Hellenic-American Cultural Foundation

“Insurance - 1369; office expenses - 3135; program expenses - 60975; advertising & marketing - 1500; travel - 339;”

“Prior period adjustment - -8206;”

“Other liabilities - boy:200,eoy:0;”

“The hellenic-american cultural foundation, a not-for-profit organization, was established to promote high quality and relevant educational and cultural programs, concerts, lectures, exhibitions, and similar events for all persons interested in the history, culture and affairs of greece and its people and the greek diaspora.”

“THE HELLENIC-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION HELD THE FOLLOWING EVENTS DURING THE YEAR: 1) Africa and Byzantium: A Lecture with The Met's Dr. Andrea Achi - The Hellenic-American Cultural Foundation welcomed Dr. Andrea Myers Achi, the Mary and Michael Jaharis Associate Curator of Byzantine Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, who gave an introductory view of The Met Exhibition, Africa and Byzantium, by exploring the art and cultural interconnections between the Byzantine world and the African continent from the 4th to 15th centuries. Building on The Met's outstanding legacy of award-winning Byzantine exhibitions, Africa and Byzantium focuses on how Greek and Byzantine art evolved in North Africa and the Horn of Africa. The Exhibition is a lens providing an original way of interpreting the Byzantine culture across time and space. 2) PETER KOURIDES LECTURE SERIES - American University President Burwell on a Life in Public Service - The Hellenic-American Cultural Foundation was honored to have Sylvia Mathews Burwell as the fourth speaker in our Peter T Kourides Lecture Series, which was created to recognize the importance of the contributions of Greek-Americans to public service and civil society. 3) Explorations of Epirote Folk Music: An American Southerner in Northern Greece - The Hellenic-American Cultural Foundation hosted a curated evening of Epirote music with Christopher C. King. Writer Amanda Petrusich describes Mr. King's introduction to her of Greek violinist Alexis Zoumbas' recording in The NY Times as "one of the most devastating bits of music I've ever encountered." Both and The National Herald praised the event. Nicholas Gage, award-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and author of seven acclaimed books, introduced Mr. King and oversaw the question and answer segment. Mr. King, an honorary Greek citizen, is a writer, curator, and Grammy-winning producer. At the event he read excerpts from his book, Lament from Epirus: An Odyssey into Europe's Oldest Surviving Folk Music, a Wall Street Journal best book of 2018, where he explored the powerfully cathartic nature of this ancient Greek folk music. His narration was interspersed with interludes of live Epirote music by Aurel Kyrio (Nikolakis), Beth Bahia Cohen, and John Themelis, as well from Mr. King's rare, archival 78 rpm discs. Aurel Querjo Kyrio (Nikolakis) was born in Kora, Albania on November 22, 1963. He completed Elementary, Middle, and High School studies in musical profile, focusing on instrumental violin. He completed his higher studies at the Academy of Arts, majoring as a classical conductor. Along with classical music, he expresses his talent in traditional Epirotic music. He has participated in many folk music groups in the UK, USA, Albania and Greece. After the fall of communism in Albania, he spent 20 years in Greece as a violin teacher and as a violinist of Epirote music. He has played at many folklore festivals in Europe, USA, and Canada. Currently he resides in London and has spent the last 12 years as a violinist in various music groups, collaborating with BBC 2, BBC 3, BBC 6, and the London Hellenic Center. He has also collaborated with music producers such as Joe Boyd (producer of Pink Floyd), Jools Holland, and recently, with Christopher King. He remains an active member of various music groups and divides his life between England and Greece. Beth Bahia Cohen plays traditional Greek music on the violin and various lyras. She has learned from and performed with many violinists and lyra players in Greece: Vangelis Zagoraios of Andros, Achilleas Halkias of Epiros, Yiorgos Bellis of Kythnos, Manolis Manouras and Yiorgos Avissinos of Crete, and more. She has performed with New York dance groups GAFS and Akrites, as well as throughout the U.S. and Canada, in concerts, at Greek dance symposiums (FDF, HDF, etc) and is a founding member of Ziyia, an ensemble performing traditional Greek music from all parts of Greece. She has performed wit”

“The organization did not, during the year, receive any funds, directly, or indirectly, to pay premiums on a personal benefit contract. The organization, did not, during the year, pay any premiums, directly, or indirectly, on a personal benefit contract.”