How many diverse voices, dialects, faces and stories can one meet on the way from Thrace to Epirus? Αcclaimed composer and musician Nikos Kypourgos pays tribute to the music of Northern Greece. This musical ‘road trip’ will unearth songs and languages from the fringes of the Egnatia Motorway; a musical Babel weaving together Vlach, Arvanitika, Slavic, Turkish, Pontian, Cappadocian, Romani, Hebrew and Pomak songs, featuring musicians from various regions. Musicians and singers will take turns performing and shedding light to the richness of different varieties of language, highlighting the unifying power of music.
Concept - Curation - Research: Nikos Kypourgos, Elita Kounadi
Direction: Nikos Chatzopoulos
Consultants: Miranda Terzopoulou, Leonidas Embirikos
Lighting design: Lefteris Pavlopoulos
Sound: Giorgos Karyotis
Assistant to the sound engineer: Eftychios Giannakouras
Production manager: Manolis Sardis - Pro4
Assisant to the production manager: Christina Polychroniadou
Featuring: Neo Chimonio Culture Club 'Ta Zaloufaiotika,' Giorgos Symeonidis, Konstantinos Karagiannis, Konstantinos Lykoudis, Ekatirini Farasopoulou-Misailidou, Giorgos Pagozidis, Yannis Pagozidis, Kyriakos Petras, Balkanatolia, Ioannis Pagozidis, Panagiotis Kogalidis, Emine Bouroutzi, Vangelis Doropoulos, Giannis Kanargelis, Thanos Stavridis, Ferdi Rasimoglou, Codex Ensemble - Chorus of the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki conducted by Kostis Papazoglou, Charoula Gogou, Zisis Bardas, Vasiliki Kotorli, Eleftheria Panagiotidou, Maria Piliouri, Kostas Seridis, Vasiliki Seridou, Olga Taousiani, Chrysoula Tezia, Martha Iliadou, Christina Makri, Euxeinos Club of Greek Pontiacs of Florina, The Folklore Association of Vlahs (Armani) in Veria,Giorgos Manekas, Antonis Papadopoulos, Giannis Kalas, Thodoris Sitaras, Petros Pipiliaris, Dimitris Paraschos, Thanos Roumpos, Fotis Karaviotis, Chalkina Ichochoramata, Kyros Spontis, Christos Apsis, Christos Dalakas, Kostas Filios, Ioannis Sarvanis, Polyphonic group of Ieropigi, Metsovo Dance Club, Andreas Baos, Vasilis Avraam, Christos Soulas, Panagiotis Baos
Thanks go to: Isaac Alchanatis, Tasos Antoniadis, Takis Galaitsis, Nikos Dionysopoulos, Maria Zoumbouli, Kostas Theodorou, Giannis Kakaras, Sami Karaboougioukoglou, Nikos Kokkas, Giannis Kokkonis, Giorgos Kokkonis, Giorgos Metsios, Christos Broufas, Thanasis Moraitis, Anastasis Sarakatsanos, Sabiha Souleimanoglou, Fokas Spontis, Pantelis Stoikos, Giorgos Tarasis, Marika Tsotsia, Vasilis Farasopoulos.
Many thanks also to Louizos Aslanidis and Ekso Production for providing us with audiovisual material.
Kindly sponsored by Aegean
