{"id":2891,"date":"2021-10-13T17:25:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T15:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/?page_id=2891"},"modified":"2021-10-17T19:33:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T17:33:53","slug":"alkis-zopoglou-kontrabando-ensemble","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/alkis-zopoglou-kontrabando-ensemble\/","title":{"rendered":"Alkis Zopoglou & Kontrabando Ensemble"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Under the sounds of seagulls and fishing boats, amidst the paved alleys of the Old Town and Mohammed Ali\u2019s Imaret, the grandiose monument overlooking the port of his birthplace Kavala in Northern Greece, is where kanun virtuoso and composer Alkis Zopoglou composes his music. Profoundly melodic, at times rhythmical, almost Dionysian and at times lyrical and cinematic in atmosphere, his tunes exchange contraband musical cargoes with the musicians aboard the Kontrabando journey.<\/p>\n

With qanun at the forefront (the \u201ccanon\u201d for the maqams, the musical scales of the East), Zopoglou\u2019s compositions are enriched with the introduction of various both eastern and western instuments (violin, guitar, accordeon, oud, clarinet, drums etc.) evoking timbre bearing Greek, Balkan, Mediterranean, jazz, classican, even rock colors.<\/p>\n

Kontrabando\u00a0is available all year with a music program that can be customized to meet the requirements of any festival or venue.<\/strong><\/p>\n