Artists
who's who and who's doing what?AEGEAN CHOIR & ORCHESTRA
- country:Greece
- region:Balkan
- style(s):Mediterranean Traditional
- label:K.A.L.M.E.
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Aegean Choir & Orchestra
Centre for Aegean Folklore and Musicological Studies
Instructor - Artistic Director: Theofanis Soulakellis
A unique music group of Greek traditional music, who record, research, study and interpret tunes and songs from the Aegean area (the islands, peninsula of Asia Minor -coasts, Constantinople, Cappadocia, Pontos). The group was formed in 1992 and consists of members with music education as well as professional musicians (total of 18-25 members). The group's performances include concerts and musicals. Members of the group also help in the organization of educational music workshops.
Musical instruments: violin, lute, oud, kanun, santour, traditional clarinet, bagpipes, as well as others.
Concerts: Greece.
Record publications: In those lovely taverns-Folk songs from Aretsou of Vithynia in Asia Minor (1999), On the West Wind-Folk songs from the Aegean islands (2000), Fighting and Singing-Historical songs from the Balkan Wars (2004), Greek traditional carols (2004), Fintani, Fintanaki-Children folk songs, plays and fairy stories (2005).
