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Music Village 2025

Dear friends of music and the performing arts,

This year, Music Village celebrates the 20th anniversary of its founding, bringing new forms of coexistence and creative energy to Agios Lavrentios, Pelion, in a setting of unique natural and architectural beauty.

The event is organized by the non-profit civil partnership ARTree, with the support of the Metropolis of Demetrias, the Local Community of Agios Lavrentios, the Cultural Association of Agios Lavrentios, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Region of Magnesia and Sporades, under the Programme “Thessaly 2021–2027”, Priority “Infrastructure for strengthening social cohesion towards inclusive development.” (OPS Code: 6019067). The event is also held under the auspices and with the support of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.

For 2026, are scheduled 22 symbiotic workshops led by 28 distinguished artists, musicians, educators, sound artists, and practitioners of the somatic arts, dance, theatre, and performance.

The activities unfold across five weekly cycles, from 1 July to 14 September, bringing together the arts and sciences of sound with the human body, somatic practices, technology, music production, theatre, dance, language, meditation, folk musical culture, and improvisation.

As every year, these activities will also give rise to dozens of live presentations and spontaneous events, all open to the public free of charge.

We warmly invite students and professionals from the fields of music and the performing arts, researchers in the humanities, and educators to take an active part in the summer’s symbiotic workshops, collective activities, lectures, and residencies.

We also look forward to welcoming, as visitors, all friends and lovers of the arts who wish to share with us the spirit of artistic coexistence and exchange that, every summer, is embraced by the people of Agios Lavrentios.

Visit the renewed Music Village website for a detailful program.

Detailed information about accommodation and the online application form can also be found on our website.

Looking forward to seeing you!

The founding members:
Thymios Atzakas, Kostas Makrygiannakis, Giorgos Emmanuel Lazaridis
(Artistic and Educational Programming)

and the Music Village team:

Alexandros Seitaridis - Production manager / IT / Webmaster
Dimitris Zacharakis - HR manager / Production assistant
Anastasia Stavrou - Administration Desk

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1Can I choose more than one workshop to attend?

Each weekly cycle (period) includes a number of workshops which are held at similar hours at different locations in the village. Therefore, you cannot choose more than one workshop from the same period, but it is possible to choose more than one workshop from a different period.

2Are the workshops for professionals only?

No, the workshops are open to professionals as well as students and amateurs who wish to take part in the symbiotic workshops of the Music Village. Clearly the workshops are not offered to learn a new subject from the outset, but to develop and enhance existing knowledge and skills.

3Do I need to do any preparation for the workshop I have signed up for?

Depending on the workshop, instructions will be sent to you in good time if any preparation or equipment you need to bring along is necessary.

4The workshop I am interested in starts on (xx date) August or September. Do I have to come the day before?

This is totally up to you! The beginning of the period is the arrival day so hotels and the camp site expect you that specific day, unless you arrange differently. That day’s afternoon/evening a meeting with the Music Village production and workshop coordinators takes place which all participants must attend. In that meeting they are introduced to the coordinators and they get info on the way workshops are shaped throughout that period.

5The end of the period is on (xx date) August or September. Are there courses on that day?

The end of the period is the day of departure. There may be a final workshop meeting in the morning which is arranged upon demand between the coordinator the workshop participants.

6What times are the workshops held?

That depends on the nature of the workshop and is scheduled to serve efficiently each workshop needs. This is usually worked out in the first meeting with the participants, on the afternoon/evening of the arrival day.

7What is the cost to participate in the Music Village workshops?

You can find detailed information on the cost of participation at the menu link: APPLICATION FORM

8Can participants' friends & family stay in the hostels?

The hostels are available exclusively for the workshop participants. In the case of an underaged participant, there is always an attendant who is responsible for their health and safety. In that case, this adult companion may stay with the participant.

9Can I submit an artistic or educational proposal to Music Village?

Music Village accepts artistic and educational proposals from October 1 to 30. Proposals are selected by the artistic coordinators of the organisation for possible inclusion in a future Music Village programme, provided that suitable conditions arise.

Proposals are reviewed according to the organisation's possibilities and priorities, without implying any commitment to collaboration. Should an opportunity for collaboration arise, the organisation will contact the interested artists or educators directly.

10Can I register my interest in volunteering at the Music Village?

The production team of the Music Village consists of the working team with permanent collaborators and the coordination team consisting of internship students of the Department of Music Science and Art of the University of Macedonia. Usually, these positions are filled every year and therefore there is no availability for volunteer work. However, if there is need for additional assistance, Music Village runs an open call for that.

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