Xanthi’s music festival becomes more exiting
1.200 young musicians gave great concert in the hurt of Xanhi. Xanthi’s music festival is on the way to become European Music Festival. More than 1.200 students of Music Schools across Greece, teachers and escorts visited Xanthi, as part of the Festival of Music Schools.
Students from 25 Music Schools in the country created a dreamy atmosphere.
On the occasion of the end of the most populous and long-awaited event of the institution, due to the two-year suspension due to the pandemic, the municipality of Xanthi, on the occasion of the festival says: "The closing ceremony had everything: harmony, lyricism, poetry, emotion, joy, optimism, fun, that the students of the country, offered in large doses to all those who attended the event.
And it was a "response, from the young men and women of our country, that no matter what happens, in the end people manage to stand up, create and smile", as the Mayor of Xanthi Manolis Tsepelis underlined, in his speech , on Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Tsepelis pointed out that the 7th Festival of Music Schools may be completed, but "no one can put an end to creativity, liveliness, dynamics. "We cannot put an end to the 'beautiful' and the 'true'", he stressed and promised that "next year, I will invite the representatives of the Ministry of Culture to see for themselves the cultural work that is being done, here in Xanthi, by the youth of our country ".
He continued by saying "We make an appointment for the next celebration of joy, optimism, creativity. I hope next year, the 25 schools will be doubled and the voice of our youth will be united with the voice of the young people who will come from all over Europe ", reiterating the intention of the municipal authority to create a" European Festival "next year.
"Let us all make a Great European celebration together. The young people, with their always restless spirit and their bright smile, will lead us on the path of Culture, Peace, and Brotherhood ", he noted…
He thanked the important composer, Nikos Kypourgos who, "all these years, puts under his bag this beautiful and lively creativity", as well as Pantelis Thalassinos and all the creators who participated and contributed to this institution.
The Mayor congratulated the organizers for the perfect organization and made special mention of the volunteers, "who always give the present, tirelessly and with unprecedented enthusiasm", but also the teachers of the Music schools of our country and the escorts, who were here with them. "Next year in this Square, in Democracy Square, from Xanthi, let us send a message of cooperation and friendship. "A message of… Agreement, Harmony to the whole world!" he underlined.
Kypourgos: “the best we have seen”
With warm words and with an emotional charge, the constant companion of the festival, Nikos Kypourgos spoke about the event. He said: "This institution, the Music Schools, is the best we have seen in the last decades in our country, it is a wonderful institution that produces such children, with such morals, such kindness, such discipline and I am happy and I get energy and strength from them and I hope to be able to reciprocate at some point. "
