…Even our heart suffers and pains
is fully occupied and “drifted” by love
and with bouzouki and guitars
sings softly and sweet like a bird…
Anthi and Alekos Tsakiris, grandchildren of Grigoris Asikis, together with the bouzouki master and music teacher Spiros Goumas and the
“Once Upon at Lemonadika” a story on the “Lemonadika” square of Piraeus with poor devils, rebetes, with simple ambitions, everyday
We participated in the Rebetiko Festival in Helsinki September 28 & 29, 2019. We had been invited by the Hellenic
In March 2019, a musical tribute was held for the Greek musician from Constantinople Gregory Asikis entitled “Blooming path your
Musical presentation of “Piraeus rebetiko and the names associated with it” 25-1-2019 Presentation by Thanasis Vlachos, musing editing by Spyros
In January 2019, a tribute was realized for Yiannis Papaioannou entitled ” I travel with your taximi!” at the Greek
Tribute entitled “Rebetika of War and Occupation”. In October 2019 and 2020 at the Multicultural Center “Dieleusis” was held a
“Parapetamenoi” and Nida Ates. After an invitation made by the Bursa region and Nida Ates, a joint concert with “Parapetamenoi”
Musical Presentation “Mortes-Koutsavakia-Magkes” in November 2017 at Multicultural center “dieleusis” with the help of digital and photographic material. Collection and
“The Other World” November 1, 2016, Anna Faltaits, Vice President of the Museum “Manos and Anastasia Faltaits” presented the work
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Proceedings of the rebetiko seminar-meetings in Skyros are posted on the website of the seminar. Among others you can find a historical and sociological approach of the development of rebetiko song, the names of the musical scales (dromoi) in rebetika, historical references to the life and work of great composers, singers and skilled players of rebetiko (Thanasis Manetas, Costas Bezos (A. Kostis), Marika Papagika, Panagiotis Tountas, George Mitsakis, Giannis Papaioannou, Costas Kaplanis), even for not famous but not less important musicians of the interwar period (Kostas Faltaits, Grigoris Asikis, Dimitris Atraidis, Giakoumis Montanaris, Costas Tzovenos, Stavros Pantelidis) but also personal information for the not famous Urban musicians.
Historical data for Mortes, Koutsavakia and Magkes. You can also find Fado and rebetiko social relationships, an interesting approach titled “women in rebetiko” by the rebetiko researcher Gail Holst-Warhaft, an approach to the dances of 9, information about the flowering of rebetiko in Piraeus, the imprints of rebetiko in the neighborhoods of Piraeus, the growth of rebetiko in Thessaloniki and of course the rebetiko in Finland as well as personal revelations how the rebetiko touches our soul.