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Rembetika
The Mikrokosmos Ensemble on stage, Grigoris Maninakis is in the middle
People in the audience are enjoying the music
Kostas Psarros playing bouzouki, a traditional Greek instrument.
Miltos Kininis and Gail Holst Warhaft starting the dance...
This concert was a great experience following the recipe of traditional Greek
entertainment, which calls for live Greek music, dancing and food!
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here to read details about what happened in the Mikrokosmos concert!
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The concert will feature two parts.
In the first part, musical settings of famous Greek poets, including Seferis, Ritsos &
Kavvadias, will be featured. The music of the settings is composed by worldwide known
Greek composers including Mikis Theodorakis and Manos Hatzidakis.
In the second part, we will enjoy Rembetika songs, the "blues of Greece". Rembetika is
to Greece what Flamenco is to Spain, Fado to Portugal and Tango to Argentina. It
originated during the late 19th century, becoming the folk music of the cities, sung by
the social outcast, the criminal and the dispossessed, the so-called "rembetes" and
"manges", in the illegal hashish taverns of the urban underground.
Quoting
Cornell Professor, Gail Holst-Warhaft from her book The Road to Rembetika:
"What was special about the rembetika song was the combination between traditional
musical forms of the Eastern Mediterranean and the words of the songs, which dealt with
the life of the urban underworld and the less reputable elements of the society."
Internationally renowned, Mikrokosmos, and its lead singer, Grigoris Maninakis
guarantee a great evening of music and dancing. Don't miss it!
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