September 30 , 10:00 AM will be held the lecture of Prof. Achileas chaldaeakes.

Αssociate Professor of Byzantine Musicology at the Department of Music Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
His published scientific work comprises more than 150 studies, mostly on various subjects (theoretical, historical, aesthetical, etc.) pertaining to the field of Byzantine Music [see: http://publicationslist.org/achilleas-chaldaeakes].

He is also a regular collaborator and consultant on Byzantine musicological entries in the Great Orthodox Christian Encyclopaedia, the ПРАВОСЛАВНАЯ ЭНЦИКЛОПЕДИЯ and the Grove Music Online. He participates in Congresses on Byzantine Music both in Greece and abroad, and he is also an active member of various international scientific societies whose activities are focused on Byzantine Musicological studies.

At the same time, he is the director of an artistic group of international renown, the choir “Masters of Psaltic Art”. As a choir director, he has an international career, while he also is an internationally praised chanter, i.e. an artist-performer of Byzantine Music.