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Blending vocal improvisation, bebop and free jazz influences, and contemporary music, the improvisational project Free for Five<\/strong>\u2014Savina \u03a5annatou, Giorgos Kokkinaris, Alexis Porfyriadis, Joe Tornabene, and Stefanos Chytiris\u2014invites us once again to an evening of musical surprises, where nothing is predetermined beyond the duration of each set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Savina \u03a5annatou \u2014 voice
Giorgos Kokkinaris \u2014 double bass
Alexis Porfyriadis \u2014 piano
Joe Tornabene \u2014 saxophone
Stefanos Chytiris \u2014 drums<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd36 Savina Yannatou<\/strong> studied singing with Gogo Georgilopoulou and at the Vocal Art Workshop with Spyros Sakkas. She graduated from the PCS department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with a scholarship from \u201cMousegeti\u201d. She began her professional career singing in the ERT\u2019s Third Programme emission \u201cEdo Lillipopoli\u201d, in collaboration with Lena Platonos (1978-81). She has collaborated with many Greek composers. Since 1994, with the band Primavera en Salonico, she has been performing songs from the Mediterranean and the Balkans at festivals all over the world. Since 1992 she has been involved in vocal improvisation in the field of free jazz. She has composed music for the National Theatre, the Larissa Theatre and the Theatre of Neos Kosmos. Part of her collaboration with the theatre is also teaching free vocal improvisation. Her discography includes around thirty albums (Lyra, ECM) with compositions by Greek and foreign composers, traditional songs from various countries, free improvisations and her own songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd37 The double bassist Giorgos Kokkinaris<\/strong> composes, improvises and collaborates with people from the fields of composition, visual arts, poetry and dance. His art is based on the physicalization of music through voice and movement and the use of new technologies. He gives concerts abroad and organizes seminars on improvisation. He is part of the editorial team of the magazine \u201cNewMusic.gr\u201d which aims to strengthen the local music community. He is a member of the contemporary music group \u00e0ktapha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd36 Composer, pianist, and improviser Alexis Porfyriadis<\/strong> studied composition in England and Austria. His compositions have been performed in Europe, the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. He has been involved in improvisation as a pianist and composer since 2005. He teaches improvisation, experimental music, and non-conventional performing arts in the Department of Music Science and Art at the University of Macedonia. He is a member of the 6daEXIt Improvisation Ensemble (Thessaloniki) and the WHI ensemble (Athens).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd37 Joe Tornabene<\/strong> is an award winning international multimedia musician, stage and film actor, sound designer, composer and sound therapist. He has taught experiential workshops concerned with the relationships of performance, somatic embodiment, movement, voice, sound, music and improvisation in 11 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd36 Stefanos Chytiris<\/strong> is a drummer and improviser from Athens. He has worked on a wide range of works from avant-garde jazz to contemporary classical music. Maintaining a balance between tradition and modernism in drums and cymbals, his works serve as a free base for musicians to explore and interact with the personal and collective unconscious, with the aim of reaching a cathartic experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blending vocal improvisation, bebop and free jazz influences, and contemporary music, the improvisational project Free for Five\u2014Savina \u03a5annatou, Giorgos Kokkinaris, Alexis Porfyriadis, Joe Tornabene, and Stefanos Chytiris\u2014invites us once again to an evening of musical surprises, where nothing is predetermined beyond the duration of each set. 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