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Particular emphasis will be placed on issues of performance practice, such as the rendering of the main melodic line, the use of specific bowing techniques associated with the relevant repertoire, tuning practices, as well as the function of rhythm and tempo as variables that vary historically and aesthetically.
The analysis of these parameters aims to provide a more complete understanding of the distinctive characteristics of the local musical idiom.
The second part of the seminar will examine more recent violin recordings, primarily from the 1960s and 1970s, which are linked to the instrument’s gradual rise in popularity on the island and to the transformation of the local performing arts. Through comparative listening and practical application, the seminar will explore how the technical and stylistic vocabulary of the violin can be transferred to the three-stringed lyre, taking into account the instrument’s specific characteristics and the demands of the particular repertoire.
At the same time, an attempt will be made to situate the musical material within its historical and sociocultural context, with the aim of understanding the conditions under which the transition from the tsambouna and the lyre to the violin took place in Ikaria. This transition will be approached both as an instrumental change and as a process that substantially influenced the repertoire, performance practice, and phrasing of the already established local folk songs.
The seminar is primarily aimed at string instrument musicians, as well as those interested in issues of analysis, interpretation, and historical approaches to the traditional music of Ikaria.
* This lesson will be taught only in Greek.
Interpretation will not be provided.
Stavros Nikolaidis was born and raised in Ikaria.
He is a graduate of the Department of Folk and Traditional Music and teaches the lyra at the Chania Music School. He is actively involved in the field of traditional music, with a particular interest in the musical traditions of Ikaria, and participates actively in the island’s musical events.
He is a member of the Ikaria Traditional Music Archive, which for more than a decade has been engaged in the research, recording, collection, and documentation of musical material and the various aspects of local tradition.
He has participated in events and activities related to traditional music and especially the lyre, such as the Lyre Festival at the Megaron Concert Hall. In addition, he participates in the Pan-Aegean Wind Instrument Festival.