The woman, as a source of inspiration, through various roles in her social development, is a timeless and topical issue, even in the present day. Through the musical traditions of the world, we see all aspects of woman unfolding: from the girl who dreams and hopes to see her lover again, to the young lady, to the lover, to the mother, to the battered woman, to the woman victim, to the woman squire, to the woman scherzoza to the femme fatale.

In this performance, the Thirathen Vocal Group will present traditional songs, and not only, dedicated to women, from all over Greece and the wider region of the Balkans and the Mediterranean, and will then travel from Western Europe to Mexico.

Cross-border and cross-cultural songs will be heard, which have as their common theme women in their broadest manifestation and, in addition to the Greek language, songs will also be heard in Bulgarian, Albanian, Yiddish, Sephardic, Spanish, Arabic and Turkish.

The show is divided into thematic sections and between these, there is also a narration of some poems or phrases that

refer to the woman.

Artistic editing: Eva Koutsogiannakis-Pitsikakis, Eva Thanasis

Director: Nikolis Avramakis

Choir adaptation: Irini Theofanous

Thirathen Vocal Group Members:

Eva Dimaki, Eva Thanasis, Irini Theofanous, Thetida Koufou,

Sofia Liaskou, Maria Stamataki, Pelagia Charalampaki

Thirathen Vocal Group was founded in 2017 and is under the auspices of and supervision of the Thyrathen Museum. It is a polyphonic vocal ensemble whose majority members are accomplished professional musicians and choristers with many years of choral experience. The repertoire it covers includes traditional Greek songs, harmonized for a three- or four-part choir, as well as polyphonic traditional songs from the musical traditions of the world, with an emphasis on the Mediterranean and the Balkans. The Thirathen Vocal Group mostly presents its repertoire without the accompaniment of musical instruments (a capella), thus highlighting in the best way the variety and breadth, both of the human voice, as well as the musical polyphonic tradition.

The show is organized by the region of Crete.

The show will take place at the end of the beach front, North-West of the Analipsi Peninsula, at the mouth of the Aposelemis river.