Greek Chamber Music Project – Record label and presenter of chamber music by Greek composers

Save the dates for our newest program coming to the Bay this May.
Remembering the Jews of Greece
Photo by Donnie Riggs
Michael Malis & Alekos Syropoulos perform at Kerrytown Concert House on April 1, 2012. Photo by Mariangela Chatzistamatiou
GCMP collaborated with the Amaranth Quartet, as well as Elektra Schmidt and Schyler Karr in a concert of chamber music at San Francisco State University on March 9, 2017.
Mariangela Chatzistamatiou & Pantelis Polychronidis perform at Kerrytown Concert House on April 1, 2012. Photo by Mariangela Chatzistamatiou
Composer, pianist, and improvising musician Michael Malis spearheaded this concert in a program of new adaptations of some of Manos Hadjidakis’ best-known compositions, as well as some of his lesser-known gems. Malis, who is of Greek-American descent, brought a unique perspective to this music, seamlessly blending jazz, classical, folk, and creative music. The sold-out concert featured solo piano, as well as newly formed quartet comprised of Michele Ramo (mandolin and fretless guitar); flutist and GCMP founder Ellie Falaris Ganelin; and cellist Abigail Alwin, an improvising musician with a deep affinity for Greek music.

The Greek Chamber Music Project (GCMP) is an ensemble that celebrates the Greek world through captivating programming in intimate concert settings. Recent programs have included the East Coast tour Remembering the Jews of Greece, deeply personal songs about The Iliad in Conversations with Homer, and the commissioning of Talos Dreams inspired by the myth of the first robot.

GCMP is a champion of Greek composers, shedding light on the rich musical repertoire coming out of Greece and the Greek diaspora. GCMP’s concerts of all-Greek works are so unique, that similar programs are rarely performed even within Greece. GCMP has released three full-length albums and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Library of Congress, as well as cultural centers and universities across the U.S. and Canada.

Accolades

“The sonorities were prodigiously diverse, reflecting as broad an array of dispositions as one might encounter in an eighteenth-century string quartet.” -Stephen Smoliar, The Rehearsal Studio, December 2021

“Such a delightful surprise.” –San Francisco Classical Voice, by Lily O’Brien, February 2017

“The accomplished musicians’ dynamic and powerful performance stirred the imagination and fed the souls” -Hellenic Society Prometheas Newsletter, by Patty Apostolides, July 2014

“[Chamber music] may conjure different images to different people, but music of the Greek Chamber Music Project will transport you to another place, and time. For me, it took me seaside. The beautifully arranged pieces bring nostalgic thoughts of Greece. The works mirror life: at once calm and peaceful, then a bit moody, but we’re always brought back to that peaceful, beautiful time.” -Windy City Greek, by Maria Karamitsos, September 28, 2015

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Releases

The Moon is Red: A Tribute to Manos Hadjidakis

Hellenic Song: A Musical Migration

The Moon is Red

For A Little White Seashell, Op. 1 - X. Big Sousta

Cypriot Rhapsody for Piano and Flute

Paper Moon

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