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CRETAN MUSIC HAS TO BE HUMBLE Nikos Sopasis belongs to a generation
of great masters of traditional Cretan music. Apart from his virtuosity on the
lyre his music is characterized by his special, deeply expressive voice THE LYRE IS THE INSTRUMENT OF GOD For many years Psarantonis, one of the greatest Greek traditional music artists, has expressed the desire to give a concert at Herodus Atticus Theatre but some short-sighted bureaucrats wouldn't give him the permission. He finally managed to perform there this summer, and the magic notes of his lyre flooded the ancient theatre. Psarantonis shares with STIGMES readers his thoughts about contemporary Cretan music, the concerts he has given abroad, his childhood in his hometown of Anogia, the lyre, which he characterizes "the instrument of God" and also the current critical situation of our country.
IN
FIRST PERSON... Authentic
narrations from the great masters of Cretan music (Nikos Manias, Gerasimos
Stamatogiannakis, Leonidas Klados, Giorgos Avissinos, Spiros Sifogiorgakis,
Giannis Markogiannakis, Rodamanthos Androulakis, Kostis Papadakis (Naftis),
Giorgos Tzimakis) pioneers of their
art which we still have the honour and the chance to hear in concert THE GREAT MASTERS OF CRETAN MUSIC Listen online to real audio samples from the art of Kalogeridis, Harhalis, Foustalieris, Harilaos, Kareklas, Mountakis, Dermitzogiannis, Lagos, Mavros, Baxevanis, Stravos, Karavitis, Rodinos, Koutsourelis, Naftis, Skordalos and more... IN MEMORY OF THE ARCHANGEL Nikos Xilouris is and always will be a point of reference of Cretan music Beyond the musical notes, there is ecstasy. The charismatic lyre player PSARANTONIS confides to STIGMES I HAD NO IDEA OF WHAT THE TENORS OR SOPRANOS WERE… - Forty years ago, an eighteen year-old brave young man, Babis Garganourakis, went to Athens to record his first ever vinyl, going through all the difficulties of those times. Nobody then could imagine the future of this musician and the importance of his work for the music of Crete THANASSIS SKORDALOS The last interview of a Great Master “I AM NOT A TRADITIONAL ARTIST” Giorgos Zervakis ,actually the most popular Cretan music performer, has devoted supporters but also fanatic enemies A CRETAN OUT OF CRETE IS TWICE MORE CRETAN The name of Nikos Zoidakis, an artist born and raised in the town of Chania, Crete, is known to friends of Cretan music since 1978 when he started to play the lyre as an amateur. THE GENUINE MUSIC OF ASTEROUSIA MOUNTAINS The ongoing research of Savas Petrakis, conducted since 1999, has been a true apocalypse, as it brought to light the original music of Crete, a form of direct artistic interaction between the performer and the listener without microphones, mp3 or video clips. A LUTE PLAYER AT THE CONCERT HALL Mihalis Tzouganakis is one of the most promising young Cretan performers THREE HUNDRED MILLION DISKS LATER… "I was not forced. It was my choice". So simply and decisively, Nana Mouschouri - born in Chania, and meant to become one of the most famous Greek personalities in the world - explained the happy end of her musical adventure starting many years ago and leading to all five continents. THE MOUGRINARA AND THE CHOCHLOBADOURO: Instruments and artists of the music tradition of Chania. Chania has offered the Cretan music very important musicians, people full of talent, respect, love and interest for advancing the Cretan music tradition. LAUGHTER IS A MEDITERRANEAN WAY OF MEDITATION A very popular musical group in Greece, the “Chainides” or "Hainides" started performing many years ago when most of their members were students at the University of Crete. THREE GENERATIONS OF LYRE-MAKERS Manolis Stagakis keeps alive the tradition of lyre-making in his family shop which has a 60-years long history THE OLDEST OF THE OLD TIMERS Manolis Tsagarakis, also called Kouroupis, has been born around 1910, though neither himself nor anybody else remembers the exact date. He is one of the Great Masters of Cretan music, but various misfortunes prevented him of having the career he deserved. MANTINADA IS A FEMININE WORD Traditional music of Crete shows these last years remarkable female interpreters who enrich Cretan musical culture with their art and their presences I AM STILL "STAMPED"! Manolis Kontaros is a sensitive Cretan music performer with a rich discography in his active, a virtuoso of the lute, one from the most expressive voices the Cretan music, with many fanatical admirers all around the island THERE
IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CIRCLE AND A STRAIGHT LINE
Ross
Daly is an Irish self-exiled musician, speaking fluently Greek, with an intense
Cretan accent due to his long-lasting stay in SPIROS SIFOGIORGAKIS: PLAYING THE LYRE FOR A LIFETIME A living legend of Cretan music, the very first professional musician of Crete, composer of Cretan musical themes in Michalis Kakogiannis cinema adaptation of “Zorbas’ IF ROMANTICISM IS NAIVETY, YOU CAN CALL ME NAIVE! Vangelis Pitharoulis is considered as one of the most erotic artists of Cretan music, with fanatic supporters in and out of Crete IF CRETAN MUSIC WERE TO DIE, LET HER DIE IN DIGNITY... says Giorgos Manolioudis, a well known performer of Cretan music MOMENTS OF HUMANITY, IS WHAT COUNTS IN LIFE... Zacharias Vardas, a very promising young Cretan music performer THE SOUL REBEL Nikos Gonianakis offered to Prophet Elias a wax candle the size of his body in return for the skills of an accomplished lyre player. And the Saint listened to his wish WHEN I GET MARRIED I WANT A “MERAKLINA” AS WIFE The word is definitely hard to translate but that doesn’t make the interview of Manolis Alexakis, a great contemporary star of Cretan music, less interesting “PEOPLE STILL LISTEN TO CRETAN MUSIC, EVEN IF NOW THEY HAVE THE CHOICE NOT TO” The great lyra player Mihalis Alefantinos, started in Agios Mamas, in Milopotamos to reach with his music Strasbourg, the heart of the United Europe and this carries a symbolism of it’s own "Crete acts like a magnet": An accomplished, widely recognized, lyra-player, Vasilis Skoulas is optimistic about the future of the Cretan Musical Tradition. His contribution has been invaluable. A CIRCLE ON A CROSS ROAD Crete is famous for its history and its legends. The “Circle on the cross road” is the magic process by which Cretan musicians learned how to play in abundance of art the lyre, probably the most representative of all musical instruments of Crete ****** STIGMES is edited only in Greek! *********
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