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About 

àktapha is a group of musicians based in Athens. Rejecting the belief that new music requires "trained" listeners, our group strives to establish honest ways of communication with the audience, while trusting the expressive power of new creations, independent from predetermined styles.

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Convinced that music can help people explore their own selves, we collaborate with artists who share our vision in order to create and promote an artistic community that supports the exploration of the individual's self and through that, develops the individual's sensitivity, vulnerability and empathy.

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We aim for close and long-term relationships with the artists with whom we work, as well as for a small number of productions, to devote them the necessary time for their development and maturation; hoping that this will make them an oasis in today's hectic urban life.

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Upcoming Projetcs

October 26th 2026
Four musical works evoke memories of the ancient world and our recent past. Texts, prayers, and musical references create a dialogue with the present, through the distinctive “voices” of four young composers.
PAST//NOW
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April 23rd & 24th 2026
A work of music theater engaging with the construction of faith, the traumatic experience of sacrifice, and the loneliness of the believer, spanning from an ambiguous prehistory to contemporary manifestations of the sacrificial ritual.
The Offer
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Past Projetcs

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A concert of new works for ensemble and electronics in conversation with the exhibition Vectors of Time and Space with works of Stephen Antonakos.
Sonic Chromas
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April 2026
A collection of short pieces for one and two musicians creating a mosaic of different sound-worlds.
Tiles (II)
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January 2026
A work of music theatre by àktapha, based on Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides.
 
Iphigeneia
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May 2025
àktapha presents a programme of works by Anthony Braxton in the Pacta Sound Zone Music Festival in Milan.
Braxton Night
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April 2025
A performance of improvised music and poetry in collaboration with Julyen Hamilton. 
Temp/Era
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January 2025
A collection of short pieces for one and two musicians creating a mosaic of different sound-worlds.
Tiles
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January 2025
A concert with pieces by Nicoleta Chatzopoulou, Dilay Doğanay and Iason Maroulis.
Lethographia
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April 2024
àktapha's debut concert,  with pieces by Fani Kosona and Iason Maroulis.
Consciousness of Dance
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January 2024

Members 

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Dafni Mengou

Orestis Tsekouras

Iason Maroulis

George Kokkinaris

Yiannis Psarakis

Photos by Mariza Kapsabeli

Educational Activity

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Building Performance Practices is a yearly international composition workshop dedicated to collaboration between composers and performers.

 

Through experimentation, artistic exchange, and shared research, participants develop new works in close dialogue with the ensemble.

 

The workshop supports an international community committed to independent artistic creation and a deeper engagement with sound beyond conventional production models.

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