From Seville.....to Sitia! Beats and rhythms, colours, clapping and clicking, guitar and passion..... All compose the 'breath' of flamenco! In the 'Respiro Flamenco' band, guitarist Gabriel Borbolis and vocalist Eleanna Gagouli collaborate with Nefeli Benou in a dance spectacle charged with Andalusian tradition. A journey of senses and emotions carried within this notable music genre....

'Respiro Flamenco' Band members:
Gabriel Borbolis - Guitarist
Eleanna Gagouli - Vocals
Nefeli Benou - Flamenco dancer

"I would call quality singing serious singing"

At a time when many big-name songwriters have abandoned the process of releasing entire discographies, Pantelis Thalassinos remains prolific, frequently presenting new songs and even consciously - as he says - with themed albums. Obviously the creative need is always there and the path of expression finds its way in one way or another. "Damn you... You don't pity me... I'm burning and melting... For making me love you and now I'm wilting ..." Rarely will you find someone who hasn't heard, been moved or cried listening to or singing these lyrics... And even rarer still, you won't find anyone who has never heard the name of the creator of this well-known song, Pantelis Thalassinos! Pantelis is imbued with a simple, deep and purely artistic thought with the personal stamp that he has chosen to give, obeying his own being, and not 'fashion' and dubious categorizations. I have, in my near 40 years, about 40 CDs to my credit, many of them as a composer and others with participations as a singer in the works of others. In discography, he has written, or sung, about 500 songs in total, and his concerts now exceed 1500. He has sung in all the concert halls of Greece, and in venues all over the world: Cyprus, Turkey, Sweden, Italy, France, England, Ukraine, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Egypt, Egypt, Israel, Australia, with great success.. "With his music he has managed to make his dream come true, to play in the biggest "stadiums of the country".

In company with the well- known associates:
PARIS PERYSINAKIS plucked - string instruments
SOTIRIS MARGONIS - violin
GIORGOS VENTOURIS - bass guitar
LEYTEPIS CHAVOUTSAS - classical guitar
PHILIPPOS LEYKADITIS - drums/percussion
and sound coaching, YORGOS KARIOTIS

...nearly 40 years with songs from his entire discography,

with new unreleased songs and songs of others that he loves and proposes, he is waiting for his friends this summer at the stage of the 9th Mediterranean Radio Festival of Sitia.

The new blood of the Greek musical tradition! 'Gintiki' is a musical group that started playing and "experimenting" with traditional music. Their aim is to make their concert audience feel free to dance and express themselves. Their basic element is their disposition to improvise, which derives from various music influences. Every live performance is not only an opportunity for them to further experiment on forms and rhythms of traditional music, but also to establish a dialectical and dynamic relationship with the public, creating the conditions for a modern "urban festival". The emerging sound is widely being formed and being developed, constantly maintaining the identity and the sounds of traditional instruments.

'Gintiki' consists of:
Tasos Kofodimos - Lute, vocals
Konstantinos Lazos - Clarinet, bagpipe, guitar, vocals
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou - Percussion
Thodoris Sioutis - Violin, vocals