The Garden of Rila

Wed Jul 14, 2010

20:30

Location

Cultural Centre of the University of Cyprus
Manor House on Axiotheas Steet
Old Nicosia
Nicosia, Nicosia

Description

Artist and musicologist Martha Mavroidi, a young researcher of Balkan music and an outstanding performer whom the friends of Axiothea got to know through her collaboration with Himerini Kolymvites and Savina Yannatou, presents her first album with her own compositions based on a distinct and thought-out dialog with Balkan music.

Balkan means mountain. Rila is the highest mountain of the Balkan Peninsula. There, hidden in the lavishly green forests, one can find a secluded monastery. It is its quiet courtyard that inspiration for eleven new songs, which talk about the place, its views, its people and their personal histories and musical traditions. Together with the songs on the album, Martha Mavroidi and her musicians will take us on a musical journey to different areas of the Balkans.

Featuring
Pantelis Stoikos: trumpet, kaval
Giorgos Tsiatsoulis: accordion
Lefteris Chavoutsas: guitar
Giorgos Venturis: double bass
Kostas Meretakis: percussion
Martha Mavroidi: voice, Constantinople lute, saz