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Attika Plucked String Orchestra 2012 – Music by Manos Hadzidakis and Mikis Theodorakis – With the Opus Femina Choir and Soloists

The Attika Plucked String Orchestra has just published a set of videos from a concert given in Korinth on July 28 this year. The first part of the concert was composed of compositions by the famous Greek composer Manos Hadzidakis. The second part of the concert was dedicated to the music of Mikis Theodorakis. The …

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The Cretan Laouto – A Big and Great Sounding Instrument from Greece

I have discovered the Cretan Laouto some time ago and have written the following post in my German blog. I thought that I should also make a version in English about this interesting instrument from Greece. The Cretan Laouto has 4 double strings, the three lower strings are tuned in octaves, the highest strings are …

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Mandolins in Greece – The Attika Plucked String Orchestra

Street of Dreams M. Hadjidakis, ATTIKA Plucked String Orchestra Performed by ATTIKA Sextet at “Syn kai Plin” television music magazine http://www.attikaorchestra.gr http://www.myspace.com/attikaorchestra Mandolin: Aris Dimitriadis, Giannis Goumenakis Mandola alto: Giorgos Goumenakis Mandola tenore: Panayiotis Lampropoulos Guitar: Michalis Sidiropoulos Piano: Dimitris Giannis Description of the Attika Plucked String Orchestra from  Homepage: The Orchestra was founded in …

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Kostas Grigoreas – In the Greek Mode – Compositions for Guitar by Greek Composers

Kostas Grigoreas is a guitarist from Greece who has made many of his recordings available at youtube. In many of the videosGrigoreas plays composition for the guitar by Greek composers. Among others he plays pieces by Dimitri Fampas, Manos Hadjidakis, Akos Petik and Kyriakos Tzorzinakis. But Grigoreas has also recorded a CD with his own …

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