Matoula Music

Musicians

Revma

REVMA plays the living art of traditional Greek music (“Dimotika”), for listening and dancing audiences. Mesmerizing pentatonic and polyphonic Epirot mountain laments and celebrations, lyrical melodies and the “springing” sousta and ballos dances of the Aegean, Dodekanese, and Ionian islands, powerful odd-metered Macedonian and Thracian rhythms, and the delicate modal tones of urban Smyrnaika, are all shaped by a history drenched in struggle, war, migration, resilience, and philotimia, and charged with hellenic life-embracing passion and wit. Our musicians are: Rohan Gregory on violin, Fabio Pirozzolo on percussion and voice, Sandy Theodorou on laouto, accordion, and voice, and regular guest musicians on santouri, bouzouki, baghlama, oud, or clarinet. REVMA has played for international folk festivals and Greek cultural events including the Flurry Saratoga Springs, Folk Arts Center Balkan Night, Jose Mateo Dance for World Community, Lowell Lantern Festival, Fresh Beets Concert Series Lowell, Maliotis Cultural Center Annual Music Festival, Tarpon Springs Epiphany Celebration, Hellenic Dance Federation national competition, Boston Lykeion Ellinidon Karnavale, and multiple festivals, concerts, dances, and private music and dance events.

Sandy Theodorou – accordion, laouto, vocals

Rohan Gregory – violin

Fabio Pirozzolo – percussion, vocals

 

Our fabulous guest musicians include:
Mark Pattison – bouzouki, baghlama, guitar
Dean Lambros – santouri
Mal Barsamian -oud, clarinet
Harry Bedrosian – oud
Stephanos Karavas – oud
Phil Papadopoulos – bouzouki, vocals
Georgios Galanakis – guitar