Matthaios Tsahouridis played Karolos Voutsinas's 'Allos Kosmos' using the Greek musical instrument Pontic Lyra on 'Lighter life', the short film directed by Andonis Sotiropoulos. The film was the winner of the Athens "48 Hour Film Project", which ran across 81 cities around the world.
It was awarded: Best Script, Best Music, Best Sound, Best Editing and Best Production. The Pontic Lyra will now be heard at the Filmapaloosa International Film Festival in the U.S.A. and at the Cannes Festival next year.
For more please visit Matthaios Tsahouridis's youtube channel
Makoulis is working with singer Stathis Nikolaidis on a new Pontic music album. The album will include traditional table songs plus seven new Pontic melodies composed by Matthaios Tsahouridis. The recordings are taking place at the Blue Studios, London, with Andrew Tulloch.
Pontic music which includes music, poetry and dance, is a time honored cultural heritage that expresses the customs, traditions, ethos and in some way the history of the Pontic people. The Pontic lyra is the instrument that expresses my deeply felt devotion and respect for the music that I love and serve. Please follow youtube for more pontic videos.
30-12-2011: "Psyche & Soma" with Konstantinos Tsahouridis, Veria, Greece
7-1-2012: "Psyche & Soma" with Konstantinos Tsahouridis, Kavala, Cyprus.
27-1-2012: "Psyche & Soma" with Konstantinos Tsahouridis and Pela Nikolaidou, Sochi, Russia
Matthaios Tsahouridis was born in Veria, Greece. Growing up in the environment of a splendid and fertile musical tradition, already at the age of 9 he had made his mark as a perceptive performer and a sensitive interpreter.The Pontic lyra is the instrument which expresses his deeply felt...