Nikolaos Giannoukakis
Παλαιό Μέλος
https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/byzantine-chant-01508
Congratulations to all who made this a reality. This is a very significant development of historical proportions.
For the record, the idea to inscribe Byzantine Music and Byzantine Chant into the list of intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO was the brainchild of the late blessed Emmanuel Hatzimarkos, in 2008. After a number of discussions, starts and delays, in the summer of 2013, the American Society of Byzantine Music and Hymnology together with the European Art Center in Greece, submitted a dossier on the matter to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Section of UNESCO. Even though the submission and theme did not make it to the final round of accepted themes, the proposal was discussed at the 4th International Conference of the American Society of Byzantine Music and Hymnology in Greece. The idea was championed by Mr. Konstantinos Politis, then President of the Federation of Societies of Chantors of Greece, and his associates, especially Mr. Haris Symeonidis.
We are very delighted that those initial seeds came to fruition.
NG.
Congratulations to all who made this a reality. This is a very significant development of historical proportions.
For the record, the idea to inscribe Byzantine Music and Byzantine Chant into the list of intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO was the brainchild of the late blessed Emmanuel Hatzimarkos, in 2008. After a number of discussions, starts and delays, in the summer of 2013, the American Society of Byzantine Music and Hymnology together with the European Art Center in Greece, submitted a dossier on the matter to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Section of UNESCO. Even though the submission and theme did not make it to the final round of accepted themes, the proposal was discussed at the 4th International Conference of the American Society of Byzantine Music and Hymnology in Greece. The idea was championed by Mr. Konstantinos Politis, then President of the Federation of Societies of Chantors of Greece, and his associates, especially Mr. Haris Symeonidis.
We are very delighted that those initial seeds came to fruition.
NG.
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