Dome

Dome is a visceral blend of sacred music pieces and hymns that echo under the domes of churches, mosques, synagogues, and Mevlevi tekke, all of which emphasize their shared musical origins.
Using historical, multi-religious Constantinople as a point of reference, the sacred music excerpts are reinterpreted through improvisation, highlighting their common spiritual foundation and bringing them together in harmonious coexistence beneath a shared dome.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Sokratis Sinopoulos Constantinopolitan lyre
He was born in Athens. He studied guitar, music theory, Byzantine music, folk singing and musicology (NKUA). In 1988, he began lessons with Ross Daly in the Constantinopolitan lyre and laouto, and a year later he became a member of his musical ensemble, "Labyrinth." Since then, he has collaborated in concerts and recordings with musicians from Greece and abroad. He has recorded with Charles Lloyd (Blue Note), Jean-Guihen Queyras (Harmonia Mundi), Eleni Karaindrou (ECM) and the early music ensemble L'Achéron (Fuga Libera). In 1999, he was awarded with the "Melina Mercouri" International Prize for Young Artists by the Greek Ministry of Culture. In 2010, he founded the Sokratis Sinopoulos quartet and in 2015, the quartet released its first album. In 2018, the album ''Under the Rose Tree – Tunes from the Greek Musical Traditions'' was released and was voted one of the best albums by the German Music Critics Association. The quartet's second album, Metamodal, was released in 2019. He is a professor at the Department of Music Science and Art (University of Macedonia).

Taxiarchis Georgoulis oud

He was born in Kalamata. He took up music lessons at the age of eight, playing the bouzouki. Later, under the tutelage of Ilias Kappakos and Christos Zotos, he took up the traditional lute and performed at festivals and concerts throughout Greece. He attended Byzantine music lessons with Ioannis Plemenos. In 2009, he immersed himself in the world of the oud with Nikos Paleologos and participated in numerous seminars of the "Labyrinth" musical workshop with Yurdal Tokcan, Erkan Oğur, Omer Erdogdu, Evgenios Voulgaris, Periklis Papapetropoulos, Socratis Sinopoulos, Harris Lambrakis, Joseph Tawadros and Ross Daly. He has collaborated with prominent musicians in concerts and festivals in Greece and abroad. Recently, together with Sophia Efkleidou on cello, he founded the duo ''Beraber'',  where they perform modal music compositions from the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as their own. He won second prize at the International Oud Festival in Tunisia. He has been teaching at Ross Daly's  ''Labyrinth'' musical workshop for two years.

Stratis Psaradellis Constantinopolitan lyre
He was born in Athens. He began studying classical guitar and Byzantine music, while being introduced to the traditional musical instruments of Greece and Orient at the Pallini Music High School. He studied the saz next to Periklis Papapetropoulos and also studied the Constantinopolitan lyre and lute. At the "Labyrinth" musical workshop, he attended saz seminars with Talip Özkan and Mehmet Erenler, as well as Constantinopolitan lyre seminars with Sokratis Sinopoulos and Derya Türkan. He has performed and recorded in Europe, America, Oceania, the Middle East, and the Far East. He has collaborated with, Nikos and Giasemi Saragouda, Chronis Aidonidis, Christos Tsiamoulis, Nikos Grapsas, Antonis Apergis, Martha Mavroidi, Ross Daly, John Psathas, Márta Sebestyén, Loreena McKennitt, Zohar Fresco, Murat Aydemir, the Sarband Ensemble, and OnEira 6tet, among others. He is a graduate of the Department of Music Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and a PhD candidate at the Department of Music Science and Art  (University of Macedonia). He has been teaching at the Pallini Music High School since 1999.

Dimosthenis Karachristodoulou Constantinopolitan lyre
He was born in Athens. He became interested in music at the age of 13. Through instrument-making, he came into contact with the lyre and the Constantinopolitan lute. He graduated from the instrument –making department of Simon Karas' school. In 2019, he was admitted to the Department of Music Studies at the University of Ioannina specializing in the Constantinopolitan lyre. He has studied with Giorgos Kontogiannis, Stratis Psaradellis, Sokratis Sinopoulos and Derya Türkan. As a member of the musical ensemble Urban Modal, he participates in events, whilst he was involved in the recording of their first album. At the same time, he collaborates with renowned artists, such as  Nikos Andrikos, Christos Tsiamoulis, Thomas Meleteas, Christos Kanellos Malamas, and Israel Varela.

Chrysanthi Gkika Constantinopolitan lyre
Born in Athens, she began studying piano and, at the age of thirteen, she began playing the Constantinopolitan lyre. She received lessons from important musicians such as Sokratis Sinopoulos, Derya Türkan and Ross Daly and participated in musical ensembles and youth orchestras. In 2014, she was admitted to the Department of Music Science and Art (University of Macedonia) and specialized in Greek traditional music. Under the guidance of Sokratis Sinopoulos, she obtained a degree in Constantinopolitan lyre and completed her master's degree in the "Sciences and Arts of Music" programme. Since 2017, she has been actively teaching the Constantinopolitan lyre and Greek traditional music (Labyrinth musical workshop). In the academic year 2021–2022, she was awarded a scholarship to engage in teaching the Constantinopolitan lyre specialization at the Music Science and Art Department. She has participated in festivals and collaborated with musical ensembles in Greece and abroad (Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mediterranean Youth Orchestra) as well as with renowned musicians (Kudsi Erguner, Lena Platonos, Maria Farantouri, George Dalaras, etc).