Newsletter 05 | 2019

NEWSLETTER 05 | 2019

EVENTS IN MAY

Athens, „Reigen“ by Arthur Schnitzler at the Municipal Theater of Piraeus, from 3rd May

The Municipal Theater of Piraeus presents the stage play "Reigen" by Arthur Schnitzler, directed by Thomas Moschopoulos. Ten people meet in pairs and conduct ten dialogues. As a structural principle Schnitzler uses the dance form of Reigen, in which a figure always joins hands with a new figure for the next scene.

WHERE and WHEN: At the Municipal Theater of Piraeus (32 Leof. Ir. Politechniou, 185 35 Piraeus). On Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays at 20:30, On Saturdays at 18.00

@Municipal Theater of Piraeus and 21.00 and on Sundays at 19.00.

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Athens, Calliope on Tour meets Tricky Women: “Women and Culture - An Austrian-Greek perspective”, B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts & Music Athens, 10th May

On the occasion of the 100th introduction of women's suffrage in Austria, the Austrian Embassy Athens in cooperation with the "European Union of Women", Greek section, organizes an event on the topic of women and culture on 10th May at 18:30 at B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts & Music Athens. During the event the "Tricky Women" film series will be shown and an Austrian expert from the Institute of History (University of Vienna) Prof. Dr. med. Brigitta Bader-Zaar will deliver a speech on the historical perspective of women rights. The event will be held in cooperation with the European Union of Women. Greek participants will be Prof. Giouli Rapti and Pepi Mavroudi.

Athens, Festivities on the occasion of Europe Day, 11th May

On 9th May every year the European Union celebrates Europe Day. The day is dedicated to peace and unity in Europe. The day refers to the speech of the then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman on 9th May, 1950. His vision: A new form of political cooperation in Europe - a collaboration that should make war between European nations unimaginable. This speech is considered as the starting point of European integration.

For this reason, around 9th May Europe will be the focus of attention in all EU member states. In Athens, festivities will be held in the garden at Zappeion on Saturday, 11th May. The ÖSD Institute Greece and the Austrian Embassy will be present, representing Austria.

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Thessaloniki, Opening of the Austrian-Greek Music Summer, 13th May

This year's opening concert of the Austrian-Greek Music Summer will take place on 13th May at 19.00 in the auditorium of Aristotle University. The Austrian conductor Karolos Trikolidis, who founded the Neo Odeio 40 years ago, will conduct the first performance of C. Saint Saëns - Messe de Requiem in Greece at this jubilee concert. The concert is a collaboration with "Giannis Mantakas" choir of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the State Orchestra of Thessaloniki, more particularly with music graduates of Neo Odeio Thessaloniki.

INFORMATION: www.neo-odeio.gr 2310277251, 2310281100

The program of the whole Austrian-Greek Music Summer 2019 can be found here (German) or here (Greek).

@ Karolos Trikolidis

Athens, LATRA, „CUT THROUGH THE NOISE“

LATRA is a socially-innovative non-profit agency, enabling Cultural and Creative Industries to respond at the frontlines of global humanitarian, environmental and societal challenges. LATRA’s vision is to BUILD THE WORLD BETTER, by empowering marginalized communities to utilize culture in addressing the adversities they face, and build a future society which is inclusive, adaptive and resilient. For its practice in Greece, LATRA was awarded the Intercultural Achievement Recognition Award by the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2018), won the International Newsletter May 2019

UNCOVER Design Prize (2018), and first place in the Global Be.Creative Competition (2017). LATRA is a member of the global UNICEF Design Pool, and has produced projects in Greece, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, South Africa & Qatar. Projects are financed by the European Commission, European Cultural Foundation, European Union National Institutes of Culture, Creative Industries Fund in the Netherlands and Nordic Council of Ministers amongst others. CUT THROUGH THE NOISE, is a series of 7 diverse cultural events taking place in 3 locations across Greece (Athens, Lesvos, Ioannina), during the week of the European Elections (20-26 May). The aim is to use culture as a driving force, to reach out to a wide segment of voters during the EU elections, with a particular focus on underrepresented and undervoiced groups, communities and individuals. Further information: https://www.latra.gr

Athens, Chamber Orchestra Vienna-Berlin with concertmaster Rainer Honeck at Megaro Mousikis, 20th May

On 20th May at 20.30 the Chamber Orchestra Vienna-Berlin with the Austrian concertmaster Rainer Honeck and the violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter will perform a concert at Megaro Mousikis.

