Events and Festivals in Crete

Balkan rhythms and repertoire by Ivan Varimezov, August 1 - 6, 2011.

Everyday master-class schedule
1st day: Arrivals / Class 18:00 p.m. - 21:00 p.m.
2nd to 6th day: Class 10:00 a.m. - 13:00 p.m. and 18:00 p.m. - 21:00 p.m.

• All the seminar's participants are kindly requested to state the time and way of their arrival to Heraklion as well as the time and way of their departure at least ten days before the beginning of the seminar.
• On the departure date, students must free their rooms, the latest until 10:00 a.m
• Information concerning your transportation from/to the airport or port will be sent to you via e-mail one week before each seminar as long as you have sent us information concerning your arrival and departure.

Prices and other information.
In order to register for the seminar, please send an e-mail at Cette adresse email est protégée contre les robots des spammeurs, vous devez activer Javascript pour la voir. including the seminar that you wish to participate, your full name and contact details (e-mail, telephone, address), or contact by phone or fax, Monday-Friday, from 08:00 a.m. - 14:00 p.m. Tel/Fax: +30 2810 741027.

Ivan Varimezov was born in Bulgaria and received a B.A. degree in folk instrument performance and ensemble conducting from the Academy of Music and Dance in Plovdiv. Raised in the traditions of his native region of Strandzha, he is one of the most outstanding gaida (bagpipe) players of his generation, and he has many solo recordings and awards to his name. During the 1980s he was the director of the instrumental ensemble of a regional professional ensemble of folk song and dance in the town of Pazardzhik. During the 1990s he moved to Sofia to become the soloist with the orchestra of folk instruments at Radio and Television Sofia, a position occupied for twenty-five years by his famous uncle, Kostadin Varimezov. He came to the U.S. in 2001 to teach at UCLA.