SYROS ISLAND REBETIKO FESTIVAL 2022

Rebetiko Festival “Syra of Markos Vamvakaris” raise the curtain for the fifth consecutive year, being an established statute of cultural events on the island that aims to preserve and promote local folk music tradition “rebetiko”, as a key element of our cultural heritage. Rebetiko was born in harsh times and is an expression of these tough time and difficulties, with very specific aesthetics and style, along with the strength, hope and anticipation of better times. Today, despite the difficulties and unprecedented situations we experience, our folk music remains more relevant and more alive than ever.
Symbolic but also of substantial importance, is the participation of Cyprus that performs almost in every edition of our Festival.

Of particular interest is ecpecetd to be the lecture - seminar on tradiotional music scales and Sound, and also in special techniques of vocals.

We hope, 2022 will be the year that the exhibition of Greek luthiers will come back after this long period of pandemy, and shal give to all of us the joy to dmire their unique creations on bouzoukis, guitars, ouds and other instruments.

Αfter a long time/decades, Rebetiko steadily gains the recognition it so deserves, having
been registered in the National Index of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2015, in the representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in UNESCO in 2017, while
the Festival “Syra of Markos Vamvakaris” has been Indexed in the European Festivals
directory festivalfinder.eu and has received the EFFE LABEL. The Festival is co-organized by the Municipality of Syros-Ermoupolis and the Cycladic Development Company (KETAN) AMKE of the Cyclades Chamber.

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