Giannis
Markogiannakis
Up
there we worship God, on Earth we bow to Skordalos
I
was very young when I touched the lute for the first time, it was put
in my hands almost by force by my father, a lyre player, at a
“glenti” so I could accompany him. From there on I continued to
perform with him, however I have passed many years of my artistic life
near Thanasis Skordalos. Since then, even if I collaborated with a lot
of other artists as with Sifogjorgakis for example, I believe that
Skordalos remains unique. Generally speaking I think that Cretan music
is still very alive. There will never be another Skordalos or
Mountakis of course, but we should be happy of our music’s
evolution"
Full
text (in Greek)
of
the authentic narrations
of the Great Masters of Cretan music in STIGMES magazine no 68
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