Lute (laouto) made by Christos Tofas, Greece (Athens), 2012

Lute (laouto) made by Christos Tofas, Greece (Athens), 2012 (2018.588)

“Liaskos,” traditional Greek piece

Performed by Vasilis Kostas

[vageeshajm]

Whole time, I worried about the vase.

[teovag]

Ο Βασίλης Κώστας. παίζει τον ''Λιάσκο'', με λαούτο κατασκευασμένο από τον Χρήστο Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

[marinamucci]

How I like instrumental greek music! Αυτό το κομμάτι είναι απλά υπέροχο! Usually everything is fine until someone starts to sing 😅

[coloretlumen]

Ποιος δε ζήλεψε τέτοιο όργανο και τέτοιο παίξιμο!!!!

[ΓιάννηςΖαφείρης-δι]

Στο κουβεντιαστό!...Του μιλάει κι αυτό αναποκρίνεται...Έτσι, για να περάσουν ευχάριστα την ώρα τους!...

[user_athana]

Απο τα καλυτερα τραγουδια με ηχο απο ενα απο τα ωραιωτερα οργανα...

[DavesRiffage]

Wow, I didn't know Justin Trudeau was such a kickass laouto player LOL

[mariasikioti]

ΞΕΡΩ. ΑΓΑΠΗ. ΜΟΥ. ΤΙ. ΣΟΥ. ΛΕΩ.

[kasswaiting...]

Is this instrument played in many God of War PS2 soundtracks like: "The Bathroom", "River of Forgotten"...? I'm happy if someone aswers.

[еленасамаркина-йх]

ходят слухи что этот инструмент был в Молдавии но это не точно

[renebleu]

Excellent !!!
What is its tuning please ?

[dragosmihai]

Can anyone tell me where to buy such an instrument? Thank you.

[Byron]

Why a lute player playing Middle Eastern / Arabic music is presented in a context of Greek art, especially classical. I know that a lot of Greeks still listen to this music today but this music was never Greek to begin with. Herodotus wrote about that distinct sound-color he heard in his trip to Egypt and called it ‘Amane’.
=> Greeks lived under Muslim Ottomans for almost 400 years and believe me those were not the happiest of times. Bear in mind that Greek speaking population in Byzantine times was 11 to 13 million and 400 years after the Ottomans took over, 2 mil were left in Greece and 1 in Asia Minor.
=> When in the middle ages all nations in Europe were building the musical or cooking palettes the Ottomans did not allow schools or universities, neither any communication with the rest of Europe. So the Greeks took what was readily available to them. The Ottoman music and cuisine which they were both Arabic anyway.
=> Well, I like much of this style of music just as I like Latin music, the Mali Blues, Spanish Flamencos and so on. None of them is Greek though and it saddens me to be presented as such.