Top Macedonia Art & Culture Classes

The ancient Greeks were responsible for a number of the world’s innovations. During this private experience, step back in time and learn about ancient Greek music with a musician who specializes in ancient instruments. Listen to a demonstration of the lyre of Hermes, the pandura, the Cithara of the Golden Age, and many other instruments. You also listen to a performance from a professional lyricist who shares stories about the Greek gods.

Learn how to play Apollo's instrument—the lyre—with an intimate class for just you and your party. Your instructor, Lina Palera, has extensive experience performing the lyre at venues and festivals around the world and is well-versed in teaching even the most nervous beginner how to play this incredible ancient instrument. You’ll also have time to explore the music-related exhibits at the Seikilo Museum, and museum entry is included.

We discuss the history, properties and ways of using essential oils and refer to the methods we take them from plants. We present a method for the receipt of essential oil at home so that visitors acquire the knowledge and the ability to produce their own essential oils in the kitchen of their home. Olives, vineyards, wildflowers Ancient smells that include myths, history, wars, culture. They come into the plants, they become food, medicine and perfume. Welcome to the magic world of Essential Oil

By meditating with the help of the ancient lyre, we will unfold how our mind works with carefully selected inquiries based on stoic principles and the ancient technique of visualization, the ability to "form a vivid picture in our mind." It is almost like looking through a particular lens, i.e., our unconscious, imagination, and deepest desires. "You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." Marcus Aurelius, Plato's Emperor-Philosopher, wrote these lines in a book called "Meditations." The essence behind them is now backed up by modern science, proving that our thoughts can increase motivation and confidence, improve our physical abilities and health and empower our brain for clarity and a state of happiness. Let's start exploring our minds using the most important tool the ancients had, music, and an instrument that is even more ancient than the Stoics themselves, the Greek lyre.

Embark on a wine-tasting journey with the help of Chloe Chatzivarity, an oenologist, winemaker, passionate wine lover and wine nerd. With studies and working experience at France, New Zealand, Argentina and Chile, Chloe currently run (with her family) an award-winning winery, where they produce high quality wines. According to her, wine is an art, a passion, a science and a constant effort to find and keep the perfect balance.

Nikos Varelas will be your guide and cast light on the mysteries of the ancient tympanon. With music experience for more than two decades, studies in Greece and Turkey, and focus on both Greek and Middle East frame drums, he is one of the few Greek percussionists who regularly participate in ancient music bands. Apart from being an amazing musician, Nikos is an equally cool tutor with studies and teaching experience in Greece and abroad, both with young and adult students. He teaches both in English and Greek.

With the ancient lyre of Apollo as our main musical instrument, the ancient tympanon of Dionysus as our drums, along with enchanting voices, we will dive with you deep into the lesser-known details of ancient Greek mythology, where gods and goddesses fall in love, take revenge, feel ashame, become merciless or teach morality. SEIKILO music ensemble is an internationally renowned band, as they have performed all over the world for music concerts and interactive educational events that took place in museums, festivals, schools, conferences etc. such as Nicosia Archaeological Museum (Cyprus), Pirenostrum (Spain), Le son Continu (France), Cremona Mondomusica (Italy), Rudolstadt (Germany) and many more.