What they wrote about the Meeting: The music of Xarchakos, deeply rooted in our collective identity, is now popular in the sense that it touches all people regardless of social status or taste. It is comfort, it is upliftment, it is a guide to the heights. The voice and interpretation of Protopsalti is the color of the Aegean, the autumn breeze, a drop of winter rain on the window, a warm May sun, it is intimacy and grandeur, it is a journey and warmth, it is a vehicle and a passenger. It transcends reality through its deep experience. This is what those who can and want to create art serve. Something ineffable yet so tangible, that silent feeling you have when you step out and the words are worn out to describe it.GIANNIS TSOUMALIS Musiccorner.gr The meeting of Xarchakos with Protopsalti is not just unique because two musical giants meet, but because this meeting takes their art a step further. I ponder what ultimately unites Stavros Xarchakos and Alkistis Protopsalti. It is probably the courage with which they approach music. She with the cries of the soul she unleashes, and he with the rivers of melodies he launches. They are two warriors in a war of joy. They raise their pulses and create chills among their initiated audience.DIONYSIS CHRISTOPOULOS musicity.gr -A phenomenon singer, infallible, who makes the difficult seem easy in an unpretentious way, almost effortlessly, but with science and care in every (interpretative and non) detail – even the way she walks or stands (even – even the way she dresses) on stage contributes to the overall aesthetics of the offered spectacle. -A maestro-dancer shaman (I have written this before), who manages to sweep along with his passion nine "musicians", transforming them into an "orchestral fist" and they, in turn, help him to "see again" his own work from different perspectives and to "illuminate" aspects that were not widely known to the audience.GIORGOS MYZALIS ogdoo..gr INFO STAVROS XARCHAKOS-ALKISTIS PROTOPSALTI THE MEETING Gazarte Main Stage November 5, 12, 13, 26, 27 December 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18 Ticket prices: Pre-sale: Zone A: €45 | Zone B: €35 | Zone C: €25 | Standing: €15 Box office: Zone A: €48 | Zone B: €38 | Zone C: €28 | Standing: €18 Start time: 20:30 With them, the musicians: Neoklis Neofitidis - Piano Pantelis Dzialas - Guitar Vasilis Drogkaris - Accordion Iraklis Zakkas - Bouzouki Dimitris Reppas - Bouzouki Petros Varthakouris - Double Bass Alexandros Kapsokavadis – Guitar, Nyktas, Strings Filippos Tsemperoulis: Winds Sound design: Zacharias Stamoulos, Charis Kremmydas Lighting: Dimitris Laios Production: Gazarte Cultural Hub Production Organization: Tonia Dragouni Facebook: Alkistis Protopsalti official Instagram: alkistisprotopsalti *** Tickets are for the performance & do not include drinks
