A virtual choir in Kavala, Greece, bringing together 80
different singers recently released a remarkable work born out of the pandemic
– a video complied from 80 different music performances, perfectly edited
together to create a work of art.
Dimitris Minakakis
The songs they sang “ TREHANTIRIA” are all Greek folk songs from the Cyclades, with music and choral arrangements by Dimitris Minakakis, under the direction of Roula Kokka.
Dimitris Lapousis
The conductor of the choir, “Omorfos Cosmos tis Horodias”
(Beautiful World of Choir) who had the daunting task of coordinating each one of
the singes’ parts, was Nikos Efthimiades and the audio-visual editor, who also
sings tenor in the group, was Demitris Lapousis.
As anyone who sings in public, either in a church choir or
in another group, can certify this past year full of lockdowns and social
distancing was an extraordinarily difficult one. Faced with one of the
greatest joys of their lives – on top of all other challenges of the year,
singers, who normally would be sharing their voices with the world were
silenced.
It was hard to imagine how anyone might even want to sing under such conditions. But this sad state of affairs didn’t daunt Lapousis and his friends who took it upon themselves to organize a mass video with 80 different parts, all edited together into a whole which sounds as if the members were singing side by side.
Lapousis, an artist, painter, and opera singer lives in the
city of Larissa. When asked by the press what he thinks about this enormous
labour of love he said he couldn’t be happier with the result.
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