Hearing the sounds of ancient music

On Monday and Tuesday 20th and 21st November a two-day seminar on Ancient Greek Music is being held at the Venizelio Odeio in Chania as part of a series of events associated with the music school’s 100th anniversary. Led by Stelios Psaroudakis, ancient musicologist and professor in the Musical Studies Department of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, the seminar runs from 18:00 to 21.00 each evening and admission is free. In anticipation of the event, Haniotika Nea interviewed Professor Psaroudakis and asked him some questions as to what is known about the use of music in Ancient Greece, and whether we have any idea of how it actually sounded.

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