A TRIBUTE TO NICOLAS ECONOMOU
Rialto Theatre, Limassol
15 January - 8.30pm
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of death of internationally acclaimed Cypriot pianist and composer Nicolas Economou, the Cultural Division of the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) organises a tribute concert in his memory, performed by pianists Ourania Menelaou and Manolis Neofytou.
The repertoire includes Orthodoxia – Sonata for Piano, as well as three pieces for Chick Corea written by Nicolas Economou. The pianists will also present compositions intrinsically related to N. Economou, such as Four dances from The Nutcracker, adapted by Economou himself for two pianos, Rachmaninoff’s Suita op.5, extracts from Béla Bartók’s Mikrokosmos for two pianos, as well as Four piece suite by composer Richard Rodney Bennett.
