Παῦσις | Ancient World Music | Ancient Greek Lyre, Rui Fu, and Bendir

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Meet Rui Fu on the vocals, Theodore Koumartzis on the ancient lyre, and Nikos Varelas on the ancient bendir.

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🎙️ Pausis Ancient Music Ensemble - a Secret Form of Communication
A parallel unobserved form of expression behind the obvious, the unseen point where all obvious forms of communication (dialogue, sounds, gestures, writing) communicate and become capable of expressing something higher than their sum.

Voice: Rui Fu | Bendir: Nikos Varelas | Ancient Greek Lyre: Theodoros Koumartzis

🎙️ Παύσις - μια μυστική μορφή επικοινωνίας
Μια παράλληλη αθέατη μορφή έκφρασης πίσω από το προφανές, το αθέατο σημείο όπου όλες οι προφανείς μορφές επικοινωνίας (διάλογος, ήχοι, χειρονομίες, γραφή) επικοινωνούν και γίνονται ικανές να εκφράσουν κάτι ανώτερο από το άθροισμά τους.

Φωνή: Rui Fu | Αρχαίο Bendir: Nikos Varelas | Αρχαία Ελληνική Λύρα: Theodoros Koumartzis

⚪ Παύσις (lat. pausa)
Pausa is actually a necessary element for every kind of communication of verbal, artistic, stochastic music. With both philosophical and literal dimensions, friendship, love, time, life itself become ill at the moment when the internal dialogue ceases and in the space that is created all becomes One.
Στοιχείο απαραίτητο για κάθε μορφή επικοινωνίας λεκτικής, μουσικής καλλιτεχνικής, στοχαστικής. Με φιλοσοφικές αλλά και κυριολεκτικές διαστάσεις, η φιλία, ο έρωτας, ο χρόνος, η ίδια η ζωή αποκτούν νόημα στην στιγμή εκείνη που παύει ο εσωτερικός διάλογος και στον χώρο που δημιουργείται, όλα γίνονται Ένα.

🎙️ Who is Rui Fu?
Rui Fu is a singer-songwriter who specializes in improvisational and impressionistic interpretation of Chinese ethnic musical traditions and modernist portrayals of ancient Taoist meditative musics.

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🎙️ Who is Theodore?
Theodore is the youngest brother of the Koumartzis family. Being part of the family's endeavor since its early stage, he soon came to be an inspiring top-notch lyre player, constantly learning and experimenting with musicians around the world.
He is the founder of the PAUSIS Project, a curator at the SEIKILO Museum of Ancient Music in Greece (Thessaloniki), and an integral part of LUTHIEROS Music Instruments.

🎙️ Who is Nikos?
Nikos Varelas is a master percussionist with extensive studies in various techniques and types of frame drums.
He is an alumnus of the Music Science and Art Department of the University of Macedonia (Greece) and Erasmus alumnus of the Turkish Music State Conservatory (Istanbul Technical University).
He fine-tuned his art with the guidance of world-renowned percussionists, including Dimitris Barbas, Kostas Anastasiadis, Zohar Fresco, Misirli Ahmet, and others.
He currently lives in Thessaloniki but travels all over Greece and abroad to share his passion for percussions as part of various bands from completely different music genres.

🎥 Directed by Christos Sagias & Paul Papadopoulos

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[uhoh]

A real treasure. It could be Orpheus himself on the lyre, Sappho singing, and a child of Cybele on percussion.

[walterreuther]

A friend asked me: "What kind of music do you listen to?"
My answer was: "My favourite kind of music is the one where the musicians listen to their own instruments and sounds."

I am awestruck by the wonder and beauty that is communicated in this music.
Thank you for sharing!

[donnalayton]

I was a history major, I loved ancient history, never heard ancient music, not even in my choral classes. Deeply beautiful.

[selvamthiagarajan]

Rui Fu is a vocalist and composer specializing in improvisational and impressionistic interpretation of Chinese ethnic musical traditions and modernist portrayals of literati meditative and Wu shamanic music.

[TinyEpics]

The strength and beauty of the ancients lives on! What a lovely and hypnotizing performance.

