Rodinos - The Legendary Lyrist | Crete

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“So says the myth, the legend, the tradition, and people; people always say so.”

Andreas Rodinos left a distinctive imprint on Cretan music. Through narration, live music, lyre performance, and theatrical scenes, the audience will follow the journey of a man who dedicated his life to the lyre and the preservation of musical tradition. The production highlights key moments from his life, including his experiences, challenges, and the passion that defined his relationship with the lyre. It is an artistic proposal that combines music, theatre, and documented material from his life into a theatrical text, paying homage to cultural heritage and the deep impact Andreas Rodinos had on musical tradition.

“It is said that no other hand could string the lyre and smell like summer; that he wandered through villages collecting tunes: lullabies for toddlers, dirges and sorrowful melodies about grief and joy, and vendettas for romances. He breathed life into them.

It is said that he was not afraid to stand at the crossroads at midnight, enter the carved circle with his lyre in hand and a black-handled knife, and play to draw charisma from nocturnal creatures. It is said that it was for a blue-eyed, blonde woman several years older than he that death entered him and began to wither him from within.

It is said that his life ended among the trees on the mountain, and that notes traveled, full of bitterness, in the holy sea like prayers. His bowing, filled with pain and grief, echoed from the darkness to Rethemnos: it’s said that his name was RODINOS.”