
Future Folk #2: “PONTO-PONTO”
With the concert “PONTO-PONTO“, the FUTURE FOLK concerts continue at KET, curated by the electro-acoustic composer Tasos Stamou. Christos Navrozidis (pontian lyre, singing) and Tasos Stamou (electronics, live sound processing) seek the meeting of the ancient with the modern, the acoustic with the electronic.
Dedicated to the traditional music of the future, the monthly FUTURE FOLK concerts are a meeting point between traditional folk and contemporary experimental music. A researcher of sound, Tasos Stamou invites soloists from different musical traditions and creates an on-stage conversation with them, combining their music with live electronic processing.
Exploring lesser-known aspects of traditional music, such as mysteries and rituals, which often remain on the margins of contemporary revivals, FUTURE FOLK also functions as a living workshop.
Stamou has dedicated his musical career to the connection between tradition and contemporary creation. His trilogy (Musique Con Crete, DAD and Antiqua Graecia), which reflects this approach, has received international acclaim.
With roots from Kotyora of Pontus, Christos Navrozidis studies Pontian music, without excluding new approaches. He started playing the lyre at the age of 8 and since the age of 14 he has been performing as an instrumentalist and singer at festivals and concerts. He has participated in seminars in Greece, France and Cyprus. Shortly before the departure of Vangelis Papathanasiou, he took part in the performance “The Thread / To Thread”, bringing the Pontian music tradition in a modern artistic context.