A walk along the musical routes of our great composer Stavros Xarchakos will have the opportunity to enjoy the audience of the Festival at Herodion on June 18 and July 4.

One of the leaders of Greek music, inextricably linked to the expression of our collective adventure from the 1960s to today, Stavros Xarchakos harnesses the power of songs, which, as he writes, “they are allies in the fight for a better life».

“I don’t know how useful it is to separate the songs into political and love-folk songs – some of them, after all, can be either one or the other depending on which side we look at them, the time and the situation we’re in when we hear them. we also listen, of course, depending on the “times” we are going through on a national and global level. In this concert I present this part of my repertoire which focuses primarily on socio-political issues, but is not necessarily devoid of an erotic-popular character, perhaps at a second glance.

I opened my – hermetically sealed – drawers and began to search and discover forgotten musical manuscripts that had once accompanied me, in difficult times. In today’s critical moment in the world, where everything is heavily covered by the cloud of insecurity, I enlist the power of these songs, which show us the way, are allies in the fight for a better life, dispel fear and praise life, love it is a revolution and the eternal “Holy Grail” for man is Freedom!…”.

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