Greece News » Espirus News Greece » Espirus » Music: A musician is redefining the sound of a Greek instrument
News channel or source: https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/05/08/vasilis-kostas-the-soul-of-epirus-greece-laouto-music
Published on: Tuesday 07 May 2024
Legendary clarinetist Petroloukas Halkias and millennial laouto player Vasilis Kostas both hail from the same region of Greece — Epirus — and Halkias even played at Kostas’ parents’ wedding. But the ...
News Greece » Espirus » Music: The mournful sounds from Vasilis Kostas and his Greek lute
News channel or source: https://theworld.org/segments/2026/06/01/the-mournful-sounds-from-vasilis-kostas-and-his-greek-lute
Published on: Monday 01 June 2026
Vasilis Kostas’ passion for music started early. He grew up in Epirus, in the northwestern region of Greece, and remembers how his grandfather would show up every night to sing local, traditional ...
News Greece » Espirus » Music: Epirus - Polyphony and Petroloukas Chalkias
News channel or source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p005xk9d
Published on: Sunday 03 December 2023
In search of traditional music, Lucy Duran travels to two of the remotest parts of Greece. This week she visits Epirus, high up in the north on the Albanian border. As well as the ancient and now ...