Fates
Greece, Athens, Herod’s Atticus Odeon
Friday, 19 June 2026, 21:00
A landmark musical event of the summer
The contemporary composer, famous Lena Platonos, and Maria Farantouri, the iconic voice of the Greek poets and composers, come together at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus for a single, a signature evening!
This exceptional performance unfolds as a sweeping artistic journey through time, myth, and contemporary creation:
• The Poetesses of the Ancient World, celebrating nature, peace, womanhood, and love (texts and adaptations by Thanos Tsaknakis).
• The Fates, the second work by Lena Platonos, created especially for this year’s Athens Epidaurus Festival and the selected performances at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, that brings to the forefront the Platonic concept of the soul’s immortality. The composition is written for the gifted international flute soloist Stathis Karapanos and the iconic voice of Maria Farantouri. (texts and adaptations by Thanos Tsaknakis).
• The legendary Sabotage, presented in a bold new transcription for flute.
• The captivating New People (lyrics by Nikos Moraitis).
The performance features internationally acclaimed flute soloist Stathis Karapanos.
Credits:
Lena Platonos | Music, arrangement, keyboards (Fates, Sabotage), reading of lyrical narratives (Silent’s Fragments)
Thanos Tsaknakis | Poetry (Fates), lyrical narratives & modern Greek adaptations of ancient poems (Silent’s Fragments)
Nikos Moraitis | Lyrics (New People)
Maria Farantouri | Interpretation (Silent’s Fragments, Fates, New People)
Stathis Karapanos | Flute soloist (Fates, Sabotage)
Yorgos Kontoyannis | Lyra
Michalis Porfyris | Violoncello
Vahan Galstyan | Wind instruments
Stergios Tsirliagos | Arrangement, keyboards, programming, electronic percussion
Michalis Papapetrou | Musical direction (Silent’s Fragments), keyboards
Dimitris Bourboulis | Sound
Dimitris Koutas | Lights
Co-production:
Athens & Epidaurus Festival
Technotropon – Artway Cultural Productions