Program: - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211 Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, ‘Strassburg’ Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, ‘Turkish’ Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major, Κ. 16

Information and tickets: http://www.megaron.gr/default.asp?la=2&pid= 5&evID=4234

@ Rainer Honeck

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Athens / Preveza: JAZZ CONCERTS „Month of Sundays“, 30th and 31st May

Within the framework of the Austrian-Greek Music Summer 2019, the Jazz Quartet "Month of Sundays" will perform on 30th May at 22:00 at Technopolis Jazz Festival (100 Peiraios, 118 54 Gazi, Athens) and on 31st May at 21:00 at Preveza Jazz Festival (Ethinikis Antistasis 121, 48100 Preveza). The ensemble, founded in 2013 and based in Vienna, perform minimal

@Alexander Mairhofer music, post-rock and decelerated jazz. Alexander Kranabetter, Philipp Harnisch, Ivo Fina and Johannes Wakolbinger create perfectly balanced instrumental music at the interface of acoustic and electronic sound aesthetics. In the spring of 2015 the quartet released its debut album and was pleased to receive many positive press reviews. This was followed by invitations to well-known festivals, including the Jazz Fest Wien, the Jazz and the City Festival in Salzburg and the Jazz-November Bayreuth. They joined the finals of the BAWAG Next Generation Awards in Vienna's Porgy & Bess and performed numerous concerts in Austria and abroad. The highlight of the concerts abroad were shows at the Austrian Cultural Forum and the Rockwood Music Hall in New York City. The quartet was selected for the two-year young talents promotion program New Austrian Sound of Music 2018 – 2019.

Further information: 2130109300, www.technopolisjazzfestival.com (Athens), 6937/414233 and http://prevezajazzfestival.wixsite.com/(Preveza).

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Athens, Maerzbuehne – “Walking in Athens for Bauhaus”, 30th & 31st May and 1st June

The new production of the MAERZBUEHNE is Walking in Athens for Bauhaus. Performances will take place on 30th and 31st May, as well as 1st June 2019. More information will be available from 15th May on the following homepage: www.maerzbuehne.eu

Democracy Award 2019, Margaretha Lupac Foundation’s call for submission of applications – Application deadline: 15th June

The Austrian Embassy Athens informs that the Austrian Parliament’s non-profit organisation Margaretha Lupac Foundation has invited to apply for the 2019 Democracy Award. The call is addressed to persons and institutions that stand for extraordinary civil society commitments to democracy and parliamentarism in Austria. Applications should be sent electronically to the jury of the Margaretha Lupac Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy, E-Mail: [email protected]. Both personal applications and submissions for other candidates are allowed. Applications are submitted electronically and are possible up to and including 15th June 2019. Further information about the call for submission of applications as well as the documents can be found at www.lupacstiftung.at or may be requested at [email protected].

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International Composition Competition "Sound of Children´s Rights" - Submission deadline: 15th July, 2019

On the occasion of this year's 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Austrian Federal Chancellery, Section V - Families and Youth in cooperation with the University of Music and Performing Arts - mdw and UNICEF Austria organizes the International Composition Competition "Sounds of Childrens Rights". The invitation to this competition is aimed at young composers and musicians who are willing to deal with the topic of children's rights in a musical form.

Eligible for participation are young people from all nations with a later date of birth than the 15th of July, 2001.

The deadline for participation in the competition is 15th July, 2019!

Website: https://www.kinderrechte.gv.at/

APRIL REVIEW

Athens, Morning meeting with ND-MP Giorgos Koumoutsakos, 2nd April

During the meeting between ND- Shadow Foreign Minister and MP George Koumoutsakos and Ambassador Andrea Ikic-Böhm on 2nd April a broad range of issues, including the European elections and the future of the EU, the regional developments in Southeast Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean and the relations between Austria and Greece were discussed.

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Ioannina, Courtesy visits of Ambassador Andrea Ikic-Böhm, 4th April

On 4 April Ambassador Andrea Ikic-Böhm, accompanied by Ms. Maria Maroussi (Austrian Embassy Athens), traveled to Ioannina for a courtesy visit. She had talks i.a. with the Governor of the Epirus Region Alexandros Kachrimanis, the Mayor of Ioannina Thomas Begas, the Protosyncellus of the Metropolis of Ioannina Archimandrite Thomas Andreou, the Newsletter May 2019

President of the Jewish Community Prof. Moses Elisaf and the Director General of Police Konstantinos Skoumas (in the order of the photos). Ambassador Andrea Ikic-Böhm was impressed by the beauty of the city and thanked for the warm welcome and the interesting exchange of views with her interlocutors.

