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The Permanent Representation of Cyprus to UNESCO organized a cultural event on June 5^th, 2018 at the headquarters of the organization in Paris, entitled ‘’Musical Myths of Cyprus / Contes musicaux de Chypre’’.

The event centered around film music composed by Cypriot composer Costas Cacoyiannis and included poetry by Pampos Kouzalis and Dimitris Lipertis. The performance also featured the cultural association DIASTASIS.  

The performance took place in front of a broad audience, made up of members of the UNESCO Secretariat, diplomats, media, members of the local Cypriot community as well as the general public. In his address to the event, the Ambassador of Cyprus in France, Mr Pantias Eliades, noted that the artists taking part in the performance are some of the most important ones working in Cyprus at the moment and placed their work in the broader context of the country’s contemporary cultural scene.

The organization of the event was made possible thanks to funding by the Leventis Foundation.

(MG/II)