Want to head to Greece for gourmet festivals galore foodies? Sani Gourmet is an annual gastronomic celebration that brings together some of the finest chefs from Greece and around the globe, along with some of the rising stars already starting to make a name.
Each year Michelin-starred chefs join the acclaimed line-up set at Sani’s top restaurants to create contemporary dishes that astonish and delight. Over the ten days, guests are also treated to a number of workshops, presentations and wine tastings. While the Sani Gourmet 2013 took place in May, there are other gourmet and foodie festivals that await.
For 21 years now the Sani Festival has served the cause of the arts, promoting talent with professionalism and responsibility as an independent cultural institution which has earned enormous respect. The institution’s evolution has been slow but sure, starting with the original Jazz on the Hill festival, and adding further events to the program in the form of classical music, Sounds of the World, and exciting Greek music from established performers and new talent. They have also introduced to the program the rich theme of music from the movies, with the appeal of such legendary names as Michel Legrand and Peter Greenaway, as well as examples of the other arts in the form of exhibitions and theatrical performances, with many other innovative events that have seen the light for the first time on Sani Hill.
The major highlight of the Festival, the Jazz on the Hill program, will this year feature special “Female Jazz Vocalists” concerts, with performances by leading female jazz artists on July 12-14. The Greek music events in August will offer an intriguing program of performers offering their own alternative styles of music. They will also be extending the Festival’s links with the cinema, organizing a ‘best of’ program of selected short films. There will be a place, too, for the performing arts, as ethnic and classical music, theatre, cinema and the visual arts come together in an arts festival that is more appealing, more intriguing, with every year that passes.
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