Yannis Kyriakides’ new work Ask Ada comes exclusively to GNO TV
Distinguished composer Yannis Kyriakides’ new work Ask Ada comes exclusively to GNO TV from 11 September to 31 December 2021, as part of the tribute to the 2021 bicentennial of the Greek Revolution. It is a groundbreaking music theatre composition for voice, instrumental ensemble and multimedia, based on the life and work of computer science pioneer and Lord Byron’s daughter, Ada Lovelace, who is considered to have written the first algorithm for computer in 1843. Predicated on the historical testimonies on her life and work, as well as on the repentant Byron’s subsequent letters and poems about his abandoned daughter, the prolific new music virtuoso Yannis Kyriakides, who lives and creates in the Netherlands, gives voice to this unique historical figure –with her equally colourful, “Byronic” personal life– in a work of multimedia music theatre that showcases and draws on the implications of her pioneering scientific research. Ask Ada, to a libretto by Theodora Delavault, conducted by Gregory Charette and with visual material created by Darien Brito, will be available for free streaming at nationalopera.gr/GNOTV/en with Greek and English subtitles. The work was commissioned by the GNO Alternative Stage from Yannis Kyriakides as part of the thematic cycle “Odes to Byron”, which pays homage to the emblematic Romantic poet and philhellene Lord Byron. The cycle is curated by composer Alexandros Mouzas. More info here: https://bit.ly/3thjYJK This production, part of a tribute to the 2021 bicentennial of the Greek Revolution, is made possible by a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) [www.SNF.org]. Founding donor to the Alternative Stage & the 2021 bicentennial of the Greek Revolution: Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) [www.SNF.org] #AskAda #YannisKyriakides #AlternativeStage #GNOTV
Distinguished composer Yannis Kyriakides’ new work Ask Ada comes exclusively to GNO TV from 11 September to 31 December 2021, as part of the tribute to the 2021 bicentennial of the Greek Revolution. It is a groundbreaking music theatre composition for voice, instrumental ensemble and multimedia, based on the life and work of computer science pioneer and Lord Byron’s daughter, Ada Lovelace, who is considered to have written the first algorithm for computer in 1843. Predicated on the historical testimonies on her life and work, as well as on the repentant Byron’s subsequent letters and poems about his abandoned daughter, the prolific new music virtuoso Yannis Kyriakides, who lives and creates in the Netherlands, gives voice to this unique historical figure –with her equally colourful, “Byronic” personal life– in a work of multimedia music theatre that showcases and draws on the implications of her pioneering scientific research. Ask Ada, to a libretto by Theodora Delavault, conducted by Gregory Charette and with visual material created by Darien Brito, will be available for free streaming at nationalopera.gr/GNOTV/en with Greek and English subtitles. The work was commissioned by the GNO Alternative Stage from Yannis Kyriakides as part of the thematic cycle “Odes to Byron”, which pays homage to the emblematic Romantic poet and philhellene Lord Byron. The cycle is curated by composer Alexandros Mouzas. More info here: https://bit.ly/3thjYJK This production, part of a tribute to the 2021 bicentennial of the Greek Revolution, is made possible by a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) [www.SNF.org]. Founding donor to the Alternative Stage & the 2021 bicentennial of the Greek Revolution: Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) [www.SNF.org] #AskAda #YannisKyriakides #AlternativeStage #GNOTV