George Dalaras - Rembetiko Unplugged
George Dalaras will perform unplugged at Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Open-air Stage on the 29 August 2014.
“George Dalaras sings in Greek, yet his music, springing from the heart, has a universal appeal” stated the French daily Le Figaro in 1993, long after the reputation of this great Greek musician had reached across the boarders of his native land.
Throughout his triumphant tours in Europe, the United States, Canada and every other corner of the world, George Dalaras stayed in close touch with his roots, leaving a trail of saplings behind to bloom in the traditional Greek rhythms destined, one might say, to accompany today’s blending of world cultures.
Born in Piraeus, the main port of Athens, George comes from a tradition of folk and blues music. His father was a traditional musician and “bouzouki” instrumentalist and his first musical memories are of the main forms of Greek music: the laika (popular), the rebetika (a kind of blues) and the paradosiaka (traditional).
In his early twenties he had already achieved stardom and began working with the great names in Greek music. He recorded “18 Songs of a Bitter Homeland” by Mikis Theodorakis, the greatest contemporary Greek composer, with lyrics by Yiannis Ritsos. Beginning in 1974 he toured Greece and Europe several times with Theodorakis, interpreting some of the composer’s greatest songs. In 1988, at the Herod Atticus Theatre in Athens, he twice performed and recorded on a double album, the composer’s masterpiece “AXION ESTI”, based on the poem by Nobel poet Odysseas Elytis. A few years later, at the same theatre, he recorded for EMI Classics a tribute concert to Mikis Theodorakis and his film music with the Metropole Orchestra.
During his career, George Dalaras has indeed worked with all the important Greek composers, including Stavros Kouyioumtzis, Manos Loizos, Apostolos Kaldaras, Christos Nikolopoulos, Yannis Markopoulos, Stavros Xarchakos, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Eleni Karaindrou and lyricists such as Lefteris Papadopoulos, Manos Elefteriou , Nikos Gatsos, Kostas Tripolitis and others.
His art and his popularity transcend the borders of Greece precisely because his compositions, poignant ex
After performing at the International Bursa Festival in June, Dalaras is set to take the stage at the Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Open-air Arena, Istanbul, on the 29 August.
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