{"id":12,"date":"2018-10-29T15:59:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T15:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/ket\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-10-16T18:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:31:31","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/polychorosket.gr\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"home.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"slideshow":[{"event":{"ID":5049,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2026-09-23 07:06:09","post_date_gmt":"2026-09-23 07:06:09","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Steve Bates<\/strong>&nbsp;(Canada): \u201c<strong>An Infinite Antenna\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Steve Bates<\/strong> presents material from his latest release, \u201cAn Infinite Antenna\u201d (Constellation, 2026), on Godspeed You! Black Emperor\u2019s independent label. The album is based on field recordings and Bates\u2019s unique approach to manipulating and distorting the audio signal. \"An Infinite Antenna\" gives freer reign to melodic components and textural dynamics: leftfield synth work, deconstructed drum machine, pointillist electric guitar, and radiostatic blur are all part of the new brew swirling around his bruitist signal-bending and field-recording sensibility.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25cd Steve Bates is an artist, musician, curator, and researcher based in Montreal. His work bridges electronic music, sound art, improvisation, and experimental composition. With roots in the hardcore and post-punk scenes, he has been navigating the space between underground music cultures and contemporary artistic research for decades. His works combine experimentation with immediacy and have been presented in Canada, the U.S., Europe, Chile, and Senegal.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>\u21b3<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevebates.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.stevebates.info<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>\u21b3<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alsostevebates.bandcamp.com\/album\/an-infinite-antenna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/alsostevebates.bandcamp.com\/album\/an-infinite-antenna<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Spyros Polychronopoulos<\/strong> (Greece): <strong>solo set for a blindfolded audience<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Composer <strong>Spyros Polychronopoulos<\/strong> (Spyweirdos) returns to KET with a new solo project, in a concert where the audience listens with their eyes covered (masks will be provided at the entrance).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This new work was born out of many hours of field recordings. From this material, he didn\u2019t keep the \u201cmain\u201d sounds, but rather those that are usually pushed to the sidelines or cut out entirely: The creaking of wood, the grinding of metal, small gears, the turning of a rotating chimney cap, distant rumbling, thuds, imperceptible vibrations, air noises, and minor recording glitches. Sounds that would normally be discarded become the musical material itself. From these small sonic fragments, melodies and soundscapes are constructed.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The sounds undergo intense processing, yet retain something of their original materiality: wood, metal, air, friction, movement. The melodies emerge from these disparate, unexpected sources as if they had always been hidden within them. Sometimes clear and sometimes almost fleeting, they leave the impression of a sweet memory with no specific origin\u2014a melody that seems familiar, even though you can\u2019t remember where you heard it. With your eyes closed, the actual sources of the sounds cease to matter. What remains is a space of textures, distances, and melodies: a world completely transformed, yet strangely earthly.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25cd Spyros Polychronopoulos, also known as Spyweirdos, is dedicated to the world of sound and explores its multifaceted nature. He teaches as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Music Technology and Acoustics at the Hellenic Mediterranean University. His research interests include acoustic suspension, musical acoustics, acoustic holography, and room acoustics. At the same time, since the late 1990s, he has been exploring the aesthetic dimension of sound: he has released over 20 albums, collaborated with many musicians, and performed in numerous concerts around the world. Works such as <em>Live Electronic Music \u2013 LEM<\/em> (Room40, 2016) and <em>Nyfida<\/em> (Room40, 2024, in collaboration with Jannis Anastasakis) propose new ways of distributing and listening to music through a dynamic and interactive experience.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>\u21b3<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/spyrospolychronopoulos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/spyrospolychronopoulos.com<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Following the two solo sets, there will be a short improvisation by Steve Bates and Spyros Polychronopoulos.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","post_title":"Steve Bates \/ Spyros Polychronopoulos","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"steve-bates-spyros-polychronopoulos-en","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-10-09 20:00:30","post_modified_gmt":"2026-10-09 20:00:30","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/polychorosket.gr\/?post_type=events&#038;p=5049","menu_order":0,"post_type":"events","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"event":{"ID":5061,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2026-09-30 07:09:31","post_date_gmt":"2026-09-30 07:09:31","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From Volos to Stagiates: a living soundscape for Vasilis Maggos.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The art of soundscapes rarely focuses on social reality. It usually takes abstract paths. The work \u201cSur le chemin\u201d by French musician Mathieu Goust is an exception in this regard. It moves with care and sensitivity along a fine line between testimony, field recordings, and live music. It manages to touch upon the most immediate and painful social reality without following any easy or predetermined formula. It lends the listening experience a political dimension.