Apollon International Chamber Music Festival

The AICMF will take place over four nights, from 7, 8, 9 and 10 November, in the beautiful and luxurious surrounds of the five star Annabelle Hotel in Paphos.

Our mission is to foster a greater appreciation of classical music in the Mediterranean region by presenting performances featuring world-class musicians in beautiful surroundings, while emphasizing the development of a broad based, sustainable audience through education. Classical music is deemed by many to be elitist and there is a worldwide struggle to find alternative ways of encouraging people to concerts.

In the Festival, we have tried, together with Artistic Director Yuri Zhislin, to create a concert atmosphere where both the audience and musicians feel they are sharing an evening of music together – where everyone is comfortable and relaxed. The aim is to make attending a classical music concert attractive to new audiences, while simultaneously presenting chamber music of the highest quality to the discerning listener.

Yuri Zhislin has compiled four superb evenings of chamber music, including works by Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Piazolla. Zhislin explained “Through the programming, we have strived to meet a wide range of musical tastes, from traditional quartets, to both smaller and larger ensembles and have designed it to appeal to judicious, regular concert-goers while hopefully enchanting and enticing newcomers. I’m naturally delighted to be working with so many renowned, internationally acclaimed musicians including violinist Natalia Lomeiko, violist Lise Berthaud, cellist Kyril Zlotnikov and pianist Charles Owen.”

Apollon Artists is proud to collaborate with Top Kinisis. Vice President of Top Kinisis Elena Tanou reiterated the importance of cultural tourism. “In these economically challenging times, it is essential for companies to increase their marketing strategy to include diverse and possibly untapped markets. Culture naturally encompasses so many aspects but special interest tourism is an area which we hope, together with Apollon Artists to further develop and expand. We are not only targeting the international markets but hope that our local population will also take advantage of the excellent packages on offer. If everyone takes just one friend to experience something new, we will have achieved our goal of opening possibilities.”