Trichordo – The Great Journey

Dimitris Basis and Sofia Papazoglou trace a musical journey from Byzantine hymns to rebetiko and laiko.

This narrative musical performance explores the relationship between Byzantine hymns and the evolution of the three-stringed bouzouki, rebetiko and Greek urban folk song.

Dimitris Basis and Sofia Papazoglou perform with a ten-member Greek folk orchestra and the Choir of Byzantine Cantors of the Holy Archbishopric of Cyprus, “Saint John of Damascus”. Production management and artistic direction: Christos Filippou.