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Evgenios Voulgaris

Evgenios Voulgaris

Evgenios Voulgaris´ interest in traditional music started in 1992. Around the same time he completed his studies in Byzantine music. A multi-instrumentalist himself, he has repeatedly teamed with master musicians and composers in concerts, recordings and television productions in Greece and abroad. Since 1995 he has been the first mandolin in the Orchestra of Colors.

Of particular interest to him is teaching. Ηe teaches in the Municipal Conservatory of Patras, where he leads the Department of Traditional instruments. He also taught the oud, yayli tanbur, organology, and makam theory in the Department of Traditional Music at the Technological Educational Institute of Epirus. Since 2006 he has also been teaching at the “Labyrinth“ Musical Workshop in Crete and the “Music Village“, and he is often invited to deliver seminars in Greece and abroad.

As a yayli tanbur soloist he has been involved in various international project: with Nima ben David at the Conservatoire National de Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris; “Flyways“, a project led by Paul Winter in New York, and “The Kommeno Project“ led by Guenter Baby Sommer in Germany and various countries around Europe.

In 2004 he released his first personal CD entitled “Wanderings“ together with the singer Dora Petridis. “The message of the prince“ was followed in 2008 (in cooperation with Ch. Galanopoulos). His work includes also music for theatre. His work on rebetika includes the book “Rebetika songs of the Inner War period“ firstly published in 2007 by Fagotto Publications (in cooperation with Vassilis Vantarakis) and two collaborative CDs, “Apsilies“ and “Psithirizontas torebetiko“.

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