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The Fifth International Conference on
“Researching Rebetiko: Present
Projects and Future Prospects”
“REBETIKO AND POLITICS,
AND THE POLITICS OF REBETIKO”
and
“HOMAGE TO MARKOS VAMVAKARIS”
Conference Programme
The Conference will begin with
registration on Thursday afternoon. It will end with a “farewell” session on
Monday morning.
The official language of the Conference
is English. In cases of necessity we shall make informal translation
arrangements available.
The following schedule of speakers may be
subject to changes according to circumstances.
Admission is free for residents of Hydra. Feel free to walk in and join
us.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON 13 OCTOBER 2.00pm to 5.00pm
REGISTRATION: Registration is an informal affair. This will take
place from 1.00pm onwards at the MELINA MERCOURI HALL at the harbourside.
This is a large grey stone building, the last building on the right-hand side
of the harbour as you walk towards the sea.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON 13 OCTOBER 2.00pm
to 6.00pm
THURSDAY EVENING 13 OCTOBER 8.00pm
till late
A Musical Session at one of the
restaurants in town
FRIDAY MORNING 14 OCTOBER 10.00am to
12.30pm
ALBERTO NAR: “Jews and
Rebetiko” – [paper presented posthumously] [Summary and CV]
GERHARD STEINGRESS [
SOUZANA RAPHAEL: A
presentation of the violin in Smyrneika music
FRIDAY AFTERNOON 14 OCTOBER 2.00pm
to 6.00pm
BÜLENT AKSOY [Istanbul]: “Music in Exile: Greek Rebetiko singers who sang in Turkish”
[Recorded talk]
NIKOS POLITIS [Athens]: “A case of
musical censorship involving Vamvakaris and Tsitsanis” [Summary and CV]
TONY KLEIN: “MORTIKA – Rare Vintage Recordings from a Greek Underworld” [Summary and CV]
HARIS SARRIS [
JASON MELISSINOS [
FRIDAY EVENING 14 OCTOBER 8.00pm
till 2.00am
A Musical Session at the “To Steki”
restaurant. After 2.00am you are requested to move somewhere else.
SATURDAY MORNING 15 OCTOBER 10.00am
to 12.30pm
MARTIN SCHWARTZ [University of California, Berkeley]:
Greek Donkey Songs [Recorded
talk]
RENA STAMOU: “Life and Times” of a Rebetiko singer.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON 15 OCTOBER 2.00pm
to 6.00pm
ED EMERY: Two Butcher’s Songs by Markos Vamvakaris. Also
excerpts from the Markos Vamvakaris “Autobiography” (English
translation)
ALI FUAT AYDIN and CENK GÜRAY [Izmir and Ankara]: Zeybek Music and Dance
MINI-CONCERT by ALI FUAT AYDIN and CENK GÜRAY
NEFIN DINC: Projection of her film “Rebetiko: A Song of Two
Cities”
SATURDAY NIGHT 15 OCTOBER 9.00pm to
late
SATURDAY NIGHT REBETIKO DINNER AT THE
“DOUSKOS” RESTAURANT
KYRIAKOS GOUVENTAS and Company:
A Saturday Night Concert of Smyrneika and Rebetiko music
Singer: AFENDOULA RAZZELI
Guest appearance by RENA
STAMOU [singer] and PANAYIOTIS KATRANITSAS [bouzouki]
SUNDAY MORNING 16 OCTOBER 11.00am to
1.00pm
PAVLOS EREVNIDIS [Athens]: “Ottoman Music and Music in Greece”
KYRIAKOS GOUVENTAS [Thessaloniki]:
A Workshop on Greek Violin Playing
ED EMERY [Institute of Rebetology, London]: “Greeks and the
Colorado (USA) miners’ strikes of 1912-13”
STELIOS VAMVAKARIS [Athens]: Presentation of the Markos Vamvakaris
biography “The Holy Mangas” [Kaktos, 2005]
[This talk has been cancelled. Stelios Vamvakaris
will not come to Hydra because, despite 12 months of protest, the Mayor of
Hydra has still not paid the money which is owed for last year’s concert.]
SUNDAY AFTERNOON 16 OCTOBER 2.30pm
onwards
Weather permitting, there will be a
musical jam session at one of the cafes on the harbourside.
MONDAY MORNING 17 OCTOBER 10.00am to
whenever
Farewell gathering at one of the
cafes on the harbourside.
– Organised by the Institute of
Rebetology, London –
– With support from the Modern Greek
Section of the University of Cambridge –
the Mayor
and Municipality of Hydra,
and Olympic Airlines
Special
thanks to Anna Rousi and her colleagues in the Hydra Development Office,
without
whose help this conference could never have started.
¶ The Hydra Rebetiko
Conference takes place as one of the activities of the FREE UNIVERSITY OF
HYDRA.
¶ The FREE UNIVERSITY OF HYDRA is a conference-based
organisation created
with the support of the Mayor and
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