Famous actress Despina Mirou at Zappeion will perform songs by renowned Greek-Canadian composer Panagiotis Karousos under the auspices of UNESCO Piraeus & Islands

Despina Mirou at Zappeion will perform songs by Panagiotis Karousos under the auspices of UNESCO Piraeus & Islands with many Greek stars in the direction of maestro Andreas Prionas

Despina Andromeda Mirou,is an established Greek`American actress,writer,Stand-Up Comedian & Astronomer.We khow Despina from her films “Crimes of the Future”2022 by DAVID CRONENBERG”,in film “Life in a Day”2021 by RIDLEY SCOTT, she co-directed too,”On my Block” 2019 NETFLIX,”Show me a hero” HBO by Paul Haggis,”Laught Factory” 2017.Despina is member of QUINCY JONES Foundation,and she is member in DAVID LYNCH foundation in Los Angeles.

Despina began her dynamic career as a child actor,and she received two writing awards as a writer when she was 13 years old.

Despina Mirou is known for her performances across genres. Despina started her career while she was a child doing an improve stand up, she was discovered by the famous comic creator and writer Rena Rigga of the TV series ‘Akros Oikogenoiakon”.The following years Despina Mirou participated in many T.V series,10 Films and 10 classical theatrical plays like ;”The Odd Couple” by Neil Simon, “Uncle Vanya” by Anton Chekhov,e.t.c.

Despina Mirou the last 5 years moved to USA,she became American citizen, and she received 5 Awards ,at 2013 from US Congress for “Excellence in Innovations”,one award in 2018 “Audience favorite Stand Up Comedy Actress” from the Comedy Union,and in 2019 “Best Stand Up Comedy Actress Award”,”Women Shaping the world award “2019.Also, in 2019 Despina Mirou received an award from NASA Sky program about her research for “M31-Andromeda “.

Despina Mirou started her international career with Peter Bogdanovich”s film “The cats meow”.She participated in a masterclass with Al Pacino and took acting classes with John Strasberg.Despina Mirou played the character of Cassandra in the play “Oresteia” by Aeschylus , Off Broadway. she established a Stand-up career at various Comedy clubs in LA and NY, like The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, New York Comedy club.Her faces impersonations include :Lucile Ball,Joan Crawford,Sofia Vergara,Ozzy Osbourne,Judge Judy,Eminem,Penelope Cruz,Ariana Huffington, Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor,Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga and many more.

Despina Mirou in 2015 took part in the HBO TV series ‘Show me a Hero” ,2016 In “Days of our lives”NBC,2018 in Sony Pictures drama ” A mothers sacrifice”, recently in 2020 NETFLIX ” on my block ” comedy series.

Despina Mirou pacticipated in 12 films in USA ,with great actors like Faye Dunaway,Michael Madsen,Laine Kazan,Daryl Hanah ,like comedy film “Nurses do it better “,”Vamp bikes Dos ” , and “Vamp bikes tres “,the comedy” The Proposal “,the drama “Vox influx”e.t.cShe has done 7 films for 2020 and new films that she start,like the drama film” American Conection ” with Faye Dunaway,the drama “Cleightchaltug “,the comedy “The light touch”,the “Tango Shallom “,a comedy film with Laine Kazan,the drama “Japanese Brotch “, the drama film “Still here”,the western ‘Damn her”.

Despina Mirou has studied “Film comedy director” working up to Charlie Chaplin, Woody Allen films,and she received her diploma in Astronomy “Planetary Astronomy’ and SETI. https://www.despinamirou.com/

PANAGIOTIS KAROUSOS CONCERT AT ZAPPEION SUMMER 2022

The Wednesday 15th June 2022, at the ZAPPEION – Courtyard, the Club for UNESCO of Piraeus & Islands & INTERNATIONAL ACTION ART, proudly presents a concert with art songs of the internationally renowned Greek-Canadian composer Panagiotis Karousos under the direction of maestro Andreas Prionas.

