Αιώνια Επιστροφή/Eternal Return
Στερνό Καλύβι/Sterno Kalivi
Περιδίνηση/Peridinisi
Στερνό Καλύβι/Sterno Kalivi
Θωρείτε εκείνο το βουνό
Και το στερνό καλύβι
Εκεί ο πίθος θα αναπαυτεί
Η γη το σώμα θωπεύει
Κι ένα μικρό παιδί κλαίει
Γιατί η χαρά του το πονεί
Το τέλος είναι η αρχή
Composition - Lyrics - Oud: Lefteris Navrozidis
Kemenche: Christos Kalliontzidis
Violin - Voice - Lute: Panormitis Boubas
Kanun: Vasilis Zigeridis
Camera: Kleanthis Karakotsiou
Video editing: Iris Molivda
Nowruz is a project that interprets personal compositions of Lefteris Navrozidis. The main influences of the compositions consist of Classic Persian music, Ottoman music, Byzantine music, as well as urban Greek folk music of the interwar period. The latter music idiom, especially the style which came from Smyrna (Smyrneiko) constitutes for the composer the path for the coexistence between two distinct worlds: of western polyphony and eastern modal monophony. Nowruz desires to contribute to the contemporary modal creation which takes place the last years in the urban centers of Greece, with reference to local characteristics of the music network of the eastern Mediterranean, while at the same time being sensitive to the multiple music incentives of the contemporary human. The aesthetics of Nowruz originate from the need of repossession of the ritual dimension of music, which empowers the sense of commune, exceeding the commercialized and mediated form of art in modern consumer society.