Ross Daly
Ross Daly's (LINK) journey in the music of the world is inseparable from the course of his life. Of Irish descent, born in England, he travelled as a child with his family around the world and soon his deep interest in music emerged. His first instrument was the cello, which he studied in his childhood years in America. He later began studying the classical guitar in Japan at the age of eleven. The late sixties found him in San Francisco, where having Read Full BioRoss Daly's (LINK) journey in the music of the world is inseparable from the course of his life. Of Irish descent, born in England, he travelled as a child with his family around the world and soon his deep interest in music emerged. His first instrument was the cello, which he studied in his childhood years in America. He later began studying the classical guitar in Japan at the age of eleven. The late sixties found him in San Francisco, where having experienced both the classical discipline and the air of freedom and experimentation of the time, he first encountered Eastern musical traditions which completely changed his life. Of particular interest to him was Indian Classical music which was destined to be the first non-western tradition that he actively studied. The ensuing years found him travelling extensively studying a variety of instruments and traditions. At that time his main emphasis was on Indian and Afghani music.
In 1975 he travelled to Crete which he had previously visited for a short time in 1970 and 1972 where he had been greatly impressed by the lyra (a small pear-shaped upright fiddle which is the primary folk instrument of the island). After a six month period of wandering from village to village encountering local musicians, he settled in the town of Hania on the west of the island and began studying the Cretan Lyra with its great master Kostas Mountakis. This apprenticeship was to last for many years. During this same time he frequently visited Turkey where he studied Ottoman classical music as well as Turkish folk music. After many years of intensive training in a variety of musical traditions, Ross Daly turned his attention largely to composition drawing heavily on the various sources that he had studied. Today he has released more than twenty five albums of his own compositions as well as of his own versions of traditional melodies that he collected during his travels. The island of Crete in Greece still provides a base for his personal and musical research as he travels around the world performing his music.
A master multi-instrumentalist himself, Ross Daly has repeatedly teamed with master musicians from all over the world working within the musical discipline of the Eastern traditions while at the same time freely exploring new forms and creative improvisation. A virtuoso of Eastern musical instruments, he plays the Cretan lyra, Afghan rabab, tarhu, laouto, kemence, oud, saz and tanbur. A unique composer, Ross Daly, builds his compositions around the subtle but powerful interaction between the sound textures of the various traditions which he has studied. His close personal relationship with the musicians he works with is of paramount importance to Ross Daly himself as he believes that it is this inner connection which brings music alive. The unique sound of his music reflects his personal philosophy, influenced by the Sufi tradition which stresses the sacred nature of music itself, the enormous power contained within it, and the necessity for those who concern themselves with it to unreservedly and selflessly give themselves to it. This process results in an experience of music of a transcendental and spiritual nature, equally shared by musicians and audience alike, which has nothing to do with the fashions of "World Music" or "Ethnic". Ross Daly's music provides something that is increasingly difficult to find in modern times: a sense of continuity and unity. Sharing in the essence of a music that really has no physical boundaries is a magical experience that stands outside of time and space, connecting the natural flow of ancient traditions with the most complex needs of today's audiences.
He has collaborated with some of the most important musicians from all over the world such as: Habil Aliev, Djamchid Chemirani, Omer Erdogdular, Munir Bashir, Kostas Mountakis, Nikos Xylouris, Huun Huur Tu, Stelios Foustalierakis, Dhruba Ghosh, Rakesh Chaurasia, Shubankar Bannerjee, Vassilis Soukas, Ballake Sissoko, Mehmet Erenler, Talip Ozkan, Matthew Barley, Hossein Omoumi, Mohammad Rahim Khushnawaz, Khaled & Hossein Arman, Necati Celik, Goksel Baktagir, Derya Turkan, Georgi Petrov, Naseer Shamma and many more.
