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Vassilis Skoulas

CRETE ACTS LIKE A MAGNET

Vassilis Skoulas believes that we all cherish memories from our childhood years. He is nostalgic of the «glendia» (feasts) and fun times he had as a child in the mountainous village of Anoghia, his home village in Crete.

Those unforgettable years the local lute player sang the «mantinades» and played the Cretan lyre with passion. Vassilis was only 7 years old when he first held a lyre into his hands..

VASILIS SKOULAS CRETAN MUSIC MANTINADES

He was 12 years old, an «accomplished» lute-player, when he decided to leave Anoghia and settle in the town of Iraklion, Crete.

Vassilis Skoulas has successfully concluded four decades as an artist in the field of Cretan music. He enjoys wide recognition (national and international) as an artist whose contribution is a landmark in the history of Cretan traditional music.

He is still active today, offering his services from a post we vaguely and hastily call «Cretan Musical Tradition». Nevertheless, Vasilis is optimistic!
He believes that the «heart» of Crete is boundless, more like an idea that hovers the earth and resounds in the chests of all Cretans scattered around the world.

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