Greek Music Express: Roads to Tradition – The Soul of Epirus – Petroloukas Halkias & Vassilis Kostas | 06 Dec. 2023

The album “The Soul of Epirus” is based on a creative approach to the instrumental pieces and the playing style established by the great clarinetist from Epirus, Kitsos Harisiadis, in the decade of 1920-30. This time, focus is on a new dialogue between the master clarinetist Petroloukas Halkias and the laouto virtuso Vasilis Kostas. Kitsos Harisiadis created a unique and complex musical language based on the repertoire of Epirus, which Petroloukas Halkias maintained and further developed throughout his life. Vasilis Kostas now translates this playing philosophy from Petroloukas Halkias’ clarinet into his laouto.