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The Trio Tessera * - Women’s A Cappella Polyphonic Vocal Ensemble
— founding member
In the fall of 2021, the idea to sing with a group of women was sparked, and became a reality the following spring on the small island of Kythira. Three women gathered one Sunday morning the 17th of April in 2022, in the hall of the Philharmonik of Potamos with a love of music and the sound of voices coming together. The group quickly grew to four core members, with a voice for each major vocal range, and over the course of several months integrated guest musicians, conductors and composers, and can have six, seven, and sometimes eight or more singers; like any living organism it expands, contracts, and adapts to the environment and within different contexts.
At the suggestion of one of the members, they began with Tschaikovsky’s ‘Morning Prayer’ and ‘My Heart is Offered Still To You,’ which is attributed to Orlande De Lassus. Their repertoire includes classical, madrigals, folk, rock, jazz standards, and other pieces which express the beauty and truths in our hearts and minds, and our capacity to love.
The vocal ensemble’s debut performance was as a trio and part of an international concert in Kapsali Bay and an ‘Imaginary Suite’ (an experimental version of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’) composed by the island’s Marching Band conductor and head of the Philharmonic, Panayiotis Leftheris in 2022.
The following year, an expanded version of the group, The Trio Tessera Okto*, included eight members, most of which had no prior music training or professional singing experience. Conducted by Danai Lukidi, they performed the Bulgarian folk song ‘Kaval Sviri,’ which is considered a cultural treasure, and describes the pure joy and passion we feel when our heart is touched so deeply that we can fall in love with even a sound.
On World Music Day in 2023, also known as Make Music Day, The Trio Tessera Exi* collaborated with the local Philharmonic and gave a performance near the square of Potamos, singing in the archway of the Cultural Center while the band played across the street.
We are currently working on a Cypriot tune ‘Ksenitia tou Erota’ by Giorgos Kalogirou and a traditional song from Thrace ‘Militsa pou se ston Kremo’ arragned by Danai Loukidi.
— founding member
In the fall of 2021, the idea to sing with a group of women was sparked, and became a reality the following spring on the small island of Kythira. Three women gathered one Sunday morning the 17th of April in 2022, in the hall of the Philharmonik of Potamos with a love of music and the sound of voices coming together. The group quickly grew to four core members, with a voice for each major vocal range, and over the course of several months integrated guest musicians, conductors and composers, and can have six, seven, and sometimes eight or more singers; like any living organism it expands, contracts, and adapts to the environment and within different contexts.
At the suggestion of one of the members, they began with Tschaikovsky’s ‘Morning Prayer’ and ‘My Heart is Offered Still To You,’ which is attributed to Orlande De Lassus. Their repertoire includes classical, madrigals, folk, rock, jazz standards, and other pieces which express the beauty and truths in our hearts and minds, and our capacity to love.
The vocal ensemble’s debut performance was as a trio and part of an international concert in Kapsali Bay and an ‘Imaginary Suite’ (an experimental version of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’) composed by the island’s Marching Band conductor and head of the Philharmonic, Panayiotis Leftheris in 2022.
The following year, an expanded version of the group, The Trio Tessera Okto*, included eight members, most of which had no prior music training or professional singing experience. Conducted by Danai Lukidi, they performed the Bulgarian folk song ‘Kaval Sviri,’ which is considered a cultural treasure, and describes the pure joy and passion we feel when our heart is touched so deeply that we can fall in love with even a sound.
On World Music Day in 2023, also known as Make Music Day, The Trio Tessera Exi* collaborated with the local Philharmonic and gave a performance near the square of Potamos, singing in the archway of the Cultural Center while the band played across the street.
We are currently working on a Cypriot tune ‘Ksenitia tou Erota’ by Giorgos Kalogirou and a traditional song from Thrace ‘Militsa pou se ston Kremo’ arragned by Danai Loukidi.
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Related Link:
‘Imaginary Suite’ - The Trio Tessera performance video, 2022
The Trio Tessera Exi* World Music Day 2023 / The Trio Tessera Okto* Concert 2023
photo credit: Natsa Mountano / photo credit: Manos Skalidakis (frame from video)