TRIO
KONT RA BA N DO A MEDITERRANEAN JOURNEY
KONTRABANDO An East meets West Ensemble, a group of Greek musicians experimenting with the many colours of music...
CONTRABAND The procedure of illegeal exchange of the cargo and merchandise of two ships when they berth next to each other in the middle of the sea...
A NEW CHAPTER TO
AN O NG O IN G J O U RN E Y KONTRABANDO AS A TRIO
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ontrabando Trio is a cut-short version of the original ensemble and its obvious goal is for the audiences not to be deprived of the ensemble’s presence and music because of smaller concert halls. In this new version, Alkis Zopoglou, who plays the kanun and is the composer of the melodies played, is accompanied by Minas Zografou in the piano and Panos Karathanasis in the acoustic bass guitar. Both artists are former members of Kontrabando, partners throughout the years in this beautiful journey of the group. Now living in different countries (SwitzerlandZurich, Germany-Munich, Sweden-Uppsala) and by making good use of their musical experiences gained not only as a group but by each one separately they present a music outcome which leads the listener to acrobat between the tropical, colorful, full of rhythm music of the East and the Balkans as well as the completely balanced music of the West.
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orn and raised in Northern Greece, a crossroad of cultures, a combination of musical influences, the three musicians create a special art project that combines timber and highlights both the common and the different music characteristics of the people of the Balkans, the Eastern Mediterranean and the West. In a few words, with their melodies they bring the audiences of all cultures, same or different, to a direct contact with the pure music culture of the East and the Balkans touching that way the sensitivities of every contemporary listener with their priority always being the avoidance of any unnecessary folklorism.
KONTRABANDO
D I S C O G RA PHY MUSIC BY ALKIS ZOPOGLOU ON RECORD
C ARGO
LIBRA MUSIC, 2003 Streaming on Spotify and available worldwide through libramusic.gr
E L EP HANT
ELEPHANT MUSIC, 2007 Streaming on Spotify and available worldwide through cdbaby.com
ELEPHANT
P R ES S RE A CT I O N S WHAT THE CRITICS HAD TO SAY A truly great CD! A “fruitful” wedding between East and West within an ethno-jazz experimentation... DIFONO MAGAZINE
An intriguing mediterranean journey with jazz “stops”. Zourna meets keyboards meets clarinet meets cello meets oud meets electric guitar anyone? KATHIMERINI NEWSPAPER
Dreamlike latent waltzes with a breeze from the East, Istanbul inspired “movie themes” (as if Henry Mancini was invited to a Sultan’s garden reception...), hybridised tangos (as if Gotan Project put down their mixing decks and picked up lutes and ouds...), “cloudy” electric guitars, crying zournas and violins, brass euphorias... Overall, a totally successful experiment! AVOPOLIS.GR
Alkis Zopoglou refuses to “surrender” to any of his two loves: East or West... Full of surprises from start to finish! A CD that demands your full attention! EPENDYTIS NEWSPAPER
Number one! KOSMOS FM
IN PERFORMANCE
A UNI QU E E X PE RI E N CE KONTRABANDO TRIO
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ontrabando Trio is a va i l a b l e throughout the year (upon request and subject to availability) for live appearances. Their concerts (90 minute+ sets) include live performances of tracks off their albums (“Cargo” and “Elephant”) as well as renditions of renowned melodies from the Balkans and the Middle East.
ALKIS ZOPOGLOU
KA N U N
PANOS KARATHANASIS
AC O US T IC B A SS
MINAS ZOGRAFOU
PIANO
KONTRABANDO TRIO
C O NTACT D E TA I L S BOOKING ETC.
A L KIS ZO P O G L O U
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