Laliá
Saturday 30 July / 19:15 / Secret Location / #Fengaros2022
Laliá (Greek – Λαλιά): (1) voice, speech, the ability to speak, (2) the language (eg Greek)
The traditional music choir Laliá was created in Nicosia in October 2019 by Konstantina Xenofontos. This group studies traditional music through singing and research. Each meeting is a new experience! Each song studied is an acquaintance with a new place and culture, diverse customs and musical instruments, a new sound, rhythm and dance, different ornaments and so on. Each song is taught through as many perspectives as possible.
Thus, with in-depth study and contact, little by little, an aesthetic line is created. Based firmly on the foundations of traditional music and maintaining a contemporary perspective, natural continuity is ensured. Laliá occasionally hosts special guests who offer their knowledge and experience on a specific topic, whether that be a specific type of dance, a local custom, a dialect, or any opportunity to further enrich the knowledge surrounding traditional music.
Asia Minor, the Aegean islands, Thrace, Macedonia, Cyprus, Istanbul, Pontus, Crete, Southern Italy and many other places meet in Laliá, each of them celebrated and sung with great passion!
