Αυτό το Σαββατοκύριακο το περιοδικό Greece Is κυκλοφορεί ως ένθετο στους International New York Times με συνέντευξη του 20χρονου Αλέξανδρου Πουρλουκάκη, από την Πτολεμαΐδα! Ο Αλέξανδρος που σήμερα είναι φοιτητής στο τμήμα Μουσικής Επιστήμης και Τέχνης του Πανεπιστημίου Μακεδονίας, πέρασε από το Μουσικό Σχολείο Πτολεμαΐδας και σήμερα διαπρέπει μουσικά ως μαέστρος στη Συμφωνικής Ορχήστρας του Πανεπιστημίου.
Ο Αλέξανδρος είναι ένας από τους δώδεκα νέους μουσικούς της Θεσσαλονίκης τους οποίους καταγράφει το ρεπορτάζ, το οποίο σας μεταφέρει το “e-ptolemeos.gr”.
Διαβάστε τη συνέντευξη στην Alex Tzavella:
GREECE IS THESSALONIKI
Heart and Design: 12 Creatives on Why They Love Thessaloniki
Twelve innovative young Thessaloniki residents meet with us at their favorite waterfront spots to explain how the city helps to inspire them in their work.
ALEXANDROS POURLOUKAKIS –CONDUCTOR
Born and raised in Ptolemaida, 20-year-old Alexandros is studying Music Science and Arts at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki and is one of the youngest conductors in Greece.
When the afternoon rehearsals of the Symphony Orchestra of the University of Macedonia are over, I often stroll around the city listening to classical music on the radio, humming along to operas. Sometimes I take my headphones off and listen to the natural sounds that surround me instead, the city’s own soundtrack. There’s a hidden harmony amid the chaos of Thessaloniki, a composition that accompanies you as you move around the city. This music includes the noise of the crowds and the cars on Egnatia Avenue, the melodies of street musicians, the cries of toddlers and babies, and the footfalls of joggers along the seaside promenade. The fishermen’s songs and the splash of the waves at the end of the New Waterfront are in there, too, as are the shouts from merchants at the Kapani Market, and the lively discussions among the students at their hangouts on Navarinou Street. Then there’s near silence, the hush at the Rotunda.
I don’t think I’m the only one that hears this concert. In recent years, more and more young people have found a creative outlet in symphonic music and expressed interest in joining one of Thessaloniki’s musical ensembles. New orchestras, the nurseries of future musicians, have been formed, including Muse, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall. I’m thinking of continuing my studies abroad, but it would wonderful if, in the future, there were big musical productions and creative collaborations here at home, projects that could tempt back those who move away in order to expand their horizons, but are still filled with nostalgia for their city.
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