Common traditions | Greek and Turkish Songs from Asia Minor and Constantinople

Christos Tsiamoulis is wandering from the beginning of his life in the paths of Hellenic Traditional Music. He discovers old ancient motives, and the diachronic elements, he is studing them, he maintains them with respect and devotion, while he gives all his efforts in order to maintain them alive. Halil Karaduman is a world class master of the quanun and particularly admired in Greece.

DROM, literally a road from the Greek Dromos, signifies a journey in the universal Romani or gypsy culture. The ancient gypsies were fearless explorers,true to their romantic spirit, people of the earth and very creative. From their origins in India, they spread through the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.

NOVITANGO QUINTET

The group presents Nuevo tango through the repertoire of Astor Piazzolla, Rodolfo Mederos, Leonardo Sanchez, Juan Jose Mosalini etc. Their lead singer Yiula Michael has been singing classical & jazz in Paris and Athens and lately she collaborates with Novitango in recordings & performances.Fabien Ballejos is the choreographer of the performance.

Extraordinary violinist Djamel Benyelles originates from Oran, carries the great arab violin tradition and he is a master of Rai music as well as the French variete music from Florent Pagny to Yannick Noah.

This iron ship was built riveted in 1916 as any typical dutch sailing herring-net vessel of that era. The cultural foundation Azart bought the ship in 1989, called her Azart and transformed her in a Ship of fools, home and transport of an artists’ collectiveand theatre company. The ship, provides for the crew a home, kitchen, theatre/TV-studio and transport alike. All equipment and facilities are on board.