Stamatogiannakis Gerasimos

Gerasimos Stamatogiannakis

I have entertained Crete for half a century

For half century I have entertained Crete , thousands of hours of genuine “panigiria” and spontaneous “glentia” where the star was not my personal presence, but the sound of the lyre. I have experienced real magic with endless nights in villages and neighborhoods of Crete , something that it is highly improbable to be experienced nowadays.

A completely different age then, completely different!

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

Stamatogiannakis Gerasimos - Music of Crete

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