Noontime Concert with Mavrothi T. Kontanis

Name: Noontime Concert with Mavrothi T. Kontanis
Start: 2025-01-17T12:00:00-08:00
Location: 2420 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97232-2784, United States

Schedule

Fri, 17 Jan, 2025 at 12:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

2420 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97232-2784, United States | Portland, OR

Join us for our free concert series with top Portland musicians! Pack a lunch or stop by one of the many nearby eateries at NE 24th and Glisan. Bring your food in (no pork or shellfish, please) and come and hear the music!
The concerts will feature small ensembles and soloists that are semi-acoustic and always enlivening. The EJC welcomes seniors, parents and kids, students, and all others. What better thing is there to do on a Friday afternoon?!
Mavrothi Kontanis is an eternal student of music on a range of instruments and voice, focused especially on the older music of Greece and the Near East. Based in the US but with roots in Halkidiki, Greece, he is known better as a singer in some circles or as a teacher in others, but feels most at home crafting a melody with an oud in his hands.
By keeping an open mind and drawing from his diverse experiences as a Greek and as an American, Mavrothi performs and creates music that is both Eastern and Western; old and new.