Encardia at the Theatro Vrachon
The Greek band Encardia, which plays the music of southern Italy with Greek influences, gave a concert with dancers at the Theatro Vrachon in Vyronas on Sunday 7 September 2025, as part of the Sti Skia ton Vrachon festival.
Encardia at the Theatro Vrachon was a single concert by the Greek band on Sunday 7 September 2025, in Vyronas below Mount Hymettus. It formed part of the 2025 Sti Skia ton Vrachon festival, the summer programme that the joint culture network of the municipalities of Vyronas and Dafni-Ymittos stages at the twin Vrachon theatres.
Encardia formed in 2004 and combine the music of southern Italy with Greek influences. The band has given close to 2,000 concerts across Europe and has released four albums. The Vyronas programme drew on the songs and rhythms of Greece and of the Greek-speaking Salento in southern Italy, with new songs and arrangements.
The band played as Natalia Kotsani on vocals and percussion, Vangelis Papageorgiou on accordion, harmonica and vocals, Michalis Kontaxakis on guitar and vocals, Kostas Konstantatos on percussion, mandolin and vocals, and Giorgos Ntanis on double bass. Four dancers of the Ballo del mondo troupe joined them on stage: Konstantina Kalkani, Anastasia Drouga, Dafni Stathatou and Angelina Tersenidou. Cosmosarte produced the concert.