Encardia in concert at the Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus

Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20, 2013 Encardia in concert at the Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus The show starts at 9.30 pm Polyphonic songs, ecstatic dances and magical legends from the villages of Southern Italy. Encardia explore this Mediterranean musical tradition, placing particular emphasis on local dialects, and above all on Grecanico, a dialect sung and recited to the accompaniment of guitars, harmonicas, accordion and percussion and danced to the rhythms of the pizzica pizzica, a tarantella. The combination of the Grecanico language and musical idiom with a Greek band which takes this tradition and creates within it, helps bring people closer together as they wander, singing, through the villages of Italy’s Magna Grecia. Encardia are : Vangelis Papageorgiou - accordion, harmonica, vocals Michalis Kontaxakis - guitar, vocals Natalia Kotsani - vocals, guitar, percussion Dimitris Tsekouras - double bass, vocals Kostas Konstantatos - percussion, violin, mandolin, vocals Ticket Prices : 25€ (Zone A) 20€ (Zone B) 10€ (Students) 5€ (People with Movement Difficulties, Unemployed)