Kostas Novakis
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Kostas Novakis is an amateur ethnographer and musician from Greece
who has published CDs with Macedonian Slavic folksongs.
, near Giannitsa
, Greece
, where he works as a dentist. During the mid-1990s, he began recording traditional Slavic songs from elderly people in various places in western and central Macedonia
. He began to perform these songs himself, together with his wife Charoula, initially circulating CDs privately among friends. In 2002 and 2003, he published three CDs with a collection of such songs with a band of local instrumentalists and of two musicians from the Greek border towns of Gevgelija
and Bogdanci
in the neighbouring Republic of Macedonia
. The publication was noted in the press as the first of its kind in Greece and as the "end of a taboo", because the songs had not been publicly performed in Greece for decades and had not been previously documented. He claims to have recorded over 1000 songs in the local Slavic dialects, which by Novakis' own assertions are played on local radio stations in the region.
Novakis is also reported to be a member of the "Centre for Macedonian Culture" in Greece.
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
who has published CDs with Macedonian Slavic folksongs.
Biography
Kostas Novakis comes from KoufaliaKoufalia
Koufalia is a former municipality and a city in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chalkidona, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is located 40 kilometres North-West of the City of Thessaloniki, and virtually...
, near Giannitsa
Giannitsa
Giannitsa is the largest town and a former municipality in Pella regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pella, of which it is a municipal unit...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, where he works as a dentist. During the mid-1990s, he began recording traditional Slavic songs from elderly people in various places in western and central Macedonia
Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia is one of the thirteen regions of Greece, consisting of the central part of the region of Macedonia. With a population of over 1.8 million, it is the second most populous in Greece after Attica.- Administration :...
. He began to perform these songs himself, together with his wife Charoula, initially circulating CDs privately among friends. In 2002 and 2003, he published three CDs with a collection of such songs with a band of local instrumentalists and of two musicians from the Greek border towns of Gevgelija
Gevgelija
Gevgelija is a town with a population of 15,685 located in the very southeast of the Republic of Macedonia along the banks of the Vardar River, situated at the country's main border with Greece , the point which links the motorway from Skopje and three other former Yugoslav capitals with...
and Bogdanci
Bogdanci
Bogdanci is a small town in Republic of Macedonia, close to the border with Greece. It is located at around , and is the seat of Bogdanci Municipality.-Location:...
in the neighbouring Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
. The publication was noted in the press as the first of its kind in Greece and as the "end of a taboo", because the songs had not been publicly performed in Greece for decades and had not been previously documented. He claims to have recorded over 1000 songs in the local Slavic dialects, which by Novakis' own assertions are played on local radio stations in the region.
Novakis is also reported to be a member of the "Centre for Macedonian Culture" in Greece.
Discography
- Belo pole do Beloto More http://www.folkmusic.gr/en/belo-more-en.htm
- Razvila Gora Zelena (Macedonian: Развила Гора Зелена, Greek: Πράσινο δάσος, English: Rising of the Green Forest) http://www.folkmusic.gr/en/gora-zelena-en.htm
- Ponuda od Solun (Macedonian: Понуда од Солун, Greek: Πρόσφορα από τη Θεσσαλονίκη, English: Offer from Salonika) http://www.folkmusic.gr/en/ponunda-en.htm