Loustri

Music Ensemble

"LOUSTRI" IN GREEK MEANS "SHOESHINE BOYS"

The name is inspired from a music piece which was written by the Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis for the soundtrack of the Elia Kazan's movie "America America". The second reason was that such a name represents simple, hard, honest polishing work. No fancy things here. Just honest music from a colorful and rich (in terms of culture) region. The region around the Aegean Sea and even more, the region around the east Mediterranean sea i.e. Greece (as epicenter), Turkey, Cyprus, Libanon e.o.

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Loustri radio Show @ Acik Radyo no 21/56
Loustri Radio Show @ Acik Radyo Season 56, No 21 Today, Sunday, March the 21th, 2023 the TWENTY FIRST radio show of the music ensemble LOUSTRI (of the...
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Loustri radio Show @ Acik Radyo no 20/56
Loustri Radio Show @ Acik Radyo Season 56, No 20 Today, Sunday, March the 19th, 2023 the TWENTIETH radio show of the music ensemble LOUSTRI (of the 56th...
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Loustri radio Show @ Acik Radyo no 19/56
Loustri Radio Show @ Acik Radyo Season 56, No 19 Today, Sunday, March the 12th, 2023 the NINETEENTH radio show of the music ensemble LOUSTRI (of the 56th...
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our music

Colours

Bouzoukis, Baglama, Guitars, Kanun, Upright Bass, Percussion, Accordion – Bayan, Kemence – Kemane. 5 members are signing (the most of the time),…

Concept

Let the audience fly with the ensemble “LOUSTROI” in different times and spaces around the Aegean sea and beyond.
From Athens’s…

Repertoir

Greek (Rebetiko, Traditional, art music of Theodorakis, Hadjidakis, Xarhakos, Rebetiko and the ensemble’s own music), Turkish…

Loustri Music ensemble

Music which shines after polishing…