The Eighth International Conference on
�Researching Rebetiko: Present Projects
and Future Prospects�
"
REBETIKO: THE INSTRUMENTS [2]:
Conference Programme
>>>>��� FRIDAY LUNCHTIME 17 OCTOBER 1.00pm��� <<<<
Registration at the Melina Mercouri Hall
on the harbourside
>>>>��� FRIDAY AFTERNOON � 1.45pm�� <<<<
Conference at the
Melina Mercouri Hall on the harbourside
KLEARCHOS A. KYRIAKIDIS [London]:� �Metaxas, the Greek
underworld and the censorship of music during the late 1930s: a politico-legal
analysis�
HALVARD SIVERTSEN [Bergen, Norway]: �Rena Stamou: Last of the rebetissas�
YONA STAMATIS [
PAUL ASTIN [California, USA]: �The Groove in Vamvakaris�
>>>>��� FRIDAY EVENING 17 OCTOBER���� <<<<
6.00pm Gather at the ouzeri inside the
Market Square
8.30pm Evening
meal and jam session at the �TO STEKI� restaurant.
[Note: the music must finish by 2.00am so
that Argyris can get some sleep. At 2.00am you are requested to transfer down
to the harbour.]
>>>>��� SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER 10.00am to 5.00pm��� <<<<
Conference at the
Melina Mercouri Hall on the harbourside
Speakers:
NIKOS POLITIS [Athens]: �The Bouzouki: An approach to the history of the
instrument and its evolution over the centuries�
JOHN PLEMMENOS [Centre of Folklore Research of the Athens Academy]: �The Greek
Perception of the Turkish musical scale in the late Ottoman Period:
Similarities and Divergence�
TONY KLEIN: "Four
tunes, three tunings � a bouzouki player in New York in 1929"
EMMANOUIL CHATZIDAKIS [Athens and London]: �The Baglama�
ALI FUAT AYDIN [Aegean University, Izmir]: "The 'kaba zurna' tradition
in Aydin and surrounds, particularly Mugla"
ELEFTHERIA KOXEILA [Spetsai]: Title to be announced
ALI FUAT AYDIN and CENK G�RAY: A Small Concert
[In Bratsera Hotel � This event is not confirmed]
JASON MELISSINOS [Athens]: �The life and times of Dimitris Gongos (�Bayaderas�)�
SATURDAY NIGHT 18
OCTOBER 9.00pm to late
SATURDAY NIGHT REBETIKO DINNER AT THE
�DOUSKOS� RESTAURANT
with KYRIAKOS GOUVENTAS and Company:
A
Saturday Night Concert of Smyrneika and Rebetiko music
Part of this Concert will
be performed by members of the Famous SOAS Rebetiko Band from London.
>>>>��� SUNDAY MORNING 19 OCTOBER 10.30am��� <<<<
Since a lot of people heard these two talks in Istanbul, they are
being done on Sunday morning.
B�LENT AKSOY:
"The heritage of traditional music in the Balkans" [Recorded talk]
ED EMERY [Institute
of Rebetology, London]: �Arabo-Islamic and Turkish elements in Greek zeibekiko
dance�
GENERAL DISCUSSION on future directions for the conference.
>>>>��� SUNDAY AFTERNOON 19 OCTOBER 1.30pm
onwards��� <<<<
Musical jam
session at one of the bars on the harbourside.
>>>>��� MONDAY MORNING 20 OCTOBER 10.00am to
whenever��� <<<<
Farewell gathering at one of the cafes on
the harbourside.
>>>� REBETIKO SUMMER
SCHOOL, LONDON 2009�� <<<
This is
prior notification of the Rebetiko Summer School to be held at the School of
Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, London) in late June 2009.
Contact: rebetiko @ soas.ac.uk
>>>� HYDRA REBETIKO
CONFERENCE 2009�� <<<
Our ninth
annual Hydra conference will be held on the weekend of 16-18 October 2009.
The plan is that immediately prior to Hydra we shall also do a sizeable
conference in Piraeus, together with a concert.
� 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 Municipality of Hydra and dedicated to the
study and research of all matters concerning the culture, economics, history
and social life of all the countries which border the Mediterranean.
Contact: ed.emery @ thefreeuniversity.net
We acknowledge the continuing support of
the MAYOR AND MUNICIPALITY OF HYDRA, and the generous support of OLYMPIC
AIRLINES
Particular
thanks to Mr Kostas Konstantinidis of London