For the fifth consecutive year, Schwarz Foundation invites young talented artists from all over the world to spend one week, from the 7th to the 13th of August, in the island of Samos, in Greece.

This summer, the ultramodern Art Space Pythagorion will host an exhibition specifically designed for this particular venue.

More specifically, Art Space Pythagorion will present a solo show by artist Nevin Aladağ. The exhibition will last from July 20th to October 10th while the opening celebration will take place on Monday, August 4, 2014, at 8 p.m., in the presence of the artist and professional guests from all over the world.
Titled Borderline, the exhibition will focus on the island‘s particular location, only eight hundred meters away from Turkish mainland, on the border between Europe and Asia.
At the same time, the Ancient Pythagorion Theater, an open-air venue that offers a view the Ancient Theatre of the port city of Pythagorio, a UNESCO world heritage site, will host from the 7th to the 13th of August a music festival with the participation of artists from Greece, Germany, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Hungary, Argentina and the USA.
The festival’s opening act on August 7 features musicians from the Manhattan School of Music (originated from Cuba and Israel). Other artists that will participate at the festival include German- Bulgarian percussion musician Vivi Vassileva, a trio consisting of Silke Avenhaus (piano), Jeyhe Lee (violin) and Dorukhan Doruk (cello), another trio consisting of José Gallardo (piano) Barnabás Kelemen (violin) and Katalin Kokas (viola) etc.
The festival’s closing act on August 13 will be Stella Doufexis with the Opera Studio of the Bavarian State Opera.

The 2014 Samos Young Artists Festival is directed by Daniel Nodel, who is also responsible for its programmatic content.