Smyrnaean Minore – Ancient Europos

28 & 29 July, Ancient Europos

Production: ENERGIES TECHNIS KAI POLITISMOU 2020

Genre: Music

Time: 21.00
Duration: 135΄

Pre-booking for 28th of July

Pre-booking for 29th of July

A musical journey on the occasion of the centenary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, featuring Glykeria, the most important singer of Smyrnaean and traditional songs.

Glykeria and her company on stage will take us on a journey to the musical paths of the East. From the sea of Smyrna to Constantinople and Bosporus, and from the Cappadocian market to the Greek ports and inland, where great composers from Asia Minor ended up as refugees, bringing along such songs as: “Apo xeno topo”, “Tzivaeri”, “Elli”, “Smyrnia”, “O Memetis”, “Hariklaki”, “T’ apofasisa”, “Armenitsa”, “I Xaveriotissa”, “Karotseri trava”, “Xerizomos”, “Kapia mana anastenazi”, “I Smyrni mana kaigete”, etc. Alongside her, singer Dimitris Kontogiannis and a multi-member orchestra.

With music supervision by composer and maestro Stelios Fotiadis.

Creative team

Singing: Glykeria, Dimitris Kontogiannis

Recorded narration: Leonidas Kakouris

Dancers: Local dance group

Orchestra: Eight-member orchestra of traditional instruments

Sound engineer: Nikos Rountos

Artistic director: Stelios Fotiadis

Musicians

Bass: Polykleitos Pelelis

Percussion: Petros Pelelis

Guitar: Kostas Fotiadis

Bouzouki: Giorgos Rokas

Violin: Manolis Kottoros

Qanun: Sakis Xenoudis

Accordion: Dasho Kurti