Municipal Concert Band of Kalamaria Municipality

Municipal Concert Band of Kalamaria Municipality

Municipal Concert Band of Kalamaria Municipality

The Municipality of Kalamaria Wind Orchestra accomplice 41 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.

From November 1991 to May 2024, the conductor of the orchestra was Yannis Koukas.

Today, the Philharmonic is conducted by Rodolfos Partos as guest conductor.

The leader of the orchestra is Anastasios Danailidis.