…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…
Musical presentation of “Piraeus rebetiko and the names associated with it” 25-1-2019 Presentation by Thanasis Vlachos, musing editing by Spyros Goumas and “Parapetamenoi”, organized by Diana Notaroglou for the New Year’s event at the Lyceum Ellinidon at Kolonaki, Athens.
“Once Upon at Lemonadika” a story on the “Lemonadika” square of Piraeus with poor devils, rebetes, with simple ambitions, everyday people with low profile… and
Tribute to the great folk composer Dimitris Gogos-Bayanderas. March 20, 2016 Saint Paul Greek-French School in Piraeus. Collection of material and presentation: Katerina Vlachou, music
“The Other World” November 1, 2016, Anna Faltaits, Vice President of the Museum “Manos and Anastasia Faltaits” presented the work of the journalist Konstantinos Faltaits
The Cultural center dieleusis with the music group “Parapetamenoi”, the Association of Greek Arts and Evmaros Publications in collaboration with City of Athens Culture, Sports
We participated in the Rebetiko Festival in Helsinki September 28 & 29, 2019. We had been invited by the Hellenic Embassy and the Hellenic Association
Musical Presentation “Mortes-Koutsavakia-Magkes” in November 2017 at Multicultural center “dieleusis” with the help of digital and photographic material. Collection and presentation of digital material by
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and sociological approach of the development of rebetiko song, the names of the musical scales (dromoi) in rebetika, historical references to the life and work of great composers, singers and skilled players of rebetiko (Thanasis Manetas, Costas Bezos (A. Kostis), Marika Papagika, Panagiotis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.