Generations: Celebrating Melbourne's diversity

Generations Festival

Source: Jorge de Araujo

Τhe Immigration Museum has partnered with Multicultural Arts Victoria for a day of music, dance, and arts celebrating Melbourne's diverse communities. Greek Australian artists will also participate in the event, presenting traditional songs mixed with contemporary sound.


Among the acts of Generations, Open Jam Kafeneio presents Greek musicians: 

-Ioannis Polakis, vocals and Cretan lyra:

-Byron Triandafyllides, acclaimed multi-instrumentalist &vocalist

-George Sklavo, percussive artist & kahon player

-Tony Illiou-versatile award-winning lute & mandolin player

The artists are represented by Open Jam Kafeneio, a promotions company, with the goal of promoting Greek music in the Melbourne music scene, through events and concerts.

''Many of our musicians play traditional songs, mixed iwth modern sound such as rock and jazz'' says Anna Vithoulkas, a producer from Open Jam Kafeneio.   

''We recently received our first VicArts grant, which will help us get support these musicians and eventually help them play on bigger stages'' Mrs Vithoulkas she noted.
They loved what we were doing for the Greek Music, and we received a small grant.
Open Jam Kafeneio
Some of the Greek Artists at Open Jam Kefeneio Source: Open Jam Kafeneio/Facebook
Generations is the new face of the Piers Festival that Multicultural Arts Victoria has been organizing in Melbourne's fishing pier for the past few years. 

Generations's co-producer Ajit Singh notes that the organisers decided to move the event in a more central location and they chose the Immigration Museum. 

''This is the first time we are partnering with the Immigration Museum'' Mr. Singh said and added that the name of the event was changed to ''Generations'', after input from local artists and the community, in order to better reflect the generations of migrants who helped shape Melbourne's culture. 
Artist Fipe Preuss of Vasa Pasifika
Artist Fipe Preuss of Vasa Pasifika Source: Alexis Desaulniers
In addition to the music and dance, the people who go to the event will be able to see up close the various exhibitions of the Museum.  

Generations is on this Saturday, 26 of October, from 11am to 5pm, at the Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders Street. 

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