JAZZ AT THE SHOE FACTORY
AXEL ZWINGENBERGER
THURSDAY 29 JANUARY 2015

The Pharos Arts Foundation and the Goethe Institut Zypern jointly present pianist Axel Zwingenberger, internationally renowned as the ‘ambassador of Boogie Woogie’. Boogie Woogie is a very profound, expressive and powerful style of piano playing, firmly rooted in the Blues. It emerged in the South of the US, around the turn from the 19th to the 20th century, created by African-American pianists in a most unusual manner, ignoring most of the rules of conventional piano playing but achieving, nevertheless, an impressive level of pianistic virtuosity. read more...

VIOLIN & PIANO RECITAL
ERIKA GELDSETZER & IAN FOUNTAIN
Thursday 26 February 2015

The Pharos Arts Foundation continues its Concert and Recital Series with a violin and piano recital with two very special artists. The youngest winner of the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Masters Competition in Tel Aviv at the age of 19, in 1989, pianist Ian Fountain has enjoyed a wide-ranging and varied career, performing extensively throughout Europe, the USA, the UK and the Far East with the world’s most renowned orchestras. He will team with violinist Erika Geldsetzer, who, besides being the founder of the celebrated Fauré Quartett, has appeared as a soloist with famous orchestras in all major concert halls around the globe. read more...

CONCERT
GERHARD SCHULZ violin, NOAM GREENBERG piano
LILIA SCHULZ-BAYROVA cello
FRIDAY 6 MARCH 2015

The Pharos Arts Foundation with the support of the Embassy of Austria in Nicosia, presents a concert with one of Austria’s most celebrated musicians – violinist Gerhard Schulz, member of the world renowned Alban Berg Quartet, for over 30 years, and founder of the Waldstein Ensemble. For his concert in Nicosia, on Friday 6 March 2015 at The Shoe Factory, he will join forces with pianist Noam Greenberg and cellist Lilia Schulz-Bayrova for an all-Viennese programme of works by Schubert, Brahms and Alban Berg. read more...

CONCERT
KREUTZER QUARTET
THURSDAY 26 MARCH 2015

The Pharos Arts Foundation presents the Kreutzer Quartet in all-Beethoven programme, on Thursday 26 March, at The Shoe Factory. Having forged an enviable reputation as one of Europe’s most dynamic and innovative string quartets, the Kreutzer Quartet regularly appears at many of the leading Festivals around the world and has established creative partnerships with numerous contemporary composers. For their concert in Nicosia, the Kreutzers will trace Beethoven’s musical evolution, from his early beginnings and the Haydn infused Op.18 quartets, read more...

EXHIBITION & CONCERT
A FLASH BETWEEN DARKNESSES
Exhibition: Friday 27 March 2015
Concert: Sunday 29 March 2015

Peter Sheppard Skaerved is known to the general public as an outstanding violinist and a prolific musician. His close circle, however, knows that he is also a highly gifted visual artist. During the intervals he sits backstage drawing, capturing the audience and the general feeling of the performance. After the concerts, he always withdraws to elucidate his post-performance feelings on paper, using various mediums – graphite, ink, charcoal and paint. Peter Sheppard Skaerved the violinist has been hosted by the Pharos Arts Foundation quite a few times and all of his concerts have been marked by tremendous success. read more...