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Concert in Helike, 9th of august 2010, organized by the general manager of the "Hellenikon Idyllion", Andreas Drekis

The Puchheimer orchestra, directed by Peter Michielsen, and the 3 professional singers Esther Borghorst, Justyna Reczeniedi and Alexandra Wiwala perform ancient Greek poetic songs:
To Muse Kaliope
Delphic Hymn and
Seikilos Song
edited by Hermann Rechberger.


What is the Hellenikon Idyllion?

There are many answers to that question: a holiday resort, a youth hostel, a leisure centre, a hotel, a skill centre, a place for exhibitions, performances and lectures, a place to practice, a music academy, a mini-university, a place for intercultural encounters. Every answer is right in a small part, but wrong in a larger part. So what is the Hellenikon Idyllion really?

It is the realization of the lifelong dream of the founder, owner and manager Andreas Drekis. Already as a young man he realized that every human being has the same goal in life: They want to be happy. But most people are mistaken in how they want to reach this goal. They think wealth, sway and prestige can make them happy. These paths rather lead people away from happiness. More important is the education of spiritual and intellectual abilities. The one who is open for beauty and harmony in the world, the one who is able to muse about the former scholars and philosophers, the one for whom the world becomes transparent for the divine will easier find to the true and unceasing spring of happiness.

Therefore Andreas Drekis invites us to come to the Hellenikon Idyllion, amongst an idyllic huge garden at the sea, like-minded people from all over the world, families, single travellers and creative groups, who all long for the same goal. The emphasis is on music and the recollection of the ancient Greek times’ treasures. The Hellenikon Idyllion offers suitable premises for rehearsals of singers and musicians of every kind, choirs and orchestras. The owner also arranges good opportunities for them to perform in public and therefore open the world of the muses to other people. Once a year a course, which is unique in the whole world, takes place, where young people from all over the world bring the language of the ancient Greeks back to life and freshly think about their pronounced views. All these groups and courses make an effort to enable intercultural friendship and mutual understanding.

Aren’t there other institutions with the same goals and results? The one that has been to the Hellenikon Idyllion for a while will say: No, definitely not! The Hellenikon Idyllion only exists in Selianitika and only in the person of Andreas Drekis.

Helmut Quack
Ancient Greek teacher at the Husum-Gymnasium
(guest and course instructor in the Hellenikon Idyllion for many years)

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www.idyllion.eu