HIST Semineri: “Strolling Through Echoes of the Past”, 17:00 11 Kasım, 17:00 12 Kasım (EN)

You are cordially invited to a seminar titled “Strolling Through Echoes of the Past” by the Department of History.

Date: 11-12 November 2021, Thursday & Friday
Time: Thursday, 17.00-19.00 and Friday, 17.00-19.00, 20.00-21.00

Title: Strolling Through Echoes of the Past

Speakers: Antonios Botonakis, Dimitri Terzakis, Markos Skulios, Cenk Güray, Nevin Şahin, Achilleas Chaldaeakes, Panayotis League, Alexander Lingas, Emmanouil Giannopoulos, Yiğit Aydın.

11 November 2021, THURSDAY (5 PM-7 PM)

Welcome speech: “Need for New Rhetoric: Understanding Byzantium and Its Culture”

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
PROF. DR. DIMITRI TERZAKIS
BYZANTINE AND NEW MUSIC. THE MUSIC OF DIMITRI TERZAKIS
11 November 2021, 5.15 PM

THEORETICAL CONNECTIONS
MARKOS SKULIOS
Theorizing in Multimodal & Multi-Intervalic Melodic Traditions: The Twin Systems of Byzantine Octoechos and Ottoman-Turkish Makams
CENK GÜRAY & NEVIN ŞAHIN (Hacettepe University)
The Similarities between Byzantine and Ottoman Music in Medieval Theories
ACHILLEAS CHALDAEAKES (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Ottoman Melodies Written Down Through Byzantine Notation: An Example From Peter Byzantios
PANAYOTIS LEAGUE (Florida State University)
Sadakat and Paradigmatic Notation in Konstantinos N. Keragleaglow Collection

12 November 2021, FRIDAY (5 PM-7 PM)
VISUAL WITNESSES
ANTONIOS BOTONAKIS (Hellenic Mediterranean University)

CONTEMPORARY INFLUENCES
ALEXANDER LINGAS (City University of London)
Byzantine Chant and the Canons of Western Art Music: History, Tradition and Creativity
EMMANOUIL GIANNOPOULOS
Influences and Benefits of the Psaltic Art on the 20th Century Greek Music
YİĞİT AYDIN (Bilkent University)
Saygun in Connection with Byzantine Music and Its Theory

CLOSING CONCERT (12 NOVEMBER 2021, FRIDAY, 8 PM)

The Maestros of the Psaltic Art, Athens
Conductor: Achilleas Chaldaeakes

Kalaphonic verse from the second psalm, composed by John Koukouzeles, in 4th plagal mode, Why do the nations conspire [ Ἵ ν α τ ί ἐ φ ρ ύ α ξ α ν ἔ θ ν η ] (Choir of chanters “The Maestros of the Psaltic Art” recording of live performance in Athens Cathedral, 18.10.2018)

Three Bektashi Hymns on the Crossroads of Heterodoxy
Dede Sultan (Akdeniz Yakası, Aydın İlleri
Yar Yare Karşı (Aşık Maşukuna Yar Yare Karşı)
Karaburun-Rodos Semahı (Karaburun İçinde Yelken Örerler)
Performers: Cenk Güray & Nevin Şahin

This is an hybrid seminar,
In Person: FEASS, C BLOCK AMPHI, BİLKENT UNIVERSITY
Online: To obtain the event link and password, please send a mail to byzantiumatankara@hotmail.com