Effect devices: A Universe of SoundJannis Anastasakis
21 March 2023
Η Φόρμα του Αμανέ Μέσα από τις Ηχογραφήσεις του ΡεμπέτικουΕυγένιος Βούλγαρης
20 March 2024
The form of amane through the recordings of Rebetiko
Coordination: Evgenios Voulgaris
Duration: 30 hours
Hours: 10.00 – 14.00 & 17.00 – 19.00
Language: English, Greek
25 - 31 August
(25.8 arrival date / 31.8 departure date)
The seminar is addressed to adults who are interested in rebetiko amane and sing or play a musical instrument in order to come into direct contact and understand the musical form of amane, known to the general public through the recordings of pre-war rebetiko. Its form will be analyzed and through an experiential workshop on examples of the said repertoire, its musicological and performative background will be practically studied: melodic modality, lyrical forms, role and use of musical instruments.
The ultimate goal of the seminar is the repositioning of the form of amane at the center of the contemporary artistic creation.
Evgenios Voulgaris
His interest in traditional music started in 1992 and took the form of apprenticeship next to Christos Tsiamoulis. Since 2001 he has been attending lessons on the interpretation of Ottoman music next to Fahrettin Cimenli in Istanbul. Of particular importance to his musical training has been a series of seminars on the oud, saz, afghani rabab, as well as composition and orchestration in the context of the “Labyrinth” Musical Workshops in Houdetsi, Crete.
A multi-instrumentalist himself, he has repeatedly teamed with master musicians and composers such as Ross Daly, Christos Tsiamoulis, Nikos Kipurgos, Dimitris Papadimitriou, Notis Marvudis in concerts, recordings and television productions in Greece and abroad. Since 1995 he is the leading mandolinist of the Orchestra of Colors. More recently he has collaborated with Camerata Orchestra and The State Orchestra.
Of particular interest to him is teaching. For the last ten years he has been teaching in the Municipal Conservatory of Patras, where he leads the Department of Traditional Music. In his teaching experience the Bartholomio and Patras Music Schools can also be included, as well as the Department of Folk and Traditional Music (Epirus Institute of Technology), where he teaches the oud, yayli tanbur, organology, and makam theory. Since 2006 he also teaches in the “Labyrinth” Musical Workshop and the “Music Village”. His book on Rebetika songs of the Inner War period was published in 2007 (Fagotto Publications- Department of Folk and Traditional Music).
In 2004 he released his first CD “Wanderings” together with the singer Dora Petridis. His second CD “The message of the prince” was also recently released. His work includes also music for theatre (‘’The History of a captive”, ‘’Staxtomazoxtra”, “The woman from Zante” by the Ionian Theatre, as well as the productions “The end of the game” and “The Pope Ioanna” by the Municipal Theatre of Patras). In close collaboration with Dimitris Mistakidis, Apostolos Tsardakas and Theodora Athanasiou the cd “Apsilies” and "Whispering the rebetiko" have been recently released.