Reconstructed instruments in an institutional setting
Programme presentation with musicians and a working collection of reconstructed string, wind and percussion instruments.
Official institutional emblem · AAIA websiteInstitutional experience · Athens · 13 February 2019
Realised institutional eventAncient Greek Music at the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
A live institutional programme introducing Ancient Greek music through reconstructed instruments, performance and direct audience encounter.
Australian Archaeological Institute at AthensArchaeopolis contribution
What we delivered.
Performance joined with direct interpretation
Live performance, explanation and audience-facing demonstration.
A record audience and a continuing conversation
Georgios Katsos of Archaeopolis coordinated the programme. The Institute's public record describes a record turnout and an hour-long presentation that continued through informal discussion, music, wine and conversation.
Institutional acknowledgement
“Thank you for a most wonderful event last night. Everyone who attended was so thrilled, and they enjoyed it very much.”
Dr Lita Tzortzopoulou-Gregory · Executive Officer (Athens), Australian Archaeological Institute at AthensWritten acknowledgement following the event · Archaeopolis correspondence archive
Institutional presentation · Part I · 5 minutes 12 seconds
Ancient Greek music,
heard in context.
The first surviving video section records the opening part of the live Archaeopolis presentation at the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens. Reconstructed string, wind and percussion instruments are visible within the institutional setting, connecting spoken interpretation with the material presence of ancient sound.
This film is presented as primary project evidence from the Archaeopolis private archive. Institutional correspondence and the Institute's public record confirm the event date as 13 February 2019.
Evidence register
Claims, linked to source.
Each case brings together official sources, contemporary coverage and the Archaeopolis project archive, with the origin of every record stated clearly.
Primary photographic record
Archaeopolis project archive
A complete event photo series shows the performers, reconstructed instruments, audience and institutional setting.Host institution
Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
Official institutional website; it verifies the host organisation, not the individual event credit.Official event record and acknowledgement
Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens — Facebook
The Institute records the 13 February event, its record turnout and Georgios Katsos's coordination of the programme.Published cultural coverage
Greek Reporter
Contemporary external coverage of the Ancient Greek music presentation in Athens.Official event film