Presented by Despina Mirou and Maria Aliferi  
Featuring Singing Stars: Eleni Roda, Lizeta Nikolaou, Despina Mirou, Giorgos Gianopoulos, Kostas Skondras, Dimitris Kanellos, Tzo Antonakaki.
Fine musicians were: Andreas Prionas (piano), Giannis Lambrakis (bouzouki), Nikos Tsachtsiris (double bass), Andreas Niakaris (percussion).
Musical direction was by the renowned maestro Andreas Prionas.
Artistic direction was by the composer Panagiotis Karousos.
Organized by Mr Ioannis Maronitis, president of Club for UNESCO of Piraeus & Islands and INTERNATIONAL ACTION ART.

Poems Set to Music by composer Panagiotis Karousos: The Enchanted Fountain (Costas Krystallis), Remembrance (Dionysios Solomos), Approach (Yiannis Ritsos), Wayfarer (Paul Nirvana), How much I love you (Yannis Vilaras), Τhe child in the river (Georgios Vizyinos), Silence (Kostis Palamas), Parthenon (Kostis Palamas), You the sweet (George Drosinis), Caryatids (Ioannis Polemis), Elevation (Nikiforos Vrettakos), In an old church (Miltiadis Malakasis), In the night club (Napoleon Lapathiotis), Learn the pain (Ioannis Gryparis), My world (Karl Marx), You will pull forward (Manolis Anagnostakis) Flowers of the cliff (Georgios Drosinis), Tomorrow Light (Alekos Panagoulis), Maid of Athens (Lord Byron), and more new songs.

Panagiotis Karousos is a renowned Greek-Canadian composer who brings to his music the philosophy and spiritualism of the Greek classics. His Symphony No.1 “Liberty”, was presented in Canada and New York with great success with the Astoria Symphony and maestro Silas Nathaniel Huff. He did many concerts in Canada with his Liberty Symphony, and Symphony No.2 “Olympic” with the FACE Symphony Orchestra, the OSJL-L Symphony Orchestra and the Monteregie Symphony Orchestra under the direction of maestros Andre Gauthier, Theodora Stathopoulos and Luc Chaput. The Piano Concerto for Peace was presented with pianist Nathalie Joncas under UNESCO auspices in the Montreal Popular Concerts series in Montreal’s Maurice Richard Arena to an audience of 5000 people. The Suite Montrealaise was commended from the City of Montreal to mark the Millennium. The Olympic Flame choir was presented with the Symphony Orchestra and the Choir of Gunst wat'n Kunst at Hague, Holland, with maestro Rafael Pylarinos. P. Karousos Violin Concerto was presented in New York, under the direction of maestro Grant Gilman. The opera Alexander the Great presented in Montreal at the Montreal Notre Dame Basilica, in Chicago Illinois with the American Symphony Orchestra of Chicago and conducted by David Stech, in North Carolina Theatre with East Coast Philharmonic and soloists under the direction of Grant Gilman, and in Toronto at P.C. Ho Theater Cultural Center of Toronto with the Sneak Peak Symphony Orchestra of Toronto University and soloists under the direction of maestro Victor Cheng. The opera Prometheus represented in Los Angeles, in New York with the Astoria Symphony and soloists, and in Washington DC with The District of Columbia Symphony Orchestra. In 2013 he did major presentations of Prometheus in Ancient Greek Theaters (Epidaurus, Messina, Ancient Agora), and the National Archeological Meseum of Greece. 

In 2014 Prometheus presented with bass Vasilis Asimakopoulos in the United Nations and in Mamie Fay auditorium of New York under the auspices of UNESCO. His Symphony No.4 “Earth” premiered in 2014 with City of Athens Symphony Orchestra under the direction of maestro Eleftherios Kalkanis. In 11 December 2014 he presented in Athens Greece his "Tuba Concerto" dedicated to the International Mountain Day Under the Auspices of United Nations. The lyric tragedy "Prometheus Bound" is the first Greek popular opera presented internationally and always with great success in areas such as the Sorbonne, Place des Arts in Canada, Epidaurus, UN, getting rave reviews.

- Free open-air concert -