[AAAMOUSES]

Απο την Ελλάδα χαιρετισμούς . Πολύ καλή παρουσίαση . Παιδιά πρέπει να είστε λίγοι στο διαδύκτιο που ασχολήστε με αρχαία μουσικά κομμάτια και τραγούδια . Το κορίτσι από την ' Ανατολή ' είναι καταπληκτικό, η ομορφιά της ψυχής της ' βγαίνει ' σ' αυτό το όμορφο τραγούδι της . Γενικώς οι μουσικοί που ασχολούνται με τα αρχαία τραγούδια και οι μουσικοί που θεϊκά τα παίζουν, δίνουν όχι μόνο κάτι απ' την ψυχή τους και αλλά και κάτι από τον εαυτό τους, γι' αυτό αν προσέξετε αγαπητοί σχολιαστές και τα αγόρια που έπαιξαν έδωσαν ' εαυτό ' . Εάν το δείτε και το ακούσετε μία φορά δεν θα το προσέξετε, την τρίτη φορά θα το δείτε πολύ καθαρά . Εύχομαι τα καλύτερα και η θεά Τύχη με την θεά Υγεία να σας συντροφεύουν αυτά τα παιδιά . Αγαπητά παιδιά περιμένουμε κάτι ' κλασσικό ' σε αρχαίο Ελληνικό ' στύλ ' σε μουσική και τραγούδι . ΕΥΓΕ σας ! ! ! .

[Tinka]

At first i wished i could have listened to this with a singer that sings in ancient greek. But then i forced myself to see the wider feeling, of embracing two beautiful cultures, and how much the music can unite us in the end, and create something absolutelly magical. Thank you people for this lovely result. Much love.

[Ceylin_Kurtbogan]

this is so unimaginably mesmerizing, I am in love.
Ancient Greek culture is truly something else, much love from Turkiye 🇬🇷 🫶

[BallerinaValkyrie]

Rui Fu's voice is incredible!!!! And the two men are each so skilled, they match her perfectly!

[malanimalani]

Her voice is so insanely beautiful! I love it so much! ❤️

[zekriquelme]

As a musician, it turns out for me especially emotional to hear the musical sounds of the ancient times.

[localfox]

Im not religious and yet this performance seems to connect me to the gods. Bravo. Beautiful, all of you.

[Κλειώ-ην]

Φοβερό!! Δεν έχω λόγια!!!
Σας παρακαλώ συνεχίστε να ανασταίνετε τέτοια κομμάτια και με ξένους και με Έλληνες τραγουδιστες😍😍 Ευχαριστούμε πολύ για αυτό το αριστούργημα👏👏👏👍👍👍❤

[billsifakakis]

Μπράβο σάς παιδιά, εύγε γιά τήν συνεργασία καί τήν σύνθεση. Ή μουσική τών θεών !!!

[cunningman]

I've listened to this piece like 10 billion times and I am enraptured by it every single time. Simplicity, complexity, and absolute beauty from each of the musicians. Now if only I could get these three to play together and create an array of albums and then come to Australia to play live, my life would be perfect! Thanks so much to all involved in making this gorgeous piece happen.🙏

[A.Man.From.Cyprus]

🇨🇾 Σας χαιρετώ και σας ευχαριστώ για αυτό το υπέροχο δημιούργημα που μας προσφέρετε μέσω αυτού του βίντεο εδώ στο YouTube! 🙏🙂💖

[_stavxx]

Δεν έχω λόγια πραγματικά ! Θα μπορούσα να το ακούω με τις ώρες και ακόμα να μην το βαριέμαι ❤️ είναι ότι πιο μελωδικό και τέλειο εχω ακούσει τα τελευταία χρόνια

[krissishere]

This is the proof that time exists. A creation like this.

[btholoniobr]

Olá a todos. Saudações da Amazônia Brasileira. Música linda esta, para ouvir navegando nos rios e entrar em harmonia com tudo que é belo.

[honeybeemoo]

This music connects with the instinct that recognises music and sound as an integral, irreplacable part of life. The performance evokes a sense of serenity, among other things I don't know how to describe.
Some of the vocalisation techniques Ms Rui Fu uses here, especially in the beginning, sound very similar to some vocalisation techniques used in Indian classical music. I find it fascinating, it gives a sense of familiarity to me