Join the Byzantine Studies Program and the Medieval Institute for a Greek Cultural Evening! The main event is a concert by the group Trio Levante. Collaborating with bassist Kostas Challoumas and singer Eirini Tornesake, Trio Levante will present a tribute concert of Greek traditional songs from the Smyrna school, pre-war rebetiko, nisiotika and laiko This musical journey will include some of the most beautiful songs and sounds of Asia Minor, the Greek mainland and the Greek islands, including Crete and Cyprus.
A lecture, titled “Traditional Music in Contemporary Greece: A Preconcert Lecture”, will be given by ethnomusicologist Professor Yona Stamatis from the University of Illinois, Springfield.
The concert starts at 5 p.m. and will be preceded by an opening reception at 4 p.m.
This is a free, but ticketed event; tickets are available through DPAC.
Originally published at medieval.nd.edu.