“Closely – A Tribute to Love”: Poets Missing + Tatiana Zografou

Poets missing return to KET, with guest singer Tatiana Zografou, for a performance of improvised music contra-Valentine’s day. In our performance we will be seeking inspiration from Emily Dickinson’s poems, from artist Georgia Lale’s paintings “Pink Flag” and “Neighborhood Guilt”, as well as from musical references for which we feel deep respect and admiration. Beets’ delta harp, an instrument that reframes our relationship with the harp; Ward’s daring electronic treatments; Panagopoulou’s multifaceted piano playing; Tzavaras’ versatile guitar; and Kanellopoulos’ unorthodox treatment of the mandolin, all come together in a performance where memory and the moment shape the outcome. Improvisation is not only a technique, but a way of being together, in love with music.

Poets missing are: 

Dora Panagopoulou (piano/electronics)

Vassilis Tzavaras (guitar)

Joris Beets (delta harp/pedals)

Tim Ward (live electronics)

panos kanellopoulos (mandolin)

                           guest: Tatiana Zografou (voice)

Joris Beets is an improvising musician, designer and inventor of Delta harp, an instrument that seeks to redefine the way we think about harp. He is a member of Orchestra Elastique. He spends most of his summer time in Serifos.

Tim Ward is a sound artist with a background in electroacoustic music composition and live electronics. He is involved with a wide range of projects, most recently focusing on soundscapes, mapping and their relationship to electroacoustic composition. He is a member of the Medea Electronique collective as well as Spiza and teaches music at Deree College, Athens

Dora Panagopoulou is a composer of acoustic music who has increasingly incorporated electronic elements in her music. Much of her recent compositional activity has been linked to Spiza, an artistic society bringing together diverse artists to work on common larger-scale projects. She has a keen interest in the intersection between compositional and educational work and teaches music at Pierce College.

Vassilis Tzavaras is a musician, singer, composer, improviser, and music teacher. Active member of the Athenian music scene since 1993 with the bands Occasional Dream, Take the money and run, Project 37, 4+1, The Storyville Ragtimers, and Dear Lou. He composes music for the theater and has released seven solo albums.

panos kanellopoulos, studied the mandolin with Alison Stephens (London) and Vivi Geka (Athens). When he is not playing the mandolin he is researching and teaching creative music education focusing on the possible conjectures between education, philosophy, political philosophy and creative music making.

Tatiana Zografou is a songwriter and singer. A composer of several records of “kindie” music (but also of theatre music), which have enjoyed considerable artistic success, she works at the crossroads between music and anti-racist education. She has recently completed a PhD in multicultural music education.

Photo: Artwork by Georgia Lale, “Neighborhood Guilt”, 57″ x 38″, donated bed sheets, sewing threat and fabric ink, 2023.