The Berengaria International Music Festival

The Berengaria International Music Festival is dedicated to the presentation of both chamber and solo music performed by high caliber musicians from all over the world.

Its 7th edition will take place between April 8th and 10th, 2009 at the Rialto Theater in Limassol and is organized by the Municipality of Kato Polemidia and the Rialto Theater in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Since its creation in 2003 artists from Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Israel, Romania, Russia, Switzerland and Taiwan have been guests of the festival.

One of the aims of the festival is to introduce new audience, especially young people, to the classical music. For this reason Berengaria offers every year two morning concerts played by exceptionally gifted young prize winners.

Programme

Wednesday 8th April
Morning Concert - Free entrance

H. Rabaud - Solo de concours
C. Saint-Saens - Sonata for clarinet and piano

Thursday 9th April
Celebration Concert

F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Concert piece No. 2 in D minor op. 114
Phanos Dymiotis - Trio for violin, baritone saxophone and piano
H. Rabaud - Solo de concours
H. Villa-Lobos - Alma brasileira, A dança do indio branco
P. Iturralde - Suite hellenique for alto saxophone and piano 

Friday 10th April
Vive la France

C. Saint-Saens - Tarantella
A. Caplet - Rêverie et Petite Valse
F. Chopin - Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
C. Debussy - Rhapsodie
G. Gershwin - Three preludes (Arr. Sebastian Benda)
C. Franck - Sonata in A major for flute and piano

Artistic Direction: Matheos Kariolou and Denise Benda

Musicians: Felix Renggli, François Benda, Elina Gotsouliak, Menelaos Menelaou, Yiannis Miralis, Catalina Teican, Orfeas Hiratos, Denise Benda