Athens, Kos, Rhodes and Thessaloniki, Visit of an Austrian crisis support team for an exchange of experiences with Greek partners, 7th-13th April

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Rhodes:

Thessaloniki:

From 8th to 13th April 2019, a delegation consisting of representatives of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, the Austrian Ministry of the Interior and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defense visited Athens, the islands of Kos and Rhodes as well as Thessaloniki. The focus was on in-depth discussions with a large number of various representatives of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Civil Protection, the port Newsletter May 2019 authorities, Mayors of Kos and Rhodes, Fraport representatives as well as representatives of the aviation authorities etc. The talks focused on an exchange of experience in the field of crisis management. The Embassy would like to thank its partners for this interesting exchange of views!

Athens, EU-HoMs breakfast meeting with ND party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, 9th April

On 9th April the current EU Council President H.E. Ambassador of Rumania Lucian Fătu invited the EU HoMs for a breakfast meeting with ND party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis as guest of honor. They covered a range of topics, including business and finance, South- Eastern Europe and migration, the EU and many other domestic and foreign policy issues of common interest.

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Athens, Soroptimist International Austria – Club Murau, 10th April

On 10th April Ambassador Andrea Ikic- Böhm was delighted to welcome to the Embassy numerous visitors who had come to Athens in connection with a trip of the "Club Murau - Soroptimist International Austria" and present the activities of the Austrian Embassy in Greece. Afterwards, Ambassador Ikic- Böhm answered many questions of the interested group from Styria.

Athens, Diplomats in Concert, 10th April

@ SOS Children's Villages; from left George Protopappas - General Manager of the SOS Children's Villages, H.E. Lucian Fatu - Ambassador of Rumania, Andrea Ikic-Böhm - Ambassador of Austria, Nikos Tsaousis - Artistic Director of the Diplomats in Concert in Athens, Professor Kostas Syrigos - President of the SOS Children's Villages Greece

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A special charity event took place on Thursday, 10th April, at 20.00 at Parnassos Literary Society (8, Karitsi Square, 105 61 Athens). Diplomats, their partners and friends as well as professional musicians and singers participated in the „Diplomats in Concert“ event. This charity event was established in 2003 in Vienna as “Ambassadors in Concert" by Ambassadors accredited to Vienna, was launched in 2014 by the Austrian Embassy Athens and takes place annually since then – since 2017 as “Diplomats in Concert”. At this year's concert, which took place again on the initiative of the Austrian Embassy and with the active support of Doyen, H.E. the Ambassador of Rumania Lucian Fatu and was produced and directed by Nikos Tsaousis (Greek National Opera), Austria was represented by Attaché Richard Dullnig and Mrs. Melanie Rottenberger-Zinner. Before the concert, President Prof. Kostas Syrigos presented Ambassador Andrea Ikic-Böhm with her nomination for the "Good-will friend and supporter" of the SOS Children's Villages Greece. The proceeds from the event went to the SOS Children’s Villages Greece. The SOS Children’s Villages International was founded in 1949 by the Austrian Hermann Gmeiner and is now active in 133 countries and regions. This NGO helps tens of thousands of children worldwide in currently over 575 SOS Children’s Villages and 739 youth facilities. The SOS Children’s Villages Greece were founded in 1975 and include the following programs: SOS Children's Village in Vari, SOS Children's Village in Plagiari, SOS Children's Village in Alexandroupolis, Youth Houses in Paleo Faliro and Thessaloniki, Social Centres in ten major cities in Greece, an SOS Babies Home in Maroussi and the new SOS Children's Village in Finikia.

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Thessaloniki, Information evening event for Austrians living in Greece, 11th April

On 11th April 2019 a consular information evening event took place in cooperation between the Austrian Embassy and the Association of Austrians in Northern Greece (pictured here: The Board). The speakers (on the right of the picture: Consul Christoph Reitinger) discussed topics, such as citizenship, name rights, military service, etc. Afterwards, the numerous visitors had the opportunity to ask the Consul questions.

