The 3rd Emil Gilels Piano Festival will be holding masterclasses for the participation of twelve young pianists from around the world. These will be given by Robert Levin, Lilya Zilberstein and Dimitri Bashkirov. Applicants are kindly requested to send their application form, photograph, payment confirmation for the application fee as well as a recording (DVD or CD) by the 31st of December 2015.

Βridging curriculum and children’s musicking: Recruiting South African children’s multimodal musical games as resources for musical education by Dr Susan Harrop-Allin, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa on Monday 23rd November 2015 at 6.30 p.m.

Applications open from November 15, 2015 to February 8, 2016.

Omega is a “strategic partnership” financed by the European Commission and coordinated by Yaşar University of Izmir. Its subject is the employability of arts graduates. In the course of the partnership 30 students and 10-15 teachers from the following European institutions will take part in an ‘intensive pilot course’ on Art and Music Students in Business. Deadline: 14 NOVEMBER 2015.

Department of Music Studies: AQUA JAZZ in Corfu, November 11th to 14th, 2015.

Clinical Group Improvisation in Music Therapy: How does it work? Presentation and Open Workshop Come to celebrate with us the 2nd European Music Therapy Day Presentation/Facilitation: Ioanna Etmektsoglou, Music Therapist, Assistant Professor in Psychology of Music, Ionian University, Departmet of Music SUNDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2015 UNIVERSITY MUSIC BUILDING Old Fortress, Corfu 17:00 – 19:00 FREE (...)

The website welcome2ionio is online for new students 2015-2016.

Dimos Dimitriadis Quartet, with the supprt of HFC-Odessa, will participate in Odessa Jazz Fest 2015. The quartet will perform September 19, 2015 at 19:00 in the Grand Hall of Odessa Philharmonic Society (15 Bunina Street).

The Postgraduate Programme of "Creative Writing" of the University of Western Macedonia in cooperation with the Department of Archives, Library Science and Museology as weel as the Regional Directorate of Primary andSecondary Education of the Ionian Islands are glad to announce the organisation of the 2nd International Conference on "Creative Writing" from October, 1st to October 4th, 2015, in Corfu, Ionian University.

Mediterranean MusiChild Festival Review

Summer vacation period for the year 2015 lasts from August 3rd to August 28th, 2015.

As part of the Summer Music Academy 2015, this Saturday, July 18th at 22:30, a representation of the work: architectural projection mapping Variations on Construction" will take place at St. George's Church inside the Old Fortress of Corfu.

International Summer Music Academymusic.ionio.gr/academy   First International Vocal Masterclasses   29/6-4/7/15, Corfu Summer Academy in Choral Conducting 2015   1-7/7/15, Corfu Summer Music Academy: MusiChild [6-11/7/2015]   6-11/7/2015, Corfu DMS: Corfu Deep Strings Summer Academy   13-17/7/15, Corfu (...)

The Department of Music Studies of the Ionian University loses one of its most prominent honorary doctorate.

The Annual Meeting for Internatinal Relations Coordinators 2015 will take place at the Ionian University of Corfu in the framework of the AEC Project FULL SCORE.

The Department of Audio and Visual Arts (AVARTS) and the Department of Music Studies (Electroacoustic Music Research and Applications Lab, EPHMEE) of the Ionian University once again jointly organize the 9th annual Festival of Audiovisual Arts.

The “Kostis Palamas” program and the the Department of Audio and Visual Arts organizes a School of seminar courses dedicated to the theme of “Art and Communication” in cooperation with the 9th Festival of Audiovisual Arts. Participation is free and after the completion of these intense courses, the trainees will receive a certificate of attendance. Αpply for participation (priority order will be served): http://kostispalamas.uoa.gr/?page_id=1557

Monday June 22: Lambis Vassiliadis Recital Tuesday June 23: Dimopoulos Dimitris, Dimopoulos Nikos, Chamber Music Recital Wednesday June 24: Eri Nakagawa Recital Thursday June 25: Student Recital Friday June 26: Student Recital Saturday June 27: Dr. Nikolas Dorbarakis lecture (Music Department building) All the concerts will take place at the Ionian Academy at 8:00p.m. every (...)

Sound In Motion symposium is organized by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts and ERHMEE (Electroacoustic Music Research and Applications Laboratory) of the Ionian University in collaboration with EASTN (European Art Science Technology Network). It constitutes of concerts of electroacoustic music, audiovisual events and presentations, which will take place in Corfu, between 27-30 May 2015, at the Old Ionian Parliament.

The Corfu Arts Foundation in collaboration with the Ionian University, Department of Music Studies, is proud to announce the first International Vocal Masterclasses in Corfu.We welcome two great opera singers of international acclaim, Susan Bullock, soprano, and Richard Berkeley-Steele, tenor, who have accepted our invitation to give a masterclasses in Corfu from 29th June to 3rd July.The (...)

GUEST PROFESSOR – The world-renowned conductor of children’s and youth choirs ZIMFIRA POLOZ, Conductor of the Hamilton Children’s Choir and guest professor at the University of Toronto, CANADA   Zimfira Poloz specializes in the pedagogy of children’s choirs particularly the age group of 8 – 14 years. She applies an original and innovative method in the development of vocal (...)