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the heart of this musical and audio work lies a voice: the voice of Yannis Maggos, Vasilis\u2019s father. In June 2020, Vasilis\u2014who had been involved in Volos\u2019s environmental and social movements since childhood\u2014was arrested at a protest against the incineration of waste carried out, and still carried out today, by the Lafarge cement plant on the outskirts of the city. While in custody, he was brutally beaten. He died a few weeks later.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A few months later, his father carved out, in memory of his son, a trail that bears his name and connects the city of Volos with the village of Stagiates. Father and son used to walk together in the mountains and forests of the area. Vasilis\u2019s Trail is a hiking route that is now visited by children, couples, groups of young people, and the elderly. But it is also a political gesture, a response to loss, and a tribute.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2023, Mathieu traveled from Strasbourg to Pelion to meet Yannis. At one point along the way, sheltered from the wind, he asked him to describe the trail and explain what had motivated him to blaze it. In this account, Vasilis\u2019s story gradually emerges through his very description of the trail: from the types of trees one encounters to the changes in the landscape. It is as if the trail itself is telling the story, and as if the trees themselves are speaking about police violence, injustice, and the suppression of environmental struggles\u2014but also about the beauty and vitality of resistance.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As they walked together, Mathieu also recorded the sounds of the natural environment. He left the voice as is, unedited, and placed it at the center of a unique soundscape. This soundscape is performed live each time. The music combines acoustic instruments (percussion and objects), analog synthesizers, and field recordings. It accompanies the testimony, leaves room for it, and transforms it into a journey. The narrative unfolds before the audience\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The power of the work stems from the very gesture that gave rise to it. Through the path he has opened, Yannis Maggos transforms mourning into a journey open to everyone and into a place where people encounter nature. The performance brings this path to the stage and invites the audience to traverse it through sound.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The work \u201cSur le chemin\u201d engages in a dialogue with a series of works that bring real voices to the heart of music: Steve Reich\u2019s <em>Different Trains<\/em> (1988), in which recorded testimonies become musical material; Lawrence Abu Hamdan\u2019s research, which treats listening as a means of bearing witness to state violence; and Janet Cardiff\u2019s audio walks, in which walking becomes a form of storytelling.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After all, this is one of the functions of music: to transform experiences, to shed light in unexpected ways on aspects of social life and our shared history. And, ultimately, to bring together an audience that, for an hour, shares a story and makes it its own.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25cf Mathieu Goust developed the project based on an initial idea by Dimitris Alexakis and Fotini Banou (KET).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25cf The testimony was recorded with the assistance of Solal Goust and Dimitris Alexakis.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25cd <strong>Mathieu Goust<\/strong> has been playing percussion since he was seven years old. He started out with cardboard detergent barrels and wooden spoons and gradually expanded his collection of instruments. Self-taught, he broadened his musical horizons through travel and encounters. Around the age of nineteen, he began exploring electronic music, without giving up the drums and percussion.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today, with more than thirty years of experience, he is more interested in artistic forms than in musical genres. That is why he works in such a wide variety of fields: from singing, jazz, and electronic music to theater (street and stage), circus, dance, literary readings, and children\u2019s performances.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In recent years, he has collaborated regularly with singer-songwriter Yoanna, the all-female group Les Clandestines, the Mediterranean music ensemble Electrik GEM, the electro-jazz group Notilus, and the Strasbourg Choreographic Center.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Photos: Dimitris Alexakis<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","post_title":"\"Sur le chemin\" - Mathieu Goust","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"sur-le-chemin-26","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-09-30 07:09:45","post_modified_gmt":"2026-09-30 07:09:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/polychorosket.gr\/?post_type=events&#038;p=5061","menu_order":0,"post_type":"events","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"event":{"ID":5072,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2026-10-03 07:15:23","post_date_gmt":"2026-10-03 07:15:23","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A sound ritual bringing together three artists from Sweden, Hong Kong, and Greece in a shared exploration of memory and remembrance. Drawing on elements from their respective cultures, the artists weave diverse traditions of honoring those who came before us and those no longer with us into a shared sonic experience.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Through electronics, voice, and percussion, acts of remembrance are transformed into sound, becoming an offering in themselves. Rather than recreating specific rituals, the trio creates a shared space where memory becomes sound\u2014a gentle act of connection and continuity between the living and those who have passed.