Athens, NASOM Formation “Airborne extended” at the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera at SNFCC, 12th April

The contemporary Austrian ensemble airborne extended gave a concert on 12th April at 20.30 at the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center within the framework of the festival "O qual incendio". The airborne extended ensemble was founded in 2013 as an extension of the airborne ensemble in order to interpret a repertoire for such instruments as harp, harpsichord, flute and recorder. The extraordinary combination of these

Newsletter May 2019 create a wide range of new sounds and colors. The concert took place with the support of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs. Further information is available on the following website: https://www.nationalopera.gr/enalaktiki-skini/enalaktiki-skini-festival/item/2502-o-qual- incendio.

Veria, Exhibition of the Austrian Honorary Consul Evelyn Papadopoulou, 19th April

The opening of the art exhibition ΠΡΟΒΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΚΕΣ - GUARDIAN SHEEP took place on Friday, 19th April, at 20.00 at Papatzikou gallery, 26 Ag. Antoniou street, in Veria. Evelyn W. Papadopoulou is artistically playing with the concept of the “Sheep” and hand-washed sheep's wool. The resulting wool installations transformed the gallery space into a wonderful scenery.

@Evelyn Papadopoulou (photo from left: Dr.Alexis Lappas, Prof.Afroditi Liti, Vicky Papatzikou.and Evelyn Papadopoulou

Athens, Visit of a delegation of the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior, 22nd April

On 22nd April Ambassador Andrea Ikic- Böhm received at the Embassy a delegation from the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior headed by the group leader Deputy Director General Mag. Wolfgang Taucher (pictured second from left). Subsequent discussions on asylum and migration conducted between the delegation and their Greek partners contributed to a

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Season opening of the top travel destination Rhodes by Austrians

According to an article written by Elisa Hübel in “Griechenland Zeitung”, holidaymakers from Austria have opened the tourist season on the island of Rhodes again this year. As reported on the homepage of the Dodecanese Island Municipality, the first charter flight of this year landed on Vienna's "Diagoras" airport on Sunday (31st March). The approximately 100 passengers were also welcomed by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the island. Guests from Austria have also received information material, herbs and traditional sweets as gifts. Afterwards Deputy Mayor for Tourism Mariza Chatzilazarou stated: "Rhodes is one of the safest top travel destinations in the world." The Austrian Embassy and the recently opened Austrian Honorary Consulate in Rhodes with Honorary Consul Maria FIROGLANI-MOSCHI firmly believe that "with such a warm welcome many Austrian tourists will surely become enthusiastic Rhodes vacationers".

GREETINGS BY THE AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR

Dear friends of the Austrian Embassy in Athens,

The Austrian Embassy in Athens is pleased that Greece is one of the top destinations for Austrian tourists. In the period from January to September 2018 alone, a growth of 30% was recorded and we are approaching half a million. The trend continues to increase and is made further possible by the many summer destinations that particularly Austrian Airlines fly to from Austria. The fact that Austrians are particularly welcome in Greece in the sense of the "Philoxenia", which is so typical of Greece, was recently demonstrated by the warm welcome Austrian holiday travelers received at the © Austrian Embassy Athens opening of the tourist season in Rhodes - even the Philharmonic Orchestra of the island played on their arrival. Newsletter May 2019

In order to be able to support Austrian tourists in the best way even in case of unexpected events, such as earthquakes, an inter-ministerial delegation from Austria in April examined the preparations and plans for crisis management in Greece in the sense of an exercise and an exchange of experience and visited Athens and Thessaloniki as well their Greek partners on Kos and Rhodes. On the 13th of May we will celebrate the opening of the Greek-Austrian Music Summer in Thessaloniki, which will take place for the fourth time this year. In addition, at the end of May, the jazz ensemble "Month of Sundays", which was selected for the NASOM young talent promotion program of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Jazz division, will be performing in Greece. A total of 24 concerts are planned at 14 locations from May to September within the framework of the Austrian-Greek Music Summer. We will report more in the next issues of our newsletter and would like to invite you gladly to attend our concerts. This year, too, the main theme of the Greek-Austrian Music Summer is the joint music-making and the expansion of the bond between the Austrian and Greek artists. The Austrian Embassy is very honored by having again been granted the auspices of the Foreign Ministry of the Hellenic Republic for the Greek-Austrian Music Summer, thereby showing its appreciation for our cultural initiative. We are looking forward to the numerous summer concerts, which will take us once again to the most diverse places in Greece in order to deepen the friendship between Austria and Greece musically.

With my warmest regards, Ambassador Andrea Ikić-Böhm

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