Sokratis Sinopoulos

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Sokratis Sinopoulos ( Greek Σωκράτης Σινόπουλος , * 1974 in Athens ) is a Greek musician ( lyre , composition ).

Live and act

Sinopoulos, who grew up in Athens, first learned to play classical guitar. He also sang in the children's choir and was taught Byzantine music and traditional folk songs. From 1988 Ross Daly instructed him on the politiki (πολίτικη λύρα from Constantinople) lyre and the Greek lute ; a year later Sinopoulos joined his group "Labyrinthos", with which there were also recordings. In the next few years he worked in various genres, from folk music to jazz to contemporary art music. He took part in concerts in many parts of the world, for example with Charles Lloyd and Maria Farantouri ; he can also be heard on albums by the Orchestra of Colors and by Loreena McKennitt , Eleni Karaindrou , Katerina Papadopoulou and Ara Dinkjian .

After meeting the pianist Yann Keerim, Sinopoulos founded his own quartet in 2011, which initially devoted itself to the interpretation of Greek folk melodies before turning to contemporary music, which Sinopoulos composed himself; the group's debut album was released in 2015 on ECM Records . He also arranged for Christina Pluhar . He teaches at the Faculty of Musicology and Art at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki.

Prizes and awards

In 1999 Sinopoulos was awarded the national Melina Mercouri Prize for young artists.

Discographic notes

  • Derya Türkan , Sokratis Sinopoulos Letter from Istanbul (Golden Horn 2001)
  • Eight Winds (ECM 2015, with Yann Keerim, Dimitris Tsekouras, Dimitris Emmanouilals)
  • Charles Lloyd Wild Man Dance ( Blue Note 2015)
  • Jean-Guihen Queyras , Sokratis Sinopoulos, Bijan & Keyvan Chemirani Thrace: Sunday Morning Sessons ( Harmonia Mundi 2016)
  • Under the rose tree. Songs from the Greek Musical Traditions (Saphrane 2018; rec. 2010, with Yann Keerim, Dimitris Tsekouras, Dimitris Emmanouilals)
  • Metamodal (ECM 2019, with Yann Keerim, Dimitris Tsekouras, Dimitris Emmanouilals)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ meeting (nrwjazz.de)
  2. ^ Sokratis Sinopoulos, University of Macedonia (Greek)
  3. ^ Paddy Kehoe: Sokratis Sinopoulos Quartet Eight Winds. In: RTÉ . Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Review by Erik Keilholtz
  5. ^ Tyran Grillo: Sokratis Sinopoulos Quartet Metamodal. In: RootsWorld. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Sinopoulos, Socratis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek musician (lyre, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens