SATURDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER 2023 8:30 PM
Concert by George Dalaras
Ancient Theatre

The most famous Greek performer in the world George Dalaras is coming to Plovdiv in September.

Hailed as the "Greek Bruce Springsteen", superstar Yorgos Dalaras ranks among the biggest pop music phenomena of the Mediterranean in recent decades. His concert is on 2 September 2023 at the Antique Theatre in Plovdiv - a magnificent spectacle featuring a selection of classics from his vast and impressive repertoire.

Dalaras is an extraordinary artist, a traveller, a restless musician who firmly believes in the individual character of Greek music, in its power and emotion, and at the same time in its world sound. His tireless travels have taken the music of Greece to all corners of the globe and made him the most successful Greek artist worldwide. He is regarded as the man who revived the rebetiko style and made it popular not only in Greece but throughout the world. Dalaras is also hailed as the father of Greek blues, deeply influenced by Greek folklore, adding interesting elements of Latin music and even flamenco influences to his songs.

He worked with the greatest Greek composers such as Mikis Theodorakis, Yannis Markopoulos and Manos Hadjidakis. He and Theodorakis released an album together based on the poems of Yannis Ritsos for the first time in 1974 after the fall of the Greek military junta.

He has released over 40 albums in his long and brilliant career, the first at the age of 18, which immediately became a hit. With more than 20 million album copies sold, sold-out venues around the world and collaborations with world-class musicians such as Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Paco de Lucia and Al di Meola, Yorgos Dalaras has earned the title of the most popular and successful Greek artist worldwide.

He has sung in the most prestigious music venues around the world, such as the Olympia in Paris, London's Royal Festival Hall and Wembley Stadium. Twice he filled the Olympic Stadium in Athens with over 160,000 spectators, an event remembered as the only one of its kind in Greece. Kofi Annan hailed him as one of seven UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors.

His programme in Plovdiv will include a selection of classics from his vast repertoire - an extraordinary concert showcasing the highlights of this great Greek singer's life. An orchestra of wind instruments, guitars, obligatory Greek bouzouki and vocals accompany Yorgos Dalaras in this magnificent performance.

The concert of Yorgos Dalaras is on September 2, 2023, at the Ancient Theatre in Plovdiv. Tickets are available in the Eventim system.