Giannis Markogiannakis

Up there we worship God, on Earth we bow to Skordalos

I was very young when I touched the lute for the first time, it was put in my hands almost by force by my father, a lyre player, at a “glenti” so I could accompany him. From there on I continued to perform with him, however I have passed many years of my artistic life near Thanasis Skordalos. Since then, even if I collaborated with a lot of other artists as with Sifogjorgakis for example, I believe that Skordalos remains unique. Generally speaking I think that Cretan music is still very alive. There will never be another Skordalos or Mountakis of course, but we should be happy of our music’s evolution"

Full text (in Greek) of the authentic narrations of the Great Masters of Cretan music in STIGMES magazine no 68

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