A Platform for Ethnically and Culturally Inspired Music
ABOUT
The En Chordais ensemble is active in the domain of multicultural, learned, and popular musical traditions of the Mediterranean, exploring both their creative continuity and their meeting with contemporary musical trends, in a fusion mood. Through an osmotic procedure, the group successfully combines Byzantine and art music of the Mediterranean with Greek regional idioms and contemporary music, collaborating occasionally with virtuosi from all over the world. The ensemble presents a multimedia mosaic dating from the 13th century to today. The result is a timeless dialogue between different cultures and eras.
En Chordais, renowned for extensive research on the musical legacy of the East Mediterranean, has entranced audiences with more than 400 concerts all over the world. The appreciated ensemble has been invited to perform in very special and important concert halls, such as the Library of Alexandria, the Metropolitan Museum - New York, the Institut du Monde Arabe and Theatre de la Ville des Abesses - Paris, Palais de Bojar - Brussels, Carl-Orff-Saal Gasteig - Munich, Saint Marc - Venice, Purcell Room - South Bank - London, and Tower Hall Concert Hall - Hong Kong, to name just a few. The group has also collaborated with top musicians from Greece, the Arabic world, Iran, Turkey, Israel, China, Canada, as well as from Europe.
In November 2006, En Chordais accompanied the President of the Republic of Greece on his official travel to the United Arab Emirates and to Oman, giving a series of concerts.
In March of 2008, the group, during its participation in the Babel Med Festival, received the "Prix France Musique des Musiques du Monde".
En Chordais, renowned for extensive research on the musical legacy of the East Mediterranean, has entranced audiences with more than 400 concerts all over the world. The appreciated ensemble has been invited to perform in very special and important concert halls, such as the Library of Alexandria, the Metropolitan Museum - New York, the Institut du Monde Arabe and Theatre de la Ville des Abesses - Paris, Palais de Bojar - Brussels, Carl-Orff-Saal Gasteig - Munich, Saint Marc - Venice, Purcell Room - South Bank - London, and Tower Hall Concert Hall - Hong Kong, to name just a few. The group has also collaborated with top musicians from Greece, the Arabic world, Iran, Turkey, Israel, China, Canada, as well as from Europe.
In November 2006, En Chordais accompanied the President of the Republic of Greece on his official travel to the United Arab Emirates and to Oman, giving a series of concerts.
In March of 2008, the group, during its participation in the Babel Med Festival, received the "Prix France Musique des Musiques du Monde".
