Petroloukas halkias biography books
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Petroloukas Halkias is a living legend of the clarinet and one of the most important representatives of Greek traditional music at the present time. He was born in the village Delvinaki in Pogoni, Epirus where he began learning music from a young age next to the maestros of the Epirotic clarinet; Phillipas Rountas and Kitsos Harisiadis.
His father, Periklis, went to the United States of America before World War II and gained great popularity as a clarinetist. In 1960, Petroloukas Halkias emigrated to the United States where he lived for 20 years, disseminatign the musical heritage of Epirus and performing with numerous different groups.
One of the highpoints of his stay in the United States was the invitation to perform a concert at the White House.
He returned to Greece in the 1980s when he started recording albums that achieved great success in Greece and abroad.
Petroloukas Halkias remains a basis of inspiration for the young generation of musicians.
Discography:
The Soul of Epirus, with Vasilis Kostas (Technotropon, 2019)
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Explorations of Epirote Folk Music: An American Southerner in Northern Greece
October 9, 2024,at The Rubin Museum of Art
The Hellenic-American Cultural Foundation hosted a curated evening of Epirote music with Christopher C. King. Writer Amanda Petrusich describes Mr. King’s introduction to her of Greek violinist Alexis Zoumbas’ recording in TheNY Times as “one of the most devastating bits of music I’ve ever encountered.” Both Αναμνήσεις and The National Herald praised the event.
Nicholas Gage, award-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and author of seven acclaimed books, introduced Mr. King and oversaw the question and answer segment. Mr. King, an honorary Greek citizen, is a writer, curator, and Grammy-winning producer. At the event he read excerpts from his book, Lament from Epirus: An Odyssey into Europe’s Oldest Surviving Folk Music, a Wall Street Journal best book of 2018, where he explored the powerfully cathartic nature of this ancient Greek folk music. His narration was interspersed with interludes of live Epirote music by Aurel Kyrio (Nikolakis), Beth Bahia Cohen, and John Themelis, as well from Mr. King’s rare, archival 78 rpm discs.
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Petroloukas Halkias & Vasilis Kostas – Picture Soul observe Epirus (Technotropon, 2019)
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