THE PEOPLE (En/Gr)

The people behind the music

At the time of writing these lines, there are five or six of us involved in TRITOnous radio.

Kostas is the elder statesman of the group, one of the original members of the project, with decades of listening behind him and an impressive collection of classical records. In many ways, he has been something of a father figure to this whole endeavour.

Nikos is also a passionate collector of classical records. He has strong opinions about performances and interpretations, together with a wealth of historical knowledge. If there is a recording worth knowing about, there is a good chance Nikos knows it.

Christos is an amateur musician himself, but a professional lover of music. And sometimes that distinction says everything.

Maria is a musician with many years of experience behind her and a unique perspective from inside the world of music. She has studied both in Greece and abroad, performed in dozens of concerts and taken part in various musical ensembles over the years. She brings to TRITOnous something that cannot be learned simply by listening to records: first-hand experience.

Dimitris is also a musician, and he has given us 44 programmes. In them, he manages to explain, beautifully, simply and without unnecessary complication, many of the things we wanted to understand but never quite knew whom to ask about.

And then there are our friends who contribute to a special feature called “Musicians on Music.”

They are all musicians themselves, and they choose pieces they love for personal reasons. Then they tell us what those reasons are — and, in doing so, they give us another way of listening to music.

We may be only five or six people behind TRITOnous.

But we all bring something different to the music.

Different ears. Different experiences. Different stories.

And perhaps that is what makes the station what it is.

 

Στα Ελληνικά…

Τη στιγμή που γράφονται οι γραμμές αυτές, είμαστε 5-6 άτομα που ασχολούμαστε με το TRITOnous radio.

Ο Κώστας, μεγαλύτερος, αρχαιότερος, με πολλαπλά ακούσματα, φοβερός συλλέκτης δίσκων κλασσικής, ίσως ο “πατέρας” μας στην προσπάθεια αυτή.

Ο Νίκος, επίσης φοβερός συλλέκτης δίσκων κλασσικής μουσικής, με άποψη πάνω στις ερμηνείες, αλλά και ιστορικές γνώσεις.

Ο Χρήστος, ο ίδιος ερασιτέχνης μουσικός, αλλά επαγγελματίας εραστής της μουσικής.

Η Μαρία, μουσικός με χρόνια πείρας στην πλάτη της, με μοναδική εμπειρία εκ των έσω, με χρόνια σπουδών σε Ελλάδα και εξωτερικό, με δεκάδες κοντσέρτα και συμμετοχές σε διάφορα μουσικά σχήματα.

Ο Δημήτρης, επίσης μουσικός, μας έχει χαρίσει 44 εκπομπές, στις οποίες όμορφα, απλά και λιτά μας δίνει να καταλάβουμε αυτά που θέλαμε να μάθουμε αλλά δεν ξέραμε ποιόν να ρωτήσουμε.

Επίσης, στο ένθετο που λέγεται “Οι Μουσικοί για την Μουσική” βοηθάνε φίλοι, όλοι μουσικοί, διαλέγοντας κομμάτια που αγαπάνε για προσωπικούς λόγους και μας εξηγούν ποιοί είναι αυτοί οι λόγοι.