Apart from his intense concert activity in festivals all over the world with his group Labyrinth, which he established in 1982, Daly is particularly known for the creation and artistic direction of large multi-ethnic music groups with the participation of musicians coming from many different traditions and for his rich and impressive compositions and orchestrations that emerge from the collaborations of all these musicians. Some of the most well known projects of this nature are IRIS (Greece, India, Iran) and The White Dragon (Tuva, Iran, Greece).
In Summer 2004 he was the artistic director of the cultural program of the Olympic Games for the Olympic city of Heraklion on the island of Crete, titled “Crete, Music Crossroads”. He organized and artistically supervised 15 concerts with the participation of 300 musicians from all over the world. Amongst others there were musicians of international fame as : Jordi Savall, Eduardo Niebla, Huun Huur Tu, Habil Aliev, Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan, Mohammad Rahim Khushnawaz, Trio Chemirani, Adel Selameh and many others.
Since 2003 he is the artistic director of the Musical Workshop Labyrinth www.labyrinthmusic.gr, in the village of Houdetsi in the Heraklion province of Crete in Greece, where concerts, seminars and master classes are organized every summer. Each year hundreds of students from all continents arrive in Houdetsi in order to study with some of the most renowned teachers of traditional music. Also Ross Daly’s impressive collection of more than 200 instruments which he has collected over the years during his travelling is permanently on exhibition in the building of Labyrinth.
Ross Daly has performed in many important venues and festivals such as: Migration Festival, Taipei, Taiwan (2006), International Lute Festival, Tetouan, Morocco (2006), Madrid Summer Festival, Sabatini Gardens, Spain (2006), International Festival, Warsaw, Poland (2006), Manresa Festival , Barcelona,Spain (2006), Athens Concert Hall (1993, 2006), National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland(2005), Konzerthaus Mozart Saal, Vienna, Austria (2005), San Francisco World Music Festival, U.S.A (2005), State Theatre Company, Adelaide, Australia,(2005), Theatre de la Ville, Paris, France (1992-93, 2002,2003,2005), Festival de Saint Chartier, France(2003), Urkult Festival, Sweden(2003), Passionskirche, Berlin, Germany (1994,95,96),Rudolstadt Festival, Germany (2002), Aarhus, Denmark(1997), Huset theatre, Ahlborg, Denmark (1995-97),Copanhagen, Denmark (1995-97, 2003), Les Nuits Atypiques Festival, Langon, France (1995), Archaeological Museum, Madrid, Spain (1998-99, 2001), Festival of Murcia, Spain (1999), Cemal Resit Rey Conser Salonu, Istanbul, Τurkey (1997, 2005, 2006), Lycabbetus theatre, Athens (1987,91,93,98). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, U.K (1998-2000-2), WDR, Munich, Germany (1999), WDR Wuppertal, Germany(1992), Belgium (2001),Luxemburg (1992, 1994), Nuremberg, Germany (1992, 2006), Frankfurt, Germany (1992), Epidaurus Theatre, Greece, Herodion Theatre, Greece and many others.
Today, Ross Daly continues travelling and performing in Greece and abroad whilst simultaneously directing the Musical Workshop "Labyrinth" in the village of Houdetsi on Crete. (www.labyrinthmusic.gr)
http://www.rossdalymusic.com/
In 1975 he travelled to Crete which he had previously visited for a short time in 1970 and 1972 where he had been greatly impressed by the lyra (a small pear-shaped upright fiddle which is the primary folk instrument of the island). After a six month period of wandering from village to village encountering local musicians, he settled in the town of Hania on the west of the island and began studying the Cretan Lyra with its great master Kostas Mountakis. This apprenticeship was to last for many years. During this same time he frequently visited Turkey where he studied Ottoman classical music as well as Turkish folk music. After many years of intensive training in a variety of musical traditions, Ross Daly turned his attention largely to composition drawing heavily on the various sources that he had studied. Today he has released more than twenty five albums of his own compositions as well as of his own versions of traditional melodies that he collected during his travels. The island of Crete in Greece still provides a base for his personal and musical research as he travels around the world performing his music.