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25cd Composer, sound artist, and guitarist <strong>Barry Yuk Bun Wan<\/strong> was born in Hong Kong and currently lives in the Czech Republic. His works span a variety of genres and media and have been presented in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. He has received numerous awards, including first prize at the Musica Nova competition (2018), and has participated in major festivals and conferences.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8a2odJ1yZew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8a2odJ1yZew<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25cd The work of sound artist <strong>Marissa Bili <\/strong>(Greece) straddles the line between performance and composition. She studied classical singing at the State Conservatory of Tyrol (Innsbruck). She then focused on free vocal improvisation, extended vocal techniques, and vocal traditions from around the world. She has performed at events such as the Borderline Festival (Onassis Foundation, 2023), the Waves Festival (Vienna, 2024), and Noisy Words (Goethe-Institut, 2024). In 2025, she composed the music for the productions \u201cElefantas\u201d (choreography: Angelos Papadopoulos) and \u201cAutumn Youth\u201d (directed by Anthi Founta), as well as the vocal compositions for \u201cFaust\u201d (directed by Aris Biniaris).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KtGzvg3SZtA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KtGzvg3SZtA<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25cd<strong> Emelie Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m <\/strong>(Sweden) is a percussionist and composer with a background in classical music. She collaborates with composers and artists from Sweden, Hong Kong, the U.S., Australia, and the Czech Republic. Her work includes solo pieces, works for multiple percussion instruments, and projects that combine different art forms. Her compositions are often inspired by mythology, nature, and human psychology. She has performed\u2014through solo tours and collaborations\u2014in Sweden, Italy, the Czech Republic, and India, among other places. She has participated in the GarnGroove, Sonic Adventure III, and Sound Bridge projects and has collaborated with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ltyJueWE5G0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ltyJueWE5G0<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","post_title":"Barry Wan + Marissa Bili + Emelie Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"barry-wan-marissa-bili-emelie-sjostrom-en","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-10-03 07:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2026-10-03 07:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/polychorosket.gr\/?post_type=events&#038;p=5072","menu_order":0,"post_type":"events","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"event":{"ID":5053,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2026-09-23 13:58:13","post_date_gmt":"2026-09-23 13:58:13","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Home Movie Day is a global celebration dedicated to amateur films\u2014more commonly known as home movies\u2014and to personal audiovisual memories.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was launched in 2002 by film archivists as a side project of the Center for Home Movies (U.S.) and takes place every year in dozens of cities around the world, with the aim of highlighting the importance of home movies as social and historical documents.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From Super 8 films forgotten in boxes to old videotapes (VHS) and early digital formats from the 1990s, Home Movie Day invites us to revisit images of everyday life, moments from personal and family celebrations (weddings, baptisms, gatherings, etc.), trips, and little stories of life\u2014from our first steps to our last day of school.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As an invaluable cultural legacy, amateur films\u2014which capture who we were, how we lived, and, ultimately, how much we have changed\u2014offer an important window into a life that has passed irrevocably and shed light on what is worth preserving from it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Home Movie Day is based on a simple yet meaningful idea: each person\u2019s personal archive is part of a society\u2019s broader cultural history and, therefore, concerns all of us. These films open up small parentheses in an often rigid and already established historical narrative. They invite us to break it down and reframe it through the often-overlooked individual experience.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As part of this international project, Home Movie Day is coming to Athens for the first time, thanks to the volunteer initiative of a small group of film and archival professionals, who came together with the goal of creating an open space for communication among the public, filmmakers, and anyone who wants to share their personal moments.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Each Home Movie Day event highlights the history of the place where it is held. In Athens, where archival records of daily life have gaps over time, the first event may bring to light a valuable audiovisual treasure from the city\u2019s modern history.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On October 31, 2026, Home Movie Day Athens finds its ideal \u201chome\u201d at KET in Kypseli.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>How to Take Part in Home Movie Day Athens<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Look for those home movies you thought you\u2019d lost forever or that you haven\u2019t seen in years. They\u2019re in your home or your parents\u2019 home; no matter how much you think they\u2019re lost, they\u2019re right there in front of you.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Select up to 10 minutes from the footage you\u2019d like to share. Let the Home Movie Day team know what format you have it in. If it hasn\u2019t been digitized, the team will explore how it can be screened, with the invaluable collaboration of Unmade Films and Yannis Kolozis.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Register by emailing<strong> <a href=\"mailto:info@homemovieday.gr\">info@homemovieday.gr<\/a> <\/strong>by September 30 so that your home movie can be officially included in the program.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What Will Happen on October 31 at KET<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At Home Movie Day Athens, we\u2019ll be bringing our home movies. <strong>There will be a pre-made list, but you can also sign up on the day of the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We\u2019ll watch your home movie together. If you\u2019d like, you can tell a story related to the footage we\u2019re watching or talk about the place and time when it was filmed. The audience can ask questions. And here\u2019s something important: nothing is mandatory, except for the emotion, the laughter, and the excitement over something you otherwise would never have seen or shared.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The evening\u2019s program will consist of home movies shared by anyone who chooses to participate. Unexpected excerpts from the \u201cGreat Book of Home Movies\u201d will also be screened, followed by an open discussion on the significance of personal documentation as one of the most important forms of intergenerational archiving, at a time when we are turning back to our shared analog past.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>More info<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>\u21b3<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.homemovieday.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.homemovieday.gr<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>\u21b3<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/homemovieday_athens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.instagram.com\/homemovieday_athens<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>The first Home Movie Day in Athens is sponsored by the digitization company Unmade Films, the company Frenel (production, rental house, post-production lab), and the creative team Artpeckers.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>*Capacity is limited; priority will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","post_title":"Home Movie Day Athens","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"home-movie-day-athens-en","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-10-15 11:34:01","post_modified_gmt":"2026-10-15 11:34:01","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/polychorosket.gr\/?post_type=events&#038;p=5053","menu_order":0,"post_type":"events","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"event":{"ID":5084,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2026-10-06 14:05:49","post_date_gmt":"2026-10-06 14:05:49","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>\u201cEvery new ray of light that penetrates a space reveals an old aspect of its history.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u2014 Carmon Karmilios, 3 AD<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The discovery of a composer like Vasilaraps (2021) gives us the impression that we are looking at a portrait that is being pieced together bit by bit, like a puzzle.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Vasilaps was born in 1905 in Ano Syros. He descended from the royal house of Axum, in present-day Ethiopia, from which his name also originates. In 1920, he settled in Athens, where he became a virtuoso of the rebetiko guitar, though he never made any recordings. In 1935, he left for St. Petersburg to study composition under Shostakovich and became part of Moscow\u2019s artistic circles. The first period of his work (1935\u20131953), written primarily for ensembles featuring the guitar, blends rebetiko with the Russian avant-garde. The second period turns toward atonality and the twelve-tone technique, most likely as a result of de-Stalinization, following years of fear of censorship. Plunged into deep depression, he disappeared. His fate remains unknown to this day.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>His work came to light thanks to the granddaughter of an old friend of his, through whom guitarists Giannis Arapis and Themis Vassiliou discovered original sheet music and rare recordings on reel-to-reel tape and wax cylinders. His body of work is currently being studied by musicologist Sergei Kapiliev.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Vasilaraps Trio, in collaboration with Sergei Kapiliev, is honored to present the now-complete version of the work \u201cDialogues with Emrah.\u201d Its completion was made possible by the recent discovery of the missing violin part. This is a remarkable work that reveals the elements of Greek identity that permeate the composer\u2019s oeuvre and the way in which they are masterfully blended with the Russian avant-garde of the early decades of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Other works by the composer have already been recorded and performed in the past by the guitar duo.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Vasilaraps<\/strong> <strong>Trio<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Michalis Vrettas, violin<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Giannis Arapis, guitar<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Themis Vassiliou, guitar<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Video of the trio:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QX6Ji0isjH0?is=GXA-v8Zd3wMiNOiy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.youtu.be\/QX6Ji0isjH0?is=GXA-v8Zd3wMiNOiy<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtu.be\/q8GG2_q6tJE?is=pUwZEJuTbdBC7-H5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.youtu.be\/q8GG2_q6tJE?is=pUwZEJuTbdBC7-H5<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Latest release + a few words about the composer Vasilaraps:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ramblerecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/4-four-kaminetti-for-guitar-duet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.ramblerecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/4-four-kaminetti-for-guitar-duet<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","post_title":"Vasilaraps Trio: \u201cDialogues with Emrah\u201d","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"vasilaraps-trio-en","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-10-06 14:05:51","post_modified_gmt":"2026-10-06 14:05:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/polychorosket.gr\/?post_type=events&#038;p=5084","menu_order":0,"post_type":"events","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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