LYCABETTUS ENSEMBLE

 Festival @ The Park '26 

LYCABETTUS ENSEMBLE
Pirates' Journey, Knights' Song

Monday 7 September 2026 | 20:00

Museum of Ai-Yiannis Detis
Paros Park

Festival at the Park 2026 welcomes the Lycabettus Ensemble to the Paros Park Museum on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at 20:00, for a unique concert, entitled "Pirates' Journey, Knights' Song", inviting audiences on a captivating musical voyage through medieval Europe and the rich traditions of the Mediterranean.

From the castles of southern France and the pirate routes of the Mediterranean to the monasteries of Portugal, the streets of Andalusia, the synagogues of Thessaloniki and the ports of the Aegean, music becomes the thread that connects people, places and centuries. Songs in Occitan, Galician, French, Sephardic, Latin and Greek recreate the vibrant musical landscape of Europe between the 11th and 15th centuries.

The programme brings together secular medieval music, compositions from the great ars nova tradition, troubadour songs and melodies from the oral traditions of the Mediterranean, celebrating themes of love, fate, loss, beauty, nature and festivity. Accompanied by medieval vielles, tambouras and percussion, the concert revives a rarely heard sound world, offering audiences an immersive journey through history and music.

Founded in Athens in 2021 by Irini Bilini-Moraiti and Athanasia Teliou, the Lycabettus Ensemble is dedicated to the performance of medieval and Renaissance European music, while also exploring the oral musical traditions of the wider Mediterranean region through historically informed yet vividly contemporary interpretations.

The concert takes place in the unique natural setting of the Paros Environmental & Cultural Park, on the protected peninsula of Ai-Yiannis Detis. Here, where nature meets culture, Festival at the Park continues to build bridges between eras, peoples and musical traditions, offering audiences unforgettable experiences beneath the star-filled sky of the Aegean.

PERFORMERS
Irini Bilini-Moraiti - vocals, vielle, tambouras, percussion
Athanasia Teliou - medieval vielle, viola da gamba

About Paros Park

Through a wide range of cultural, educational and environmental initiatives, Paros Park seeks to offer meaningful experiences and opportunities throughout the year for both the local community and visitors to the island. Founded in 2009 as a municipal enterprise, the Park was created to promote a different vision for culture and sustainable tourism in the Aegean. A pioneer of its kind in the Cyclades, the Paros Environmental & Cultural Park extends across an 800,000-square-metre peninsula and operates to protect and showcase the unique landscape of Ai-Yiannis Detis. Every summer, it hosts Festival at the Park under the artistic direction of Themistocles Karpodinis.

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