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Reviving ancient Greek instruments

Alexia KalaitziNovember 29, 2019

How do you recreate the sound of something you only know through photographs and stories? It takes care, precision and a lot of research - something the Koumartzis family in northern Greece have committed themselves to doing in order to revive the instruments of ancient Greece. Now, thousands of years after it first appeared in Greek mythology and artwork, the lyre is making a comeback.

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