It was the moment when everything changed. History was rewritten… In post-civil war Greece, marked by hatred, betrayal, and relentless punishment, Manos Hadjidakis dared to do the unthinkable—to set the record straight. He resurrected an entire segment of society from the chest of condemnation and contempt… The popular class, which did not express itself through waltzes and foreign sheet music but sang its sorrows in taverns, humble eateries, and hash dens.
January 31, 1949. Manos Hadjidakis introduces the audience to Markos the Syrianos and Sotiria Bellou, who had a thick file at the police department due to her ideology.
For the first time, the upper-class world hears rebetiko—and is captivated.
A historical retrospective on that legendary lecture that changed everything… following the exact steps the great composer took in his presentation.