis Psarakis
percussion
Dimitris Soukaras
guitar
Dafni Mengou
Clarinet
George Kokkinaris
double bass
Iason Maroulis
composer
Our Work
Project Number 0
collaborations that lead to the formation of the ensemble
Iason Maroulis: Consciousness of co-
Project Number 1
Consciousness of Dance
Project Number 2
Lethographia
Antony Braxton: Composition
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Works by Fani Kosona and Iason Maroulis
Date: 5th & 7th of January 2024
Venue: ον/off Studio
Feidippidou 22, Athens
Date: 24th of February 2024
Venue: Odeio Polis
Andrea Papandreou 15, Ilioupoli, Athens
Works by:
Dilay Doğanay
Nicoleta Chatzopoulou
Iason Maroulis
Dates: 8th & 9th of April 2024
Venue: H.ug Theater
Meliteon 14, Ano Petralona