Louis of Anogia: He will recite his poems like a “rhapsode” – Accompanied by an ancient lyre (video)

“Now that I have met the Ancient Greek lyre I understand how lyric poetry was created in Ancient Greece”, says admiringly Louis of Anogeia, a favorite composer who has been sharing stories and fairy tales with the Greeks for decades now. “It is a rare instrument with roots in Ancient Greece that relaxes the soul and spirit” he points out to APE-MBE, on the occasion of his new video clip, produced by the SEIKILO Ancient World Music channel on YouTube, where his melodious voice accompanies a … ancient lyre!

The well-known songwriter and poet recently got to know the musical instrument in question, which is now used by musicians and has been manufactured by the Koumartzi family for the last eight years, sending it all over the world.

“Now we understand that the ancient Greeks, who had a perfect culture, could not help but create and use this perfect musical instrument” he characteristically notes and points out that “our modern culture is enriched thanks to the business of the Koumartzis family, which is a blessed family , with morals and with passion for the ancient Greek culture, and continues this culture because it keeps strong the story of Apollo’s Lyre”. He declares, after all, that if “our ancient ancestors listened to these instruments, they would agree on the fidelity of their sound”.

The Greek poet and musician, who plays the mandolin all his life and creates ballads and songs in his own way, the successor of the modern poetry of Crete for the first time tries to use a musical instrument that, as he says, perfectly corresponds to the work and the spirit of.

“What lyre should I use in my concerts, like a rhapsode, to tell my stories, my poems? Because you can’t play a musical instrument at the same time, but this lyre allows you to find the notes, the free strings with your left hand…” he mentions and talks about the lyres that are made in a small village of Kilkis, Europos, in the family business which is now internationally recognized for its expertise in ancient musical instruments. The effort began as a diploma thesis of Nikolaos Koumartzis at the International University of Greece and soon gained an enthusiastic audience abroad.

“Just a month ago, an ancient lyre arrived in the hands of Ludovicus of Anogeia, specially made for him by our family,” notes Thodoris Koumartzis, who plays the lyre in the video, to APE-MPE. clip and declares that he is excited about the life that, as he says, this ancient instrument can have next to the melodious voice of the beloved Greek composer.

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