Visitors will have the opportunity to learn about new market trends, talk with company representatives and industry professionals, learn more about the audio/video equipment they are interested in, and browse the music market of vinyl, books, and CDs, featuring the world's most distinguished record labels.
At the same time, the exhibition will host live performances by artists who are members of AUTODIA, as well as speeches, lectures, workshops on film music, and a documentary film screening.
Exhibitors
Exhibitor companies will have a dynamic presence: SONY EUROPE, INTERTECH S.A., ATHENS PRO AUDIO, WAVEMOTION HOME AUDIO, Heaven Audio, EXCLUSIVE AUDIO, AUDIENCE, ELEMENT AUDIO, SOLID FOUNDATION, MF AUDIO, TSAKIRIDIS DEVICES, hART Lab, lab12, ASSOS WoodWorking, Porfyra Audio, FIM AUDIO, ROIS ACOUSTICS, SIMPLY ANALOG, SOUND GALLERY, DIAPASON Studio HI-FI, AACE, AUDIO VETERANS, AUDIODESIGNER, SYNTHESIZER.GR, Nexus Acoustics.
Live Performances by Artists
Special mention must be made of the live music shows with great artists and bands, such as Gadjo Dilo, Zoe Tiganouria, Maria Papageorgiou, and Stringless, who will be hosted at the image, sound, and music exhibition.
Additionally, the Greek jazz scene holds a special place at this year's BLACKBOX Audio Video Show with great ensembles: Stavros Lantsias Quartet, Stathis Anninos Septet, Seeds – Duo Kalkanis, Teri Vakirtzoglou Quartet, George Tsolis and Friends.
Film Screening
As part of this year's Exhibition, visitors will have the opportunity to watch, exclusively, a film dedicated to film music, meet and chat with its creators, listen to a live concert by the film's composer George Varsamakis, and attend a related workshop.
The documentary titled "OST – Original Soundtrack" (2013) by Fanis Logothetis (Director) and Spyros Andreadis (Research-Interviews), with original music by Giorgos Varsamakis, constitutes the first and only Greek documentary film to date that deals with original film music.
Competitions
The YellowBox Awards are presented to the top equipment of the year, based on the magazine's tests and the opinion of the review team, aiming to reward manufacturers and importers for their efforts in designing, producing, and supporting high-quality products.
The awarded products promote the idea of high-level sound reproduction, highlight new and interesting ideas in the Audio field, represent valuable purchases, and upgrade the user's quality of life through their functionality and aesthetics.
The Supporters
The Institutional Supporter of the BLACKBOX Audio Video Show 2023 is AUTODIA, the Greek certified Collective Management Organization (CMO) for the protection of copyright for domestic and international music repertoires, representing a massive catalog of 26.5 million musical works. AUTODIA manages and protects the rights of Greek and foreign composers and lyricists, as well as major foreign music publishers, having signed representation agreements with over 80 CMOs worldwide.
In addition, media sponsors for the BLACKBOX Audio Video Show 2023 are the highly-rated and widely beloved music radio stations Red FM, Melodia & En Lefko, the municipal radio station Kanali Ena of Piraeus, the music community MusicHeaven, and YELLOWBOX magazine, which has established itself in the sound and image market over the last 3 years.
Admission to the BLACKBOX Audio Video Show 2023 is 7 Euros per day (5 Euros student), 15 Euros for the three-day pass (10 Euros student), while entry is free for the unemployed, people with disabilities, and children under 15 years old.
Schedule of Events
Friday, November 3, 2023
16:30 – 17:00 Yellowbox Awards 2023 | Gallo Nero Room, Lobby
17:30 – 18:30 LIVE MUSIC: Teri Vakirtzoglou Quartet | Gallo Nero Room, Lobby
19:00 – 20:00 LIVE MUSIC: George Tsolis & Friends | Gallo Nero Room, Lobby
20:30 – 22:00 LIVE MUSIC: Gadjo Dilo | Gallo Nero Room, Lobby
Saturday, November 4, 2023
12:00 – 13:00 Film Screening: OST – Original Soundtrack" (2013) | SONY EUROPE Room, Level -1
13:00 – 14:30 Cinema Seminar: The Role of Music in Cinema, speaker: Konstantinos Sotiropoulos | Gallo Nero Room, Lobby
15:00 – 17:00 Sound Workshop, moderator: Dimitris Stamatakos | Gallo Nero Room, Lobby
17:30 – 18:45 LIVE MUSIC: Zoe Tiganouria | Gallo Nero Room, Lobby
19:30 – 20:30 LIVE MUSIC: Stringless | Gallo Nero Room, Lobby
20:30 – 22:00 LIVE MUSIC: Maria Papageorgiou | Gallo Nero Room, Lobby
Sunday, November 5, 2023
11:30 – 12:30 Film Screening: OST – Original Soundtrack" (2013) | SONY EUROPE Room, Level -1
11:30 – 13:00 Production Music – How original music is made available across various media, speaker: Dimitris Papageorgiou
13:00 – 14:00 Panel discussion with the creators of the Film: OST – Original Soundtrack" (2013) Spyros Andreadis, Fanis Logothetis, Giorgos Varsamakis | Gallo Nero Room, Lobby
14:00 – 15:00 LIVE MUSIC: Giorgos Varsamakis | Gallo Nero Room, Lobby
16:00 – 17:00 LIVE MUSIC: Stathis Anninos Septet | Gallo Nero Room, Lobby
17:30 – 18:30 LIVE MUSIC: Stavros Lantsias Quartet | Gallo Nero Room, Lobby
19:00 – 20:00 LIVE MUSIC: Seeds - Duo Kalkanis | Gallo Nero Room, Lobby
