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HAONIA (CHAONIA) an awarded group of young people, formed in 1996, that took its name from an ancient country. The area of the ancient Chaonia coincides with the area where the epirotic polyphony is still alive. CHAONIA are singing polyphonic songs from Epirus, Volakas, South Italy. Participation in INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF POLYPHONIC SONGS during the last 10 years. Concerts in Athens, Salonica, Patra, Ioannina, Agios Nikolaos, all around greek-albanian borderline. Albania, Boulgary, Italy, Wales,.... Recordings: "POLYPHONIC SONGS/PALLAS 2000", ""POLYPHONIC SONGS/PALLAS 2001", "FONES TIS PETRAS 1" (2004), "FONES TIS PETRAS 2" (2006). Participation in CHAINIDES’s cd "DRAKODONTI" and Kalliopi Vetta "Horizon"...

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Member Since: 3/4/2008
Band Website: polyphonic.forumotion.com
Band Members: Alexandros Lambridis, Antonis Exarchos, Maria Tsoukala, Ilias Kouros, Vaggelis Karetsos, Eleni Oikonomou, Irini Tiniakou, Xanthoula Dakovanou, Evi Makatsori, Tania Fysa, Giorgos Diochnos, Eleni Gerakiti ..
Influences: folk polyphonic songs from Greece/Epirus, Karpathos, Volakas- Albania, Bulgary, Serbia, Salento, Roumania, Georgia, Taiwan, Kalas... kira Froso, kira Katina, Efterpi Gatsiou, kira Fani, GiorgoNtoti, Arian Shehu, Elli Netsou, Sofia Demiri, Sokol Govaci, Dionisi Basho, kira Olga, Vichka Nikolova, Anastasia Ostojic, Lazaros Tsiavos, Andreas Karetzos, kira Soultana... Tasos Halkias/Laver Bariou, Mihalis Ganas/Sotiris Dimitriou, Anaparastasi/Theo Andelopoulos, Kaos/Taviani, Spiros Meletzis/Nikos Oikonomopoulos, Theofilos, Amorgos/Gatsos,Thanassis Papakonstantinou, Andrei Tarkovski/Sergei Paratzanov, Mihalis Pasiakos/Aggelos Sinanis, , ...
Sounds Like: Concert in Wales, 2004SPIROS SAKAS concert in Athens, 2007
Record Label: PALLAS 2000, -01, FONES TIS PETRAS 1, 2 / APEIROS
Type of Label: None