PLACE
Vergottis Cultural Centre, Kourkoumelata
PERFORMER
Marina Krilovici – Soprano, Dimitris Yakas – Piano
The President of the Foundation, Mr. Gerasimos Vergottis, will make a
brief presentation regarding the Foundation and the 2012 events dedicated
to the Kefalonian musician Dionysios Laurangkas. The evening will close
with a concert by soprano Marina Krilovici with Dimitris Yakas.
PROGRAM
- Robert Schumann, Widmung op.25/1
- Gabriel Fauré, Automne op.18/3
- Reynaldo Hahn, Si mes vers avaient des ailes!…
- Henri Duparc, Chanson triste
- Jules Massenet, Loin de moi ta lèvre qui ment…
- Jules Massenet, Werther – Va! Laisse couler mes larmes …
- Francesco Paolo Tosti, Malìa
- Francesco Paolo Tosti, Ideale
- Richard Strauss, Zueignung op.10/1
- Franz Liszt, Es muss ein Wunderbares sein
- Fernando Obradors, El Vito
- Fernando Obradors, Del cabello màs sutil…
BIOGRAPHY
Marina Krilovici
Born in Romania, the brilliant soprano Marina Krilovici can claim a
remarkable series of triumph on the international musical scene. Her
spectacularly beautiful voice, musicality and technique was heard and
appreciated in the biggest lyric theatres of the world (Metropolitan
Opera, Covent Garden, Hamburg, Paris, Firenze, Venice, Vienna etc),
singing principal roles next to the greatest conductors, singers and
directors of the opera world (Domingo, Pavarotti, Carerras, Scotto,
Verett, Bumbray, Brusson, Gobbi, Ghiaurov, Santi, Maazel, Solti, Abbado,
Muti, Stein, Ponell, Ustinov, Menotti, Sanjust etc).
She graduated from the Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory of Bucharest and
continued her studies in the Santa Cecilia Academy in Italy. As a young
student she won many first prizes in vocal international competitions like
Holland’s Hertogenbusch, Canada, Montreal, Brussels and most importantly
the George Enescu competition in her home country.
She was applauded by the critics and the public, singing roles like Aida,
Tosca, Manon Lescaut, Andriana Lecouvreur, Carmen, Lady Macbeth, Madama
Butterfly, Elisabetta (Don Carlos), Santuza (Cavaleria Rusticana), Mini
(Fanciulla del west), Desdaimona (Otello), Amelia (Simon Boccanegra),
Leonora (Trovatore) and many more.
During the last few years she has been living in Greece, her mother’s home
country, where she also introduced her art at the Greek National Opera,
the Athens Concert Hall and many Greek Festivals. Lately she is devoting
herself and her art in teaching many young talented singers. She is the
head voice professor at the “Maria Callas Athenaeum Conservatory” of
Athens. Many of her students are making international careers and have
received prizes in several international competitions. She won a title of
permanently honorable singer from Athens’ Municipality in 2003.
Marina Krilovici has received many honorable distinctions internationally,
but the most important title is “Citizen of Honor” in Romania. She has
also been a member of the jury in many international competitions all over
the world: Athens (Maria Callas Grand Prix), Canada, America etc. She is
still an active singer now.
A very prominent artist and sought-after teacher, Marina Krilovici has
been invited to many master classes around the world, as her greatest love
is to give her profound knowledge to the young generation of singers, and
share with them her great artistry.
Dimitris Yakas
Dimitris Yakas was born in Athens in 1957. He studied the piano at the
National Conservatory in Athens, from where he graduated in 1977. He
continued his education at the ECOLE NORMALE DE MUSIQUE DE PARIS (piano,
chamber music and piano coaching [formation de chef de chant]) and had
lessons in vocal accompaniment with Dalton Baldwin.
In 1982, as a result of winning a competition, he took up a position as
coach at the Paris Opera, where he remained until 1991. During this period
he worked with many major conductors and singers, with whom he gave
concerts in Paris as well as other French cities and at Festivals (Tours,
Pau, Strasbourg, Festival de Marmande, de Sully, du Comminges etc). He
worked many times as coach at the Opera de Lyon at the invitation of Kent
Nagano. In 1990 he played at two concerts in Paris, at which the complete
works of Berlioz for voice and piano were performed (with M. Olmeda, B.
Uria-Monzon etc).
In 1991 he settled in Athens and became one of the principal collaborators
of the Greek National Opera and the Megaron: The Athens Concert Hall,
working with conductors as M. Viotti, R. Bonynge, D. Renzetti, J. Arnel,
A. Allemandi, etc. He has coached the singers for the world Premieres of
many operas written by Greek composers [Mikis Theodorakis: MEDEA, Bilbao
1991, Thanos Mikroutsikos THE RETURN OF HELENA, Athens 1993, Arghyris
Kounadis: BACCHAE, Athens 1996 etc.] and has played for Master classes of
J. Pilou, Ch. Ludwig, D. Evangelatos, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Alison Pearce
etc. He regularly gives concerts as an accompanist in Greece and abroad
(M. Krilovic, J. Pilou, A. Baltsa, D. Evangelatos, D. Kavrakos, El. Vidal,
A. Cognet, D. Theodossiou etc.)