THEY SING FOR FRIENDSHIP

Echoes from Concerts in Athens and Istanbul

Mikis and Zülfü, friends for friendship

11 October 1999

 

THEODORAKIS, FARANDURI AND LIVANELI TO SING TOGETHER AT ''FRIENDSHIP CONCERT'' IN ISTANBUL AND ATHENS

 
ISTANBUL, October 11 (A.A) - Mikis Theodorakis, Maria Faranduri and Zulfu Livaneli will give a ''Friendship Concert'' at Istanbul's Harbiye open air theater on October 12 and at Athens Constitution Square on October 13. The concert was postponed due to the earthquake which hit Athens on September 8.
An orchestra composed of Turkish, Greek, and German musicians will accompany Theodorakis, Faranduri, and Livaneli on Tuesday night. The concert will start at 7.30 p.m.
All the revenues of the concert will be given to quake victims both in Turkey and Greece. The tickets are available at Vakkorama branches, various book and music stores and Harbiye open air theater.
Tasos Mandelis, the Greek Transportation and Communication Minister, five parliamentarians, artists, and unionists will come to Istanbul from Greece on Tuesday to watch the concert.

 

MINISTER TO ATTEND TURKISH QUAKE FUND-RAISER

Athens News Agency: News in English (PM)

Transport and Communications Minister Tassos Mandelis will meet with his Turkish counterpart Ennis Oksuz in Istanbul on Tuesday, an ANA dispatch from Ankara reported. Mandelis, who is in the Turkish city to attend a joint Greek-Turkish fund-raiser for quake relief, will arrive in Istanbul on Monday evening and meet Oksuz at midday on Tuesday. Also in Istanbul are MPs Rovertos Spyropoulos, from PASOK, Theofanis Didimoshakis, from New Democracy, Stavros Skopelitis, from Communist Party, and Mustafa Mustafa, from Left Coalition. All will be attending the concert to be given by composer Mikis Theodorakis, Turkish composer Zhulfi Livanelli and singer Maria Farantouri. The concert will be repeated in Athens on Wednesday night.

12 October 1999

 

GREEK DELEGATION IN ISTANBUL

 ANKARA, 12/10/1999 (ANA - A. Abatzis)
 
Transport and Communications Minister Tassos Mantelis will meet with his Turkish counterpart Ennis Oksuz in Istanbul today.
Mr. Mantelis, who will arrive today in the city to attend a joint Greek- Turkish fundraiser for quake relief, will meet Mr. Oksuz at midday today.
Also in Istanbul are Greek MPs Rovertos Spyropoulos, from PASOK, Theofanis Didimoshakis, from main opposition New Democracy, Stavros Skopelitis, from the Communist Party (KKE), and Mustafa Mustafa, from the Coalition of the Left (Synaspismos).
All will be attending the concert to be given by composer Mikis Theodorakis, Turkish composer Zhulfi Livanelli and singer Maria Farantouri. The concert will be repeated in Athens tomorrow night.
 
 

GREEK SINGER THEODORAKIS AND POLIZAGOPULOS, CHAIRMAN OF GREEK LABOUR CONFEDERATION, IN ISTANBUL

 
ISTANBUL, Oct 12 (A.A) - Greek singer Mikis Theodorakis and Hristos Polizagopulos, the Chairman of Greek Labour Confederation, arrived in Istanbul on Tuesday.
Theodorakis and Polizagopulos came to Istanbul to participate in the ''Friendship Concert'' which will be held for the quake survivors by the initiatives of the Turkish and Greek labour organizations. Polizagopulos said that Greece launched aid campaign for Turkey following the devastating quake.
Emphasizing that their aim is to set up a hospital in Izmit, Polizagopulos noted that they continue their efforts for this.
Theodorakis said that Turkish and Greek nations do not have any problems.
Stressing that they participate in the peace efforts for 13 years, Theodorakis stated that the best example for their efforts is the participation of the Turkish and Greek labour organizations in these efforts.
Noting that he believes that the administrators of the two countries should pay attention to the message of the two nations, Theodorakis stressed that they believe that the peace, friendship, and cooperation will prevail at last.
 

OPEN-AIR CONCERT FOR FRIENDSHIP


The concert by Zulfi Livaneli, Mikis Theodorakis and Maria Faranduri, which was postponed due to the earthquake, will be staged in Istanbul's Harbiye Open-Air Theatre at 19:30 tonight. A huge orchestra comprising Turkish, Greek and German musicians will accompany Theodorakis, Livaneli and Faranduri. Theodorakis spoke to `Sabah' newspaper and said, "We should protect the flowers that bloomed among the tragedies caused by the earthquake that saddened the people of both countries." /Sabah/

13 October 1999

 

THEY SING FOR FRIENDSHIP

Greek singer Mikis Theodorakis, Maria Faranduri, and Turkish singer Zulfu Livaneli sang for friendship in Istanbul. The ''Friendship Concert'' which had been planned to be held in an earlier date was postponed after a quake hit Greece. The singers sang their best-loved songs for friendship on the same stage. SABAH (LIBERAL)


 

IN TURKISH


-TURK VE YUNAN SANATCILARIN ''DOSTLUK KONSERi''...
-MiKiS THEODORAKiS, ZULFU LiVANELi VE MARiA FARANDURi, YARIN AK$AM HARBiYE ACIKHAVA TiYATROSU'NDA, 13 EKiM'DE DE ATiNA ANAYASA MEYDANI'NDA DEPREMZEDELER iCiN KONSER VERECEK
-KONSERiN BUTUN GELiRLERi TURKiYE VE YUNANiSTAN'DAKi   DEPREMZEDELERE AKTARILACAK
 
iSTANBUL (A.A) - Yunan sanatcIlar Mikis Theodorakis, Maria Faranduri ile Zulfu Livaneli, yarIn ak$am Harbiye AcIkhava Tiyatrosu'nda, 13 Ekim'de de Atina Anayasa MeydanI'nda depremzedeler icin ''Dostluk Konseri'' verecek.
DiSK'ten yapIlan acIklamaya gore, Turk-i$, Hak-i$, DiSK ve KESK'in Yunanistan Genel Emek Konfederasyonu (GSEE) ile duzenlediGi ortak konser, 8 Eylul tarihinde Atina'da meydana gelen deprem nedeniyle ertelenmi$ti.
Harbiye AcIkhava Tiyatrosu'nda yarIn saat 19.30'da ba$layacak konserde Theodorakis, Faranduri ve Livaneli'ye Turk, Yunan ve Alman muzisyenlerinden olu$an bir orkestra e$lik edecek.
Butun gelirleri Turkiye ve Yunanistan'daki depremzedelere aktarIlacak konserin biletleri Vakkorama $ubeleri, ce$itli kitap ve muzikevleri ile Harbiye AcIkhava Tiyatrosu'nda satIlacak.
Atina'daki deprem nedeniyle ertelenen konser icin bilet alanlarIn biletleri de gecerli olacak.
Ote yandan, konser nedeniyle Yunanistan Ula$tIrma ve ileti$im BakanI Tasos Mandelis, parlamentoyu temsilen 5 milletvekili ile sanatcI ve sendikacIlardan olu$an cok sayIda konuk da istanbul'a gelecek.

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