Editorial

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10 PIANOS AND ORCHESTRA
The Steinway Club (Cyprus) in collaboration
with the Ministry of Education and Culture
offered music lovers a truly memorable event.
On Monday, 19th September, 2005 the Strovolos
Theatre hosted the world première of
a Concert for 10 Pianos and Orchestra. The
concert was the brainchild of the President of
the Steinway Club and much-respected Cypriot
composer, Savvas Savva. The ten grand
pianos especially constructed for the show
were either shipped or even flown out to
Cyprus by the piano manufacturer Gebruder
Perzina. The Steinway Club has generously
donated seven of the pianos to the Ministry
of Education & Culture so that they can
be placed in seven schools around the
island.
The first part of the concert was devoted to
the 10 pianists who were all Cypriots, holders
of Master of Music in Performance degrees:
Nicholas Constantinou, Eleni Mavromoustaki,
Manolis Neophytou, Julietta Demetriades,
Mikela Papamichael, Plotinos Micromatis,
Ourania Menelaou, Andri Hadjiandreou
and Maria Antoniou. They performed
a Dance Suite for 10 Pianos by Savvas Savva:
Zeibekikos, Kinisa Htes Na’ rtho, Saranta
Palikaria, To Drepani, a contemporary work
with definite Cypriot flavour.
In the second half, the Cyprus State Orchestra
joined the pianists with conductor Maciej
Zoltowski. The work was "Mediaeval Cyprus
– A Concert for 10 Pianos and Orchestra"
and was divided into three parts: Kolossi Castle:
War and Peace; Karmi and Bellapais: From
Dawn to Sunset and finally Petra tou Romiou:
Adonis and Aphrodite. Each of the pieces captures
the rich history of the island which
was particularly colourful during the mediaeval
period.
The concert was recorded by Steinway Club