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A minute with Evanthia Rempoutsika, Living

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Composer, who will give this year’s University of Cyprus lecture in memory of Dinos Leventis on the subject ‘How music gives society a face’

Where do you live?

In Athens, Greece with my husband and our two children

Best childhood memory? 

Images from my life growing up and playing inside my father’s cinema named Rex in Ahaia, Patra

Absolute favourite dish?

French fries with feta

What did you have for breakfast?

I always enjoy a cup of decaf coffee with hot bread, butter and honey

Would you class yourself as a day or night person?

Definitely a day person

Best book ever read… 

En Lefko (Carte blanche) by Odysseas Elytis. I think music comes out through this text and I enjoyed reading the part concerning the ancient female poet Sapfo

Favourite film of all time…

Babel, directed Alejandro Gonzalez, because through multiple stories, different people try to find a way to communicate and understand each other

Favorite holiday destination?

The island Tzia (Kea) - it is a place of inspiration to me, a destination where I have composed many of my melodies. I also enjoy a lot travelling at Arab states

What music are you listening to in the car at the moment? 

Usually soundtracks

What is always in your fridge?

A bottle of milk

Dream house: rural retreat or urban dwelling? Where would it be, what would it be like?

The one we now live in. A stone house with a garden full of flowers

If you could pick anyone at all (alive or dead) to go out for the evening with, who would it be?

Charlie Chaplin, actor, director and composer. A giant of culture I strongly admire.

If the world is ending in 24 hours what would you do?

Be with my family

What is your greatest fear? 

Illness