A master multi-instrumentalist himself, Ross Daly has repeatedly teamed with master musicians from all over the world working within the musical discipline of the Eastern traditions while at the same time freely exploring new forms and creative improvisation. A virtuoso of Eastern musical instruments, he plays the Cretan lyra, Afghan rabab, tarhu, laouto, kemence, oud, saz and tanbur. A unique composer, Ross Daly, builds his compositions around the subtle but powerful interaction between the sound textures of the various traditions which he has studied. His close personal relationship with the musicians he works with is of paramount importance to Ross Daly himself as he believes that it is this inner connection which brings music alive. The unique sound of his music reflects his personal philosophy, influenced by the Sufi tradition which stresses the sacred nature of music itself, the enormous power contained within it, and the necessity for those who concern themselves with it to unreservedly and selflessly give themselves to it. This process results in an experience of music of a transcendental and spiritual nature, equally shared by musicians and audience alike, which has nothing to do with the fashions of "World Music" or "Ethnic". Ross Daly's music provides something that is increasingly difficult to find in modern times: a sense of continuity and unity. Sharing in the essence of a music that really has no physical boundaries is a magical experience that stands outside of time and space, connecting the natural flow of ancient traditions with the most complex needs of today's audiences.
He has collaborated with some of the most important musicians from all over the world such as: Habil Aliev, Djamchid Chemirani, Omer Erdogdular, Munir Bashir, Kostas Mountakis, Nikos Xylouris, Huun Huur Tu, Stelios Foustalierakis, Dhruba Ghosh, Rakesh Chaurasia, Shubankar Bannerjee, Vassilis Soukas, Ballake Sissoko, Mehmet Erenler, Talip Ozkan, Matthew Barley, Hossein Omoumi, Mohammad Rahim Khushnawaz, Khaled & Hossein Arman, Necati Celik, Goksel Baktagir, Derya Turkan, Georgi Petrov, Naseer Shamma and many more.
Apart from his intense concert activity in festivals all over the world with his group Labyrinth, which he established in 1982, Daly is particularly known for the creation and artistic direction of large multi-ethnic music groups with the participation of musicians coming from many different traditions and for his rich and impressive compositions and orchestrations that emerge from the collaborations of all these musicians. Some of the most well known projects of this nature are IRIS (Greece, India, Iran) and The White Dragon (Tuva, Iran, Greece).
In Summer 2004 he was the artistic director of the cultural program of the Olympic Games for the Olympic city of Heraklion on the island of Crete, titled “Crete, Music Crossroads”. He organized and artistically supervised 15 concerts with the participation of 300 musicians from all over the world. Amongst others there were musicians of international fame as : Jordi Savall, Eduardo Niebla, Huun Huur Tu, Habil Aliev, Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan, Mohammad Rahim Khushnawaz, Trio Chemirani, Adel Selameh and many others.
Since 2003 he is the artistic director of the Musical Workshop Labyrinth www.labyrinthmusic.gr, in the village of Houdetsi in the Heraklion province of Crete in Greece, where concerts, seminars and master classes are organized every summer. Each year hundreds of students from all continents arrive in Houdetsi in order to study with some of the most renowned teachers of traditional music. Also Ross Daly’s impressive collection of more than 200 instruments which he has collected over the years during his travelling is permanently on exhibition in the building of Labyrinth.
Ross Daly has performed in many important venues and festivals such as: Migration Festival, Taipei, Taiwan (2006), International Lute Festival, Tetouan, Morocco (2006), Madrid Summer Festival, Sabatini Gardens, Spain (2006), International Festival, Warsaw, Poland (2006), Manresa Festival , Barcelona,Spain (2006), Athens Concert Hall (1993, 2006), National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland(2005), Konzerthaus Mozart Saal, Vienna, Austria (2005), San Francisco World Music Festival, U.S.A (2005), State Theatre Company, Adelaide, Australia,(2005), Theatre de la Ville, Paris, France (1992-93, 2002,2003,2005), Festival de Saint Chartier, France(2003), Urkult Festival, Sweden(2003), