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His
family has safeguarded
Crete
’s history and
civilization, memories of
parents and grandparents, who grow more vivid if one lives abroad. Only
when they returned permanently to
Greece
–Mihalis aged eight
– they realized that everything had changed, becoming more
...European.
"My
father kept his reminiscences of
Crete
in the ‘60s. I
was feeling like being kept in a time
machine" says Michalis Tzouganakis, one of the most promising young
Cretan artists. "Crete is a very special point on Earth, just think
of all the great persons born there. In Greek music for instance, Mikis
Theodorakis comes from Galatas in Hania, Manos Hatzidakis from Agios
Vasilios in Rethimnon, Nikos Mamagkakis from Metohia Rethimnon...Now
Mihalis Tzouganakis feels that nothing has really changed inside him,
that his Cretan memories are still there, but
now he has learnt to master
them “ in the most conscious way”! |
