The traditional lighting of AUTh’s Christmas tree took place despite the adverse weather conditions, filling the gathering with a festive atmosphere and warm holiday spirit. The first‑year choir of the School of Music Studies, “Trisevgeni Kalokyri,” together with members of the “Yannis Mantakas” Choir, enriched the evening with their voices, performing well‑known and beloved carols from across Greece. The choir was conducted by Erifili Damianou.
Program:
- Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night
- Carols from Pontus
- Carols from Kastoria (arrangement Tasos Pappas)
- Carols from Ikaria
- Carols from Crete
- Christmas Carols
Instrumental accompaniment:
- Pantelis Terezakis – Cretan lyre
- Eleni Gotsi, Vasilis Stefanidis – Pontiac lyre
- Konstantinos Theocharous – Lute, guitar
- Michalis Papageroudis – Lute
- Panagiotis Chalatsoglou – Traditional drum
- Erifili Damianou – Piano, Conductor
