Thursday, October 11, 2007

Iakovos Pappas to offer organ and harpsichord recital


Event Organ and Harpsichord Recital by Iakovos Pappas


When Friday, November 2, 2007 — 12:15–12:45 p.m.

Where Trinity Lutheran Church

1340 Eleventh Street, Manhattan Beach CA

(3 blks east of Sepulveda & 1 blk south of Manhattan Beach Blvd.)

Admission Free, donations appreciated.

Box lunches, with sandwiches made from special-order bakery bread and farmers-market-fresh produce, are available afterwards for $5, to enjoy at the Church with the artists or take back to the office.



Background

Greek-born French-based harpsichordist and conductor Iakovos Pappas studied the harpsichord with Anne-Marie Paillard Beckensteiner and Bobvan Asperen. Iakovos Pappas was a chef de chant at the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles from 1993 to 1997. In 1992 he founded the vocal and instrumental ensemble Almazis-Iakovos Pappas. He has recorded the complete harpsichord works of Pancrace Royer, harpsichord sonatas by Giovanni Battista Platti, the transcription of Vivaldi's Sonatas Op.1, harpsichord works by Gaspard Le Roux, and harpsichord pieces of Jean-François Dandrieu.


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