Sani Competition 2024 – line-up introduced

Sani Resort has unveiled its line-up for this summer time’s annual Sani Competition. An internationally acclaimed music competition that takes place at world’s main luxurious seaside resort in Greece every year. Sani Competition has been welcoming worldwide artists to carry out atop their iconic Sani Hill for over three a long time.

Going down each Saturday night time from July into August, this yr’s 32^nd version of the Sani Competition has attracted one other stellar array of worldwide acclaimed artists performing classical, jazz, soul, R&B, pop and ethnic music, on the Kassandra peninsula, with breathtaking views over the Aegean Sea. The most important privately organised competition in Greece, this yr’s Sani Competition line up contains legendary artists of the worldwide music scene: Plácido Domingo, Tom Jones, the Gipsy Kings, Madeleine Peyroux. A devoted live performance to Greek Music pays musical tribute in appreciation of the centenary of the famed Mimis Plessas, one of the crucial distinguished Greek composers of all time. 

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Sani Competition – 2024 Line Up Introduced

The legendary Plácido Domingo will likely be opening this yr’s competition, gracing the stage on sixth July to offer an unforgettable night with one of many best operatic tenors of all time. With an illustrious profession together with some 150 roles and greater than 4.400 performances, over 100 recordings, and a formidable assortment of 12 Grammy Awards,he’s rightfully acknowledged as one of many most interesting and most influential singing actors within the historical past of opera.

Acting on Sani Hill on Saturday 6^th July, the musical maestrois assured to enchant. Performing beside him would be the tenor, Mario Frangoulis, a classical crossover artist recognized to the world for his powerhouse vocals and charismatic stay performances, and the soprano Christina Poulitsi, a fascinating performer declared “among the finest interpreters of the position of the Queen of the Evening” in Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’”. On stage for this efficiency will even be the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, one of many main and historic symphonic ensembles in Greece, beneath the gifted course of Jordi Bernàcer.

Acclaimed jazz singer-song author, Madeleine Peyroux, will likely be returning to Sani Competition this yr on 13^th July – a decade since she final carried out on the hill. Twenty years since her well-known album ‘Careless Love’ bought half one million copies Madeleine Peyroux returns to Sani Hill along with her most brave work thus far, ‘Let’s Stroll.’ The album cleverly interweaves jazz, folks, and chamber pop, with themes starting from the confessional to the political, whimsical and craving.

On 20^th July, Sani Competition welcomes worldwide icon Tom Jones, to carry out upon Sani Hill. With a profession spanning over six magnificent a long time, Tom Jones has persistently mesmerized audiences together with his timeless melodies, hit songs and unparalleled charisma, solidifying his place as one of many best singers and recording artists of all time.

Sani Competition is honoured to host on 27^th July a musical tribute in appreciation of the centenary of the famed Mimis Plessas, one of the crucial distinguished Greek composers of all time. Born within the cultural epicenter of Athens in 1924, Plessas’ musical legacy transcends generations, incomes him common acclaim and adoration. With nearly a century of musical mastery to his title, together with scores for 104 movies and 70 theatrical productions, Plessas’ affect on three generations of Greeks is actually unmatched. From the soul-stirring ‘Who is aware of/Pios to xerei’ to the enchanting ‘I’ll drink tonight the moon/Tha pio apopse to feggari,’ Plessas’ melodies have woven themselves into the material of Greek tradition. This homage will likely be enriched by the performances of famend Greek artists Stefanos Korkolis, Dimitris Mpasis and Sofia Manousaki, who shall information the viewers on a magical journey celebrating a century of Plessas.

Worldwide pop-sensation Emeli Sandé will likely be performing the likes of Subsequent To Me, Clown and Heaven on 3^rd August. In 2012, she delivered a mesmerising efficiency on the London Olympics, adopted by profitable the Critics’ Selection prize on the BRIT Awards in 2013. Praised by legendary artists reminiscent of Madonna and Alicia Keys, her debut album ‘Our Model of Occasions’ stays one of many best-selling data of the 2010s, that includes hit singles like ‘Heaven’, ‘Learn All About It’, and ‘Subsequent To Me.’ Now touring along with her fifth studio album, ‘How Have been We To Know,’ Emeli Sandé will grace Sani Hill on Saturday, August third, with an unforgettable efficiency, enchanting the viewers along with her highly effective voice and melodies.

Closing this yr’s Sani Competition on 10^th August with a journey by the gypsy music custom, is the world-renowned Gipsy Kings that includes Tonino Baliardo. Cousin of the good Manatas De Plata, the founder and chief of Gipsy Kings, Tonino Baliardo is a guitar virtuoso and extremely esteemed composer, recognized for much-loved hits reminiscent of ‘Bamboleo’ and ‘Djobi Djoba’.

Stars within the Hill

Sani Competition is a cultural establishment and the one privately organised competition in Greece. For 3 a long time Sani Competition has supported true and genuine artwork by music with the competition striving to entertain, uplift and fulfill the resort’s imaginative and prescient of elevated leisure. Awarded the World’s Main Cultural Vacation spot Resort 2023 at the World Journey Awards, Sani Resort celebrated the 31^st yr of Sani Competition in 2023. Right here’s the programme.

CLASSICAL WAVES

Saturday 6^th July 2024 

Plácido Domingo 

JAZZ ON THE HILL