This Odeon was built at the Acropolis of Athens in the year 161 by the nobleman Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla.The theatre was used as a music venue. Nowadays it is still used for such purposes, and one of my favorite artists, Stamatis Spanoudakis, will again perform at the Odeon in September.
Because my mom and I are crazy fans (there is really no other way to call ourselves this time, lol), we bought ourselves tickets to the show on September 9th and booked a trip to Athens. I’m really excited about it, especially to think I’ll be sitting on a seat people have been sitting on nearly 2000 years ago, too.
So in case you’re curious as to why we’re making such a large trip for this artist, here are a few YouTube videos of his songs. His music is a bit of a mix between classical music, contemporary music and traditional Greek influences. He performs live rarely and the previous time was a show in Beijing for the Olympics in 2008.
The following two tracks are from his album Alexandros (The myth of the East, the dream of the West), which was the first one I listened to. The album was once described as a “soundtrack of a movie that was never made,” but it’s not hard for me to imagine scenes from Alexander the Great when I’m listening to these songs. The first song, Hephaestion, is a music video, but the second one is a live recording of his performance at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in 1998.
A soundtrack he did compose though, was the soundtrack for the movie Nyfes (Brides) which came out in 2004. It’s a gorgeous, very emotional and touching piece of music. The second one, Klemena filia, also comes from the Nyfes soundtrack and features (female) vocals.
Set
on Aug 4th, 2011
@ 01:05:
I listened these 4 songs, I felt in love with 1st one! I find this music magical <3 Definitely I'll listen more his music!
Kay
on Aug 4th, 2011
@ 09:59:
Thank you for the comment Set :D Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Concert List « Mithredat.com
on Oct 5th, 2011
@ 10:47:
[...] Kills, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 27.08.2011 Fujimura Ryo, Veldhoven, The Netherlands 09.09.2011 Stamatis Spanoudakis, Athens, Greece 05.10.2011 The Baseballs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 15.10.2011 Rigby, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands [...]
Athens « Mithredat.com
on Oct 5th, 2011
@ 10:50:
[...] September, I went to Athens to see Stamatis Spanoudakis in concert in the Odeon of Herodes Atticus at the Acropolis. Because going to Athens for one day [...]
Ofer Yaaran
on Nov 23rd, 2011
@ 00:54:
What a great show it was.
Reading your blog reminds me of the great show he gave.
I got to the show by chance.
Your info gives an additional point of view to the concert.
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@ 23:53:
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