TOYFUL MUSIC FESTIVAL
31 October - 2 November 2024, Erimi, Kourio
Toyful Music Festival 2024 seeks to bring "play" back to the centre of musical creation and enjoyment, aiming at playing around with the concept of "playing" music. In this unique three-day festival, composers, musicians and other sound artists from Cyprus and Europe join forces and create musical works and soundscapes, mixing classical musical instruments, children's and musical toys, everyday objects and environmental sounds, exploring the limits of their coexistence and the blending of sound colours.
The Toyful Music Festival includes concerts, workshops, sound mapping activities, sound walks and an explosive closing with world premieres of composed works and music influenced by the sounds of the region. The festival will host artists experimenting with sounds, toys and places, proposing an alternative way for listening to and experiencing music.
Programme
1. Toyful Sound Walks
Thursday 31 October, 17.00-20.00, Erimi, Kourio
Friday 1 November, 10.00-13.00, Kolossi Castle
* Starting point for both days: "Kourion 2030" office, "Argo" Cultural Centre, 22 Nikou Georgiou, 4630, Erimi, Kourion
📍Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zQ62QbFBesZZteoz5
As part of the Toyful Music Festival, the Berlin-based artist group Selbstgebaute Musik will collect sounds and objects from the area with the help of participants, creating an electronic live set. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the sound of the area, recording sounds and integrating them into musical works that will be presented live at the last day of the festival, using special sound machines that will reproduce sounds from the objects used. Workshop activities include sound walks, acoustic research, and the creation of musical tools, sound machines, and loops. The results of the workshops will be presented at the festival's closing event in a DJ live set, using exclusively sounds and objects collected from the area.
Registration form: https://forms.gle/BVJ5FnsdYdVFUzQYA
Day 1 - Thursday 31 October 2024, 17.00 - 20.00
Creating improvised musical instruments
Sound walk: listening to people, places and the environment // first recording.
Creating a temporary sound map // Create first Loop and music units.
Day 2 - Friday 1 November 2024, 10.00 - 13.00
New acoustic research // How does a historic site sound?
Creating Sound-Percussion-Machines from found materials and connecting them to the music set.
Continue creating the map and the Live Set.
2. "Playing with Music" - Music workshop
Friday 1 November, 14.00-15.30, Limassol Music School "Marios Tokas"
When the game becomes “noise” and the “noise” becomes music, does the performer remain a musician or does he become a child again? The workshop is aimed at pianists of all ages and levels, inviting them to explore works from the contemporary repertoire for solo or group piano. Through the last century's oeuvre and the use of extramusical instruments, playing comes to the centre of musical exploration and participants discover new ways to 'play' music. Notes, words, movement, singing and improvisation, humour and creativity intertwine to answer the question: "Do I "play" with music?
The workshop will be facilitated by Mrs. Iro Menegou, piano and advanced music theory educator, with significant experience in contemporary music and performances in festivals of international level.
* The workshop is organized in collaboration with the Limassol Music School "Marios Tokas" and is addressed to the students of the Limassol Music High School and Lyceum.
3. Toyful Music Festival - Concert
Saturday 2 November, 18.00-19.30, Cyprus Wine Museum, Erimi, Kοurio
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Join us for an extraordinary evening of innovative music at the Cyprus Wine Museum in Erimi, Kourio on Saturday, November 2nd, 2024, at 6 PM. This concert, part of the Toyful Music Festival, will showcase the selected works of young composers from Cyprus and Europe, who have redefined the boundaries between traditional musical instruments and musical toys. Under the guidance of renowned composer Andys Skordis, these compositions will come to life in an exciting live performance. Expect a playful and experimental blend of sounds, where toys become instruments and music transcends its usual forms. Don’t miss this unique exploration of sound and creativity!
Works by: George Magalios (Greece), Nikiforos Kourbetis (Greece), Nicolas Psaras (Cyprus), Ylli Daklani (Kosovo), Rosita Piritore (Romania).
Musicians: Andys Skordis (electric guitar, conductor), George Georgiou (clarinet), Demetris Yiasemides (flute, trombone), Iro Menegou (piano), Natasa Hadjiandreou (percussion), Nikolas Tryfonos (double bass)
4. Toyful Music Festival - Closing Party
Saturday 2 November, 20.00-22.00, Cyprus Wine Museum, Erimi, Kurio
Live DJ Set by the artistic group Selbstgebaute Musik, with sounds and objects collected and created in the context of the Toyful Sound Walks. Come and experience an alternative view of the sound of Kourion!
Organization: Atheras Peoples & Cultures, Kourion 2030 European Capital of Culture - Candidate City
Institutional Sponsor: Department of Contemporary Culture, Deputy Ministry of Culture
Sponsor: ARTE Music Academy
Contact: info@atheras.eu | +357 99404723
