For the second year, the precious Archive that the composer himself entrusted to the Music Library in 1997 and which has been continuously enriched ever since opens its doors to children! The stage fills with images, sounds, and true stories from Mikis’s life that inspired some of his most beloved songs.
Three actors/musicians play guitar, piano, and flute live, sing, perform dramatized scenes, and invite children on an exciting journey where the life of Mikis Theodorakis goes hand in hand with the history of Greece. Scores, diaries, photographs, and personal objects are projected on a screen, prompting discoveries, questions, and answers.
The Archive becomes the canvas for an interactive performance that sheds light on the composer’s multifaceted personality: the man, the creator, the activist, the visionary – a Greek of global stature with deep roots in folk tradition. Young spectators watch Mikis grow up and meet great poets such as Seferis, Elytis, and Ritsos, actively participate, sing, think, are moved, and discover how music can speak to the heart, bring people together, and inspire.
They discover Mikis’s cultural heritage, a force that can change the world, a true treasure!
