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The "Aegean Forces" music group appear as a musical team for the first time in the early '80s, recording anonymously old Greek songs which are presented in concerts across Europe. Later, they were five young musicians and their songs are inspired by the musical tradition of the Aegean, eastern Mediterranean and Balkan countries, creating an original style, combined with studies on both the European music and chanting in church tradition.

In this side, the "Aegean Forces" were undoubtedly a pioneering group showed forgotten musical instruments and idioms in the Greek music area. Few young people in the '80s handling instruments like the oud, the lute, kanun, and no one plays nowadays the nay, and tamboura. Minimum and those involved with folk percussion and folk fiddle. Characteristic of the general musical interest created by the forces of the Aegean is certainly the decision of Dionysis Savvopoulos take their first record production (Powers of the Aegean, 1985). Manos Hadjidakis took third in the production company, Sirius ('East Window', 1990).

In 1992 the music group is dissolved and its members, Nick Grapsas, John Zevgolis, Michael Klapakis, Peter Tabouris, Christos Tsiamoulis continue separately, the defendant in an own personal way, as composers, musicians, producers and performers of their works but also as teachers, organizing courses of popular musical instruments in public and private music schools, and leaving at the discography of over thirty collections of Greek songs, from 12 ° to the 19 ° century. and personal compositions.

By the end of the twentieth century the Aegean Forces meet again and have an own independent record production, a collection of personal songs ("All the days that were missing", "Filokalia", "Romana"), while planning a series of separate musical productions with performers themselves but and other musicians who move to music sites similar to that of the 'Force', having as basis the musical idioms of the southern Balkans and eastern Mediterranean.


PETROS TAMBOURIS

Born in Athens. The studies included music and information technology (EMP). It is the kanun virtuoso and other folk instruments. It has a strong presence with record releases and research on ancient and medieval - post-Byzantine secular music and Greek folk instruments. Similarly, last year recorded songs with lyrics by Thodoris Gonis and 'Dodekalogos the Gypsy "by Kostis Palamas. His songs have been interpreted as: Ger. Andreatos, El Tsaligopoulou El Arvanitaki, Associate Moutsatsou etc.

Discography

• "Thyrathen - Byzantine cosimc music"
• "Mismagia - First modern art greek songs"
• "Ancient Greek Music"
• "Melos Archaion - Music of ancient people"
• "Melos Archaion - Music of ancient gods"
• "Music in ancient Greek Drama"
• "Ancient greek kithara" - "Greek musical instruments"
• "100 years of Olympic games 1896-1996"
• "Τα πορφυρά καμπάγια"
• "Χάδια και καρφιά"
• "Kanun - Greek folk musical instruments"

NIKOS GRAPSAS

CURRICULUM VITAE

Born on the island of Lefkada in 1957. The family first learned the folk songs.

Internal migration brings his family to Attica. His studies later bring him to Athens in a urban environment. From his student years displayed an audience playing rock ballads and his own songs. First the guitar, widespread and popular in the youth of the '70s in Athens. After high school comes in contact with the early time. Grapples with the stringed bouzouki. The common elements of blues and rebetikou as improvisation, rhythm, but the melancholy mood and 'group' needed to interpret them, excite and influence Nick Grapsas.

Begins studies at the National Conservatory, but his interest is elsewhere: in folk music, the joy of improvisation and polyrythmias, the Balkans and Eastern music. Searches in the past. Travels in Asia Minor, in Izmir, Cappadocia, the Middle East, the Balkans. Tamboura discovers, not only in old prints and laboratories of the East. It deals with the three-stringed banjo, lute and oud.

He is studying the music of the peoples of the East. Mediterranean collects songs from the Greek islands, studying old music recordings of the Academy of Athens, listening carefully to the various idioms of the Greek provinces.

As a musician worked with many orchestras and composers (M. Hadjidakis, C. Markopoulos, D. Savvopoulos, Ch. Loose, etc.).

They create the Chr. Tsiamoulis band 'Forces of the Aegean', which was first heard in Greek discography tamboura institutions such as the ney and the lute, oud, kanun In the heart of the new role outside the local idioms.

Graduating fugue and orchestration with D. Dragatakis. Starts studied Byzantine music and studying the musical system of the Turks and Arabs. He writes songs. # The 'Powers of the Aegean' move three song collections:

1. Aegean Forces (LYRA)
2. Echos Β' (ΕΜΙ)
3. Eastern Window (ΣΕΙΡΙΟΣ)

Next band AVATON 'cartel eastern and western music in poetry Sappho. Move a disk to Sirius by M. Hadjidakis. Continues creating music group 'PARALOS' which released two collections of songs:

1. "Arkadia Mountains" with songs collected on the spot and recorded a concert given in Athens (Museum of Greek folk instruments).
2. "Cry Women" with personal compositions in the style of Eastern music.

Then gather and record two songs double CD and objectives in the White Sea, the Aegean with interpretations that are beyond the museum and the folk style Laure. He thinks pass a transition from a traditional local "metaparadosiaki music where the songs escape from the social and mythological - religious context have klassikopoiithei and now operate as elements of music knowledge and experience to be derived from the younger folk composers cities of new songs that collect data from various local musical idioms.

Collaborating to produce a music concert and recording songs with jokes Arvanitika of Attica and in Calabria, with the music editing.

Attica and in Calabria, with the music editing. Project title: "The Rose of the rock '(EVIIA) (song: Domna Samiou, T. Moraitis, A. Manos). Does the instrumentation and music production work of Cretan band 'Nearchou misleading', 'Songs that brought the South' (LYRA). With the violinist John Zevgolis record on behalf of Naxian clubs, songs and objectives of Naxos. In 1997 released his work "Small Sad love the city '(LYRA) with personal songs in a blending Eastern and Western musical elements.
He has appeared in numerous concerts all over Greece, America and many European Mediterranean music festival. It also works with the band 'stringed' tamboura playing lute and the most prominent of the stringed bouzouki soloist of the postwar period. Collaborates with the Open University (EAP) in writing a book on Greek music, Greek Culture section. He teaches Greek, folk plucked instruments and is head of the Greek traditional music in public school music D. Athens, at the National Conservatory and the Conservatory KODALY.

GIANNIS ZEVGOLIS

Born in Athens, and coming from Apeiranthos Naxos. The origin of this and frequent contact with the island had a significant impact on the musical selections. Is violin virtuoso specializing in musical styles of the Aegean which were addressed early on playing and mathitefontas near folk musicians.

He is currently professor of violin at the National Conservatory and the classic and traditional Greek section. She worked as a soloist with leading Greek composers and singers in concerts and record productions.

Discography:

• Three productions with tunes and songs from Apiranthos ('The Aperathitika') Anefala seafood '(Peace Konitopoulou, Rep. Fyrogenis)