CONCERT: WHI ENSEMBLE

WHI ensemble

Founded in 2017, WHI Ensemble emerged from Alexis Porfiriadis’ improvised music workshops. The ensemble perform experimental music scores, with special interest in open form verbal and graphic scores and have presented compositions by John Cage, Christian Wolff, Joseph Kudirka, John White, Cornelius Cardew, Karlheinz Stockhausen, James Saunders, Jukka Pekka Kervinen, Pauline Oliveros and Philip Corner in several venues in Athens.

In close collaboration with the Danish Institute at Athens the past few years
the ensemble have staged several concerts celebrating the work of Carl Bergstroem-Nielsen, along with compositions by Henrik E. Rasmussen, Dmitri Papavasileiou and Alexis Porfiriadis.

Appearing on stage

Stelios Vlassopoulos, classical guitar
Odysseas Gkallios, laptop/electronics
Dimitris Dimopoulos, violin
Ioanna Kouzi, piano
Niki Krasaki, double bass
Anna Mouzaki, voice
Vassiliki Nikolaou, percussion
Athena Davana, violoncello
Antonis Pantazis, synthesizer
Dmitri Papavasileiou, electric guitar/effects
Angeliki Papariga, voice
Alexis Porfiriadis, piano
Stelios Romaliadis, flute
Konstantina Samakovli, voice

Carl Bergstroem-Nielsen : Four rules (2013)
Niki Krasaki : Υδροβόβαξ (2026)
Dmitri Papavasileiou : Long exposure (2026)

- Intermission -

Carl Bergstroem-Nielsen : … until you feel that … (1996)
Alexis Porfiriadis : Collective thoughts (2014)
Carl Bergstroem-Nielsen : Careful Crowd (2025)