Concert by Maria Simoglou (invited by Alain Weber)

Maria Simoglou tells the story of Greek refugees and returning artists, steeped in the traditional sounds of Asia Minor.  

With her powerful voice, she traverses a repertoire that lies somewhere between emotional song, social protest and oriental poetry.

Accompanied by traditional instruments from her homeland, Maria Simoglou invites you on a musical journey dedicated to the songs of Greece and Asia Minor. An artistic and historical journey that begins with the ancient literary and musical myths of Greece and Asia Minor, through the traditions of festivals and folk customs, and ends with the first recordings of the early 20th century, in "rebetiko", the popular urban Greek music that took off between the wars.

A solo, a personal moment, between memory and actuality.

Maria Simoglou

Greek artist Maria Simouglou combines a musical culture that is both learned and popular, thanks to a family cradle steeped in the traditional music of Macedonia, Thrace and Asia Minor, and to her studies at the National State Conservatory of Thessalonica (oboe, oud, qanun, percussion). She nurtures her passion for traditional Mediterranean music and her work of transmission by collaborating with numerous orchestras in Greece and abroad, highlighting the richness of Greece's traditional heritage.

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