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Thrace is a region at the Balcans, on the Southeast of Europe, at the North of Aegean sea, splitted between Bulgaria, Greece and the European Turkey. In Trace, the administrative borders blur in a cultural continuum that is evident on the unique features of its music and its dances. From the Greek part of Thrace it comes the… Rodopi Ensemble |
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BIO
Rodopi Ensemble are musicians who have grown up in a frame where traditional music and dance were part of their environment and you can feel it: they play their music with the knowledge and naturalness with which they speak their mother tongue. They come from the Greek part of Thrace, that corner of Europe where Bulgarian, Greek and Turkish cultures are intermingled.
The band has been working for more than 20 years. They play with mastery the traditional styles, like xasapiko, tsifteteli, karsilamas or zeibekiko. The public can not only listen, but also learn the dances at the workshop provided by Alkis, the player of qanun, that is also an experienced teacher of dance, as well as director of festivals himself (Cosmopolis, in Kavala, Greece, and Mediterranean Music Festival in Switzerland).
Rodopi Ensemble released the album Thraki – Traditional Dances & Songs from Thrace in January 2019, with the Brittish record label ARC Music. Click here for more info about the album.
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LINE-UP
Rodopi Ensemble is a quintet. Shorter line-ups (quartet and trio) are available:
- Alkis Zopoglou: qanun and dance monitor
- Kyriakos Petras: violin
- Nikos Angousis: clarinet
- Yorgos Pagozidis: percussion
- Drosos Koutsokostas: lute and voice
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.WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
In addition to the concert, the group can provide workshops of:
They can provide a lecture of traditional styles from Thrace. They are also open to other ideas, like cooking traditional recipes or a Q&A with the public after the concert. |
This was a workshop of dances at the Jagellonian Fair in Poland: |
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VIDEOS
Rodopi Ensemble quintet:
| Live in Zurich, Manes tis kalinichtias: | Two dances: |
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Live, Menexedes Kai Zouboulia: |
Live with friends, rebetiko dance: |
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Synkathistos dance: |
Live, To Servikaki: |
Rodopi Trio:
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Anathema ton aitio: |
Servikaki: |
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AUDIOS
Listen to the album Thraki:
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