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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
NEW YORK – The Greek-American community and music lovers will have a chance to see the internationally renowned Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra when it makes its first United States appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Nov. 3.
Under the direction of its Founder and Artistic Director, Dionysis Grammenos, the orchestra is made up of 300 musicians, ages 18 – 26, from nearly 50 cities in Greece and throughout Europe.
The 95 GYSO musicians will present an eclectic evening of music including contemporary European and American popular symphonic works and a new take too on traditional Greek dance music through a symphonic lens.
“We could not be more excited that the Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra will make its American debut at Carnegie Hall this fall,” says Dionysis Grammenos Founder and Artistic Director of GYSO. “Just about 70 years ago to the date of our concert, the great Greek conductor, Dimitri Mitropoulos, led the New York Philharmonic in the debut of Nikos Skalkottas’ Greek Dances,” in Carnegie Hall, he said.
