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7 – 10 July, Leonidio

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Sazman band

The Sazman is an open ensemble exploring musical paths of the Balkans, from Romania to Turkey and from Serbia to Bulgaria and back to Greece. Like a gypsy caravan their music reflects a dynamic ensemble of strings and percussion, flanked by male and female vocals. The Sazman invite us to a feast of Balkan sounds,…

Nikos Andreias

Uncompromised rembetic music from a man who has been performing it for years with talent and passion. Nikos Andreias is known for his performances among many places where this kind of music is played. He has also collaborated with many great names in this domain of music and had special appearances like the one in…

Musical journeys

The Musical journey were created 8 years ago with the aim of continuing quality and dissemination of popular, folk, rebetiko and art songs of Greece. They had a lot of appearances in small and large venues in Athens and the rest of Greece. This band invites us to travel through sounds of Greek music from…

Plastic people

The Plastic People was formed in 1997 in Athens. Their repertoire – well known black music (funk, soul, disco, R & B, reggae) – but also their experience in the field of live performing made them one of the most successful funky bands in Greece. Their live performances create party atmosphere and mood for dancing.…

Trumpet

The trumpet is an aero-phone musical instrument, with shaped metal mouthpiece cup, which belongs to the family of brass. In its original form, as a trumpet, from the ancient Greeks, it was known to the Egyptians, the Jews and the Romans. It was originally made of wood, then later of metal (bronze, silver) and after,…

Mpaglamas

Baglamas or baglama (from the Turkish baglama), is plucked musical instrument, like the flute, that originates from the ancient pandoura and presents small version of bouzouki. It is used in Greek folk music and generally takes three double strings. The sound of baglama is acute. Each string is tuned an octave higher than the corresponding…

Funk

 Funk is a musical genre that began in the late ’60s, when Afro-American musicians mixed sounds of soul, jazz and R & B and created a new form of music with a strong rhythm that could be danced. The funk is not based only in melody and harmony, but instead it brings a strong sense…