Municipal Concert Band of Kalamaria Municipality
The Municipality of Kalamaria Wind Orchestra accomplice 42 years of intense and creative activity. The citizens love for music and culture in general and the constant support of the municipal authority very soon gave rise to a multi-member and arguably remarkable group, which every year presents ίπ a large number of events a multitude of works from the Greek and international repertoire.
He has carried out concerts in Greece and abroad (Sweden, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, USA and Canada), as well as fruitful collaborations with numerous Philharmonics from all over Greece, such as his Philharmonic of the Hellenic Navy, the F.E. “Kapodistrias”, Arachova, ltea, Nafpaktos, Lefkada, Lixouri, Konitsa, Kozani, Karditsa, Tyrnavos, Edessa, Aeginio, Naoussa, Veria, Makrygialos, Katerinis, Ptolemaida, Sindos, Ampelokipi -Menemeni, Doxato, etc. as well as with corresponding orchestras abroad (Solna in Sweden, Lϋbeck and Hochrein in Germany, Liptovsky Mikulas in Slovakia, Sofia, Montana and Velingrad in Bulgaria.
They participated 3 times in productions of the Thessaloniki Music Hall, twice at the Film Festival, 3 times at lnternational Faire of Thessaloniki as well as in 2 documentaries of ERT 3. They held tributes with the presence – participation of the composers: Mikis Theodorakis, Stavros Kougioumtzis, Nikos Kipourgos, Dionysis Savvopoulos and Zois Tiganouria.
The orchestra’s principal conductors over the years have been: Kostas Samsarelos (1983–1987), Kostas Georgiadis (1988–1989), Giorgos Sidiropoulos (1990–1991), Ioannis Koukas (November 1991 – June 2024), Rodolfos Partos (June 2024 – June 2025).
The concertmaster of the orchestra is Anastasios Danailidis.
Maestro: Ioannis Koukas