Workshops

Let’s play music together

olipoli organizes music workshops that draw on their repertoire and theme from the traditions of Greece, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans. Getting in touch with the above musical traditions, providing music education through the dynamics of the ensemble, seeking-discovering one’s role within a music group, and enhancing self-expression in collaboration and interaction with other team members, are some of our workshop goals and objectives!

October - June

Terpsis Orchestra | Project 2026 - 2027

A Song for Terpsis Orchestra

Terpsis Orchestra returns for a new creative cycle, bringing together singers and instrumentalists in a collective journey of learning, artistic exchange, and music-making.

Short Biography

Terpsis Orchestra was founded in Thessaloniki in February 2020. Bringing together singers and instrumentalists, the orchestra draws its repertoire from the musical traditions of Greece, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Balkans, while also exploring contemporary compositions inspired by these traditions.

Known for its rich and powerful sound, Terpsis Orchestra approaches traditional repertoire through a contemporary lens, seeking new artistic expressions and connections between tradition and the present. Since its formation, the orchestra has collaborated with distinguished artists including Giannis Haroulis, Sokratis Malamas, Melina Kana, Sofia Papazoglou, Haig Yazdjian, Dilek Koç, Antonis Apergis, and rapper Eisvoleas.

At its core, Terpsis Orchestra is a community of musicians united by a shared passion for music, collaboration, and creative exploration. Open to participants of different backgrounds and levels of experience, it creates opportunities for collective learning, artistic development, live performances, and recordings.

Today, Terpsis Orchestra continues to evolve as a space for contemporary musical creation, fostering new encounters between artists, audiences, and musical traditions.

Discover Terpsis Orchestra:
https://youtu.be/2VxrHzfnwkU?si=4ZUoEKcEFGXv_XJC

Follow Terpsis Orchestra on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/terpsis_orchestra_choir/

September

Nefes Kosmos

he Nefes vocal ensemble is growing and welcoming new members!

Nefes Kosmos

A new, fresh and dynamic singing workshop is launching this year, inviting you to become part of the world of Nefes through a creative group that will explore songs and musical traditions from around the globe.

Nefes Kosmos is for anyone who would like to:

About Nefes

The Nefes ensemble was founded in October 2019. It explores the expressive power of collective vocal performance, combining polyphonic singing techniques with the performative dimensions of music, theatre and dance. The ensemble works on contemporary arrangements of traditional melodies as well as original compositions inspired by this repertoire, aiming to create complete stage performances.

Since its foundation, Nefes has presented the performances The Mediterranean Sings and From Love to Death at festivals and venues including Tentart Festival (Drama), Cosmopolis Festival (Kavala), the 3rd Handmade & Recycled Theater Festival (Athens), and the Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia–Thrace.

In 2023, the ensemble recorded its first album.

In May 2023, Nefes presented the sound performance Disorderly World – A Motet for Versions of Voices as part of the Open Theatre Stage of the City, organised by the Directorate of Culture and Tourism of the Municipality of Thessaloniki.

During the summers of 2024 and 2025, the ensemble presented A CAPELLA – The Suite of Imaginary Beings at various music venues and open-air theatres in Thessaloniki, as well as at Verdant Festival.

In the summer of 2026, Nefes presented the performance My Story at Amalia Theatre.

Alongside its artistic activity, Nefes has also functioned as a research laboratory, with projects developed at the Music Village of Pelion (2023 and 2024), with the En Dynamei Ensemble, and in Sicily as part of the international Ursino Buskers Festival.

Since 2025, Nefes has participated in the educational programme Songs of Shame, implemented within the framework of the European project POWER, which focuses on combating gender-based violence.