Sinatra with a twist
On Sunday 27 October at 9 pm, FOUGARO ARTCENTER welcomes the musical show "Sinatra with a twist". With Alexander Affolter singing and Pantelis Benetatos at the piano, this special programme will pay tribute to the timeless persona of Frank Sinatra, with songs much loved by several generations throughout the world, who still sing them over the decades!
Alexander Affolter was inspired by the voice and the expression of Frank Sinatra from a very young age. Together with Pantelis Benetatos, they will present their own jazzy version of the repertory of the great singer who was known as "The Voice". Songs like I’ve Got You Under My Skin and Fly Me To The Moon and less famous ones like I’m A Fool To Want You and All My Tomorrows will be heard alongside Sinatra's own special favourites — One For My Baby and Angel Eyes.
Alexander Affolter
Born in Amsterdam, he studied jazz and musical theatre at the famous Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in New York. Since 1994 he has been performing in jazz clubs and festivals in the Netherlands, in Britain and then in Greece, with musicians like Dimitris Kalantzis, Dimitris Vassilakis and Seraphim Bellos. He has toured around many Greek cities and has performed in all jazz clubs in Athens, and is actively involved in the "New bottles, old wine" project of drummer Seraphim Bellos, dedicated to the great divas of jazz music.
Pantelis Benetatos
Born in Piraeus, in the late 1970s and while studying Law he started playing the piano for various rock bands. In 1986 he completed his studies in music theory and orchestration at the Central Conservatory. As one of the most active members of the Greek jazz scene, in the last thirty years he has been playing with many distinguished musicians in festivals and clubs in Greece and abroad. In addition to his personal discography of three albums, he has collaborated with numerous artists and has taken part in many recordings. He teaches jazz piano at the Philippos Nakas Conservatory since 1994.
