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Eleni Karaindrou

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So some of the most important Anghelopoulos soundtracks were born: "The Beekeeper", "Landscape In The Mist", "Ulysses' Gaze" and "Eternity And A Day, that recently won the Cannes Palm d'or.
In balance between Classic tradition, jazz and Balkans culture, '''Eleni Karaindrou''' released compositions only apparently simply, starting from one thematic point that are dilated in a delicate sonorous mosaic. A kaleidoscope of sounds influenced by the Byzantine psalms and the Balkan folk (Greek, Serbian and Bulgarian, in particular). But in this music you can also find some traces of the New Age. Her instrumental themes flow slowly through a sequence of melodies, sometimes bare some other rich. A music always pervaded by a suffering and poetic soul. The result in the live concerts is exalted by the executions of a great solo musician, the violinist Kim Kashkashian, and by the performances of famous orchestras like the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. But Eleni still considers herself as a popular music composer: "I like to hear people singing the 'Beekeeper' waltz in the streets of Athens". It was also the favourite theme of the actor Marcello Mastroianni. "Once he wanted me to play it all night long. Every time I came to the end, he gazed at me and asked: 'Please, Eleni, once again'".

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