Beats'n'Pieces

The music project Beats'n'Pieces returns to Technopolis 20 garden, on Friday, 30th of August t 8pm. Enjoy a music project of songs from various music genres - as suggested by its name – that was created in 2018 aiming to explore the diverse depictions of love in different music styles. As time goes by the repertoire keeps growing, and this year's exploration is in jazz, pop and soul, including some original songs.

The quartet consists of Eleonora Roussou (voice, flute), Alexis Kasinos (guitar), Andreas Rodosthenous (bass) and Rodos Panagiotou (drums).

Entrance: 15 euro

Tickers available online: www.technopolis20.com

Info: 70002420

Technopolis 20 celebrates 10 years of creativity, a decade of events, and a vibrant presence in the artistic scene of Paphos and beyond!

With the arrival of summer, our concerts will come alive in the enchanting setting of our garden. As part of our 10-year celebration, we've curated a diverse programme that showcases talented musicians across various genres, instruments, and styles. Enjoy jazz, ethnic or fusion music, a rock band, or a traditional ensemble under the starry sky until October.

This year marks a decade of our deep love and passion for the arts and culture, and we're thrilled to invite you to celebrate with us!

A few words about the musicians

Eleonora Roussou begins her musical journey at the age of five at the National Conservatoire of Cyprus, where she attains diplomas cum laude in classical piano and classical flute. She studies classical piano at the University of Sheffield (BMus Hons), where she is awarded the Sir Thomas Beecham Scholarship, and Psychology of Music (MA Psychology of Music). Furthermore, she studies Jazz Flute Performance at Codarts Conservatorium Rotterdam (BA Jazz Performance), where she is awarded the Huygens Scholarship program (2011-2012). Ms Roussou participates in a vast array of jazz, classical, folk and fusion music concerts as a performer and composer - North Sea Jazz festival (NED), Europalia Music festival (BEL), Rotterdam Architecture festival (NED), Zyprische Frühling (GER), Epidavros Theater festival (GRE), Kypria Festival (CY), Axiothea Festival (CY), Zyprische Miniaturen (GER) , Pafos 2017 (CY), Zyprische Momente (GER) - as well as in many album, soundtrack and advertisement recordings. She collaborates with various theatre groups in Cyprus as a music coach, arranger, and onstage performer (THOC, Theatro Lexis, Paravan Productions, Persona Theatre group et al.) and works on stage with artists such as Stavros Lantsias, Stamatis Kraounakis, and Costas Cacoyiannis. Eleonora is currently based in Cyprus as a freelance performer, composer, arranger and teacher and is preparing her first solo album, “Hará".

Alexis Kasinos is a guitarist and composer based in Cyprus. He attended piano and guitar lessons from a young age. He graduated with cum laude in jazz guitar (BMus and MMus) from the Codarts Conservatory in 2015, and the Amsterdam Conservatory in 2017, respectively. Throughout his studies in the Netherlands, Alexis performed with various small and big ensembles in well-known venues including the Lantaren Venster and the Melkweg Theatre. He also participated in jazz workshops and received lessons from internationally reputable musicians such as Peter Bernstein, Jesse Van Ruller and Gilad Hekselman.

Alexis currently performs with various bands as a leader and sideman with original compositions and arrangements. In 2019 he released his debut album Right Place, Right Time.

Andreas Rodosthenous was born in Limassol, in 1977 and started playing music from a very young age, self-taught. He studied in the Rotterdam's Conservatory in The Netherlands where he had the chance to play along with Annaelis DeJong, Thierry Castel, Ilja Reijngoud in music stages like the Bim Haus, Dizzy Jazz club, Theater De Evenaar and many more. He had the opportunity to collaborate and record with Vasilis Papacostantinou and Christoforos Krokidis in Greece as well as local artists like, Savvas Chouvartas, Vasiliki Anastasiou, Nikolas Mavresis, Nicole Ardanitou. He has recorded and published his own music on the cd “Simplicity” in 2015, along with the musicians, Giorgos Morfitis on the piano, Alkis Agathokleous on the ney and Stelios Xydias on the drums. Five years later the 2nd album of Andreas has been released titled “Complexity” with Christos Yerolatsitis on the Rhodes piano and Stelios Xydias on drums, an album that has been recorded at the Dogyard studio by Andreas Rodosthenous.

He also has appeared in festivals like the Fusion festival in Germany, EUNIC jazz festival in Berlin, Technopolis jazz festival in Athens and at the music:LX in Louxembourg. Andreas composes the music for choreographer Julia Brendle as well as for choreographer Evi Panagiotou. He has also worked for the play “Hamlet” (composer and improvised music) in Nicosia, CY, directed by Paris Erotokritou. His most recent collaboration is with the Natalia Rose quartet. Natalia is a guitarist from Colombia currently residing in Germany. Since 2010 Andreas lives in Cyprus and collaborates with local as well as international musicians. He is also a music teacher at the afternoon lessons of the music schools of the ministry of education and culture.

Rodos Panagiotou was born in a family of musicians in Limassol. He started music lessons from a very young age. In 1998 he received his first diploma from the Hellenic Conservatory and a few years later he received his Bachelor of Music from Codarts Conservatory in Holland. He has participated in a vast array of concerts with well known Greek and Cypriot artists like Nkos Xanthopoulos, Yiota Lydia, Stratos Kyprios, Zagoraios, Anagnostakis, George Dalaras, Marios Frangoulis, Costas Makedonas, Pantelis Thalassinos, Vassilis lekas, Demetris Bassis, Manolis Lydakis, Costas Hatzis, Vassilis Saleas, Vicky Leandros, Nena Venetsanou, Lakis Halkias, Glykeria, Antreas Georgiou, Stefanos Korkolis and Miltiadis Paschalidis. He has been a drums and percussions teacher at the European University of Cyprus since 2007. In 2009 he founded Batukinio, a 35-member percussion group, who participated in the Opening Ceremony of Small States Games in Cyprus, and who have been performing all over Cyprus since.