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Dear friends,

It is with great sadness that we announce the cancellation of the 20th International Pharos Chamber Music Festival amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

This difficult decision, not of our choosing, is painful both for us and the musicians, as well as for the thousands of audience members who have been enjoying the Pharos Festival since its early beginnings. The International Pharos Chamber Music Festival was the first festival of chamber music that was established in Cyprus and, through its long history, it has attracted many of the world’s finest and most celebrated soloists, ensembles and orchestras. As a result, the Festival has gained an unequalled international reputation for its enchanting atmosphere and the quality of its concerts. read more...

POSTPONED FOR 23 SEPTEMBER, 2020
CELLO & PIANO RECITAL
MARC COPPEY cello
PETER LAUL piano
Tuesday 17 March 2020
The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / 8.30pm

The Pharos Arts Foundation is proud to present a cello and piano recital with two of the world’s most celebrated soloists – Marc Coppey and Peter Laul – on Tuesday 17 March 2020, at The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / 8:30pm. French cellist Marc Coppey first came to international attention in 1988, when at the age of 18, he won the First Prize and the Special Prize in the Leipzig Bach Competition. It was there he also first came to the notice of Sir Yehudi Menuhin, who invited Marc to perform along with him and Victoria Postnikova the Tchaikovsky Trio in Moscow and Paris – a collaboration documented on film by the eminent film director Bruno Monsaingeon. In 1989, Mstislav Rostropovich invited Marc to the Evian Festival and his solo career quickly took off thereafter. Nowadays, Marc Coppey is considered to be one of the leading cellists in the world, appearing as a soloist with numerous important orchestras and boasting an impressive discography, which has received great critical acclaim. Russian pianist Peter Laul is the First Prize winner as well as the Special Prize winner at the Bremen International Piano Competition in 1995, and the First Prize winner at the Scriabin International Piano Competition in Moscow in 2000. He regularly appears as a soloist with legendary orchestras, while his memorable recital performances have taken him to the most illustrious venues in the world. For their recital in Nicosia, Marc Coppey and Peter Laul will join forces in an impressive programme comprising works for cello and piano by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Fauré and R. Strauss. read more...

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
CONCERT OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR SAROD & TABLA
ARNAB CHAKRABARTY sarod
SHAHBAZ HUSSAIN tabla
Friday 27 March 2020

The Pharos Arts Foundation presents a unique concert of Indian Classical Music for sarod and tabla with the renowned Arnab Chakrabarty και Shahbaz Hussain. An outstanding exponent of North Indian classical music and a sarod performer for thirty years, Arnab Chakrabarty is considered among the top handful of sarod players in the world today. His performances demonstrate his profound understanding of raga forms, his vast erudition of both the sarod tradition and Hindustani music, and they display an exquisite, distinctive sound and technical finesse and virtuosity subordinated to the demands of the music. Chakrabarty plays on sarods of his own design that blend the best aspects of tradition and modernity. Trained by the late Dr. Kalyan Mukherjea (1943-2010), a disciple of Pandit Radhika Mohan Maitra, the legendary custodian of the Shahjahanpur tradition of sarod music, Arnab Chakrabarty has performed across the world to considerable acclaim, and has participated in renowned festivals including the Serendipity Arts Festival 2020 (Goa, India), Crossroads Festival 2018 (Mumbai and Chennai), Saptak Festival 2016 (Ahmedabad), Bhilwara Sur Sangam 2016 (Delhi), Masters of Indian Music 2012 (Trafó House of Contemporary Art, Budapest), Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2013, Silk Road Festival 2010 (Damascus), to name but a few. In 2005, Chakrabarty also contributed to the soundtrack of the Oscar-winning documentary, Born Into Brothels, Calcutta's Red-Light Children. read more...