The History Of Greek Songs

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Date and Time 11 June 2017 - 11 June 2017 From: 7:30PM To: 9:00PM


Event Organizer Chijazz


Contact Info for RSVP http://smallworldmusic.com/shows/chijazz-history-greek-songs/


Tickets Admission Details 15 Online / 20 at the door


Address/ Venue Small Wolrd Music Centre 180 Shaw str. Toronto, ONTARIO,




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Humans spoke to birds through songs and the birds spoke back. It has been with songs that ancestors have sent their messages to the next generations."

Manos Hadjidakis, the great, Oscar-winning composer of Greece used these words to describe the role of songs in shaping cultures throughout history. The Greek songs allowed for a cultural trace from antiquity to survive over millennia, blend with the occasional temporal elements and together define the character of Greek songs across the aeons. This performance will pay a musical tribute to the Greek song and narrate its history from the 19th century and the demotika folk songs until the 1960s and the songs of the Theodorakis-Hadjidakis deity.

The band Chijazz is comprised of:

Athina Malli: Vocals, Percussion

Giorgos Soundoulidis: Vocals, Percussion

Sofia Smyrnoudi: Piano, Vocals

Giorgos Vasileiou: Guitar

Rania Bampasi: Flute, Hand Percussion

Christos Koukaras: Bouzouki, Vocals

Petros Pechlivanoglou: Bouzouki, Oud

 

Narration: Panagiota Vogdou / Giannis Dimitriou

Artistic direction: Eirini Stoubou / Rania Bampasi

 

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