Mythodia Conservatory & Holland Tunnel Gallery

present

FROM BACH TO BLUES

Maroulia Kontou – piano
Heleen Schuttevaêr – piano, vocals

A concert on two grand pianos where classical meets jazz

Monday, June 5, 2023, 20:00
Location: Mythodia Conservatory Paros

  • The Concert Room opens at 19:30; no reservations; please come on time.
  • Donations are appreciated; the funds will go to the new sound system and microphones for the concerts at Mythodia.
  • Kyklos Paros supports this cultural event.

Jazz pianist/vocalist Heleen Schuttevaêr has invited classical pianist Maroulia Kontou for a challenging musical meeting with classical masterpieces, jazz highlights, improvisations and own compositions. They will switch back and forth from J. S. Bach to Michel Legrand and Irving Berlin, from Astor Piazzolla to Frédéric Chopin. Serenity and reflection are alternated with tension, drama and swing.

From Bach to Blues

Maroulia Kontou (Greece) is an acclaimed pianist, owner & director of Mythodia Conservatory. She completed her music studies in Athens, where she got her Piano Diploma, Harmony, Counterpoint and Fugue Diploma, all with excellent grades. She is also Choir Director. Her students and choirs have won first prizes in many music competitions in Greece and abroad. She is also organizing concerts, like ‘Opera Under the Stars’ that takes place in the Paros Park Festival for the 7th year now.

Heleen Schuttevaêr (The Netherlands) performs nationally and internationally with a wide range of musicians. She is a composer, bandleader and organizer of a concert series called Club Jazz with guests in various jazz styles in The Netherlands and abroad. She is well known in the Paros music scene, a.o. as the host-organizer of numerous concerts at Holland Tunnel Gallery Paros and as a performing artist and teacher of the MAM Festival and Workshop Paros.


www.mythodia.gr
www.heleenschuttevaer.nl