Stelios Petrakis “The ambassador of Cretan Music” @ Minoan Wave magazine 2023

https://www.minoan.gr/en/post/3347/minoan-wave-2023

Pages 40-49

“Spondi” album peaked (#1) on the World Music Charts Europe.

The album “Spondi” peaked (#1) on the World Music Charts Europe for the month of July 2022 and #4 on the annual charts for 2022.

more info: www.wmce.de

Stelios Petrakis Quartet @ the Philharmonie of Paris (Video)

Live in Philharmonie of Paris. “Traditions d’Épire et de Crète” feat. Petroloukas Chalkias, Vasilis Kostas, Stelios Petrakis Quartet.

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Concert Review in Greek, from Fotios Kaliampakos @ www.andro.gr

Το περασμένο Σάββατο, το Κρητικό μουσικό κουαρτέτο του Στέλιου Πετράκη «υπνώτισε» το διψασμένο για «έθνικ» Νεουορκέζικο κοινό. Ο Φώτιος Καλιαμπάκος ήταν εκεί και μεταδίδει. read more..

Concert Review by “The National Herald”: Stelios Petrakis Quartet & the Music of Crete at Carnegie Hall

By Eleni Sakellis November 21, 2018

NEW YORK – The Stelios Petrakis Cretan Quartet performed the music of Crete at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall on November 17 to an enthusiastic audience. With Stelios Petrakis on lyra and laouto, Thanasis Mavrokostas on askomandura, cello-lyra, and dance, Antonis Stavrakakis on mandolin, laouto, and vocals, and Giorgos Manolakis on laouto and vocals, the concert was one of the best Greek music concerts of the year. read more..

Cd “Taos” #No 2 @ Global Music Network ‘BEST OF 2018 World Music Charts’

http://global-music.network/es/92-news/365-global-music-network-best-of-2018-world-music-charts-es?fbclid=IwAR0IoCZZoJyI39c5K7KPt0S3uec3q0UApaISQntfNf2Lnd2pkzgKQzjDmvY

A conversation with the cretan multi-instrumentalist Stelios Petrakis from www.thecedar.org

MJ Gilmore, Box Office and Office Manager, conversed with Stelios Petrakis through Skype from The Cedar’s green room, while Stelios joined her from his workshop in Heraklion, Greece, where two lyras were in the process of drying.  He talked about his passion for traditional Cretan music, collaborations, his mentor Ross Daly, his creative process and style, the process of making instruments, and his life philosophy.  read more..

A recent interview in Greek (www.debop.gr)

Τρεις εξαιρετικοί μουσικοί, τρεις κουλτούρες, ένα ιδιαίτερο project, το Trio Petrakis-Lopez-Chemirani. Μια καλλιτεχνική συνάντηση, ένα μοίρασμα επιρροών, μουσικών ιδιωμάτων, ηχοχρωμάτων και ρυθμών της Μεσογείου. Ένας αριστοτεχνικός συνδυασμός της κρητικής μουσικής με μεσαιωνικούς ήχους και στοιχεία της περσικής μουσικής παράδοσης.

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Stelios Petrakis (Crete) – Prix France Musique-Ocora des Musiques du Monde 2016

À l’occasion des 10 ans du Prix France Musique-Ocora des Musiques du Monde, l’émission Couleurs du Monde propose une scène ouverte exceptionnelle lundi 2 mai, au studio 105 à 20h. read more..

The New York Times:

The lyra (fiddle) player Stelios Petrakis, from Crete, in Greece, led his quartet, a string band with lauto (oud), mandolin and cello. Its repertoire spanned slow, plaintive, burnished instrumental melodies; read more..