Love Songs from Smyrna Meet Cyprus Tradition Time 20:30 Production Credits
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GIANNIS KOTSIRAS - ESTOUDIANTINA LOVE SONGS FROM SMYRNA MEET CYPRUS TRADITION TIME 20:30 PRODUCTION CREDITS: A Mediterranean ethnic orchestra, paying Smyrna to balkan horas, ottoman classical THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27 PARTICIPATING: "Mousa" - Musical Troupe What is significant is that it performs solely great respect to the original sound of the music and doinas, as well as west MAKARIOS III AMPHITHEATRE Michalis Terlikkas - "Mousa" The group was first formed in 1987 by on original traditional instruments and is Asia Minor area, brings forth the authentic European polkas, waltzes and arias from STROVOLOS Thodoris Mermingas Michalis Terlikkas, having as a lead member strictly devoted to the traditional style. musical instruments of North - East Europe popular operas. The orchestra, located in Irene Toubaki the acknowledged violinist, George Another important point is that, although and joins the outstanding vocalist, Yiannis a suburb of the city of Volos called Nea Averoff. The group currently consists the instrumentalists have knowledge of Kotsiras, one of the most well loved Greek Ionia, is unusual in terms of the current TICKETS: €15 / €10 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Andreas Katsigiannis of: Michalis Terlikkas, Kostas Karpasitis, music, they apply the genuine old method singers, in an attempt to re-discover these social trend and recent music reality. More Panayiotis Nikolaides, Yiannis Souroullas, of learning the songs by simply listening genuinely emotional, undying tunes and than 250 concerts have been given from GENERAL CO-ORDINATION: Nikos Souroullas. to them. Its repertoire is continuously Antonis Koizas express "Smyrna of Love". Following their 1999 up until now, both in Greece and recent album release, "Smyrna of love", enriched by Michalis Terlikkas’ research recent album release of "Smyrna of love", abroad (United States, Romania, Turkey, he is joined by a distinguished orchestra and authentic hearings. one of the most prominent contemporary Italy, Portugal, Ukraine, Cyprus), that is tied to the musical tradition of Asia Greek singers, Yiannis Kotsiras and at the most known concert halls, together Minor, Estoudiantina, in a contemporary Estoudiantina, a distinguished orchestra with some of the greatest Greek singers reading of classic love songs of Smyrna, that is tied to the musical tradition of and musicians, gaining awesome reviews with a Mediterranean twist, exceptional Asia Minor, are joined in a concert that is from the press. In difficult times for music interpretations and the distinctive dedicated to popular tradition and the quality, Estoudiantina has managed to gain arrangements of Estoudiantina orchestra, artistic musical production of Smyrna, ardent admirers and lots of friends, mainly all come together to highlight the passion in honor of the 90-year anniversary of its from the younger generations, whose love that these songs incorporate, while destruction. of traditional music has brought them respecting their genuine music form. A contemporary reading of classic love together. songs of Smyrna, with a Mediterranean Michalis Terlikkas twist, exceptional interpretations and the Yiannis Kotsiras Michalis Terlikkas has busied himself distinctive arrangements of Estoudiantina Yiannis Kotsiras is an Athens-born vocalist systematically since 1983 with the orchestra, all come together to highlight who begun his career in the early 90's, interpretation, research and studying the passion that these songs capture, singing mainly rebetika and laika (Greek of Cypriot traditional music, drawing while respecting their genuine music form. popular/traditional music). Since then he on his personal oral experiences, as The Smyrna love songs meet the traditional has released over twenty personal albums, heard from authentic performances, songs of Cyprus. several of which have turned platinum, the interpretations of other older and has collaborated in at least as many performers as well as the recordings Estoudiantina albums, movie and TV-show soundtracks, of the few remaining older singers Our name draws its origins from the most new releases of classic Greek music and instrumentalists, which he himself famous orchestras that were created in albums, singles and guest appearances. makes within the scope of his research Asia Minor and made the "tour of the He has been invited by some of the activities. His main aim and dream is world" between 1898 and 1922; the most prominent Greek composers and the preservation and dissemination of Estoudiantinas: an innovative model of song writers (Mikis Theodorakis, Mimis Cyprus demotic music and its natural orchestra, as well as a musical movement, Plessas, Dionysis Savvopoulos, Yiannis re-institution in the entertainment of the that created new forms of Greek music Markopoulos, Lefteris Papadopoulos, Cypriots of today. Since 1987, he leads via the assimilation of elements of the Thanos Mikroutsikos) to perform their the "Mousa" (muse) musical troupe. They East and West. The use of many different work to contemporary audiences. He has have appeared on a number of radio and musical instruments (oud, canun, zurna, been touring all over Greece and Cyprus television programmes both in Cyprus and caval, santour, mandolin, clarinet, for numerous years, with his 2009 tour abroad, while they have also participated accordion, violin, and many more) reaching over 70.000 spectators, and has in many folk music festivals as well as in allowed Estoudiantinas to continuously participated in concerts held abroad other international events. expand their repertoire so as to include aside significant Greek composers and from byzantine hymns, and folk songs of other major Greek vocalists. In his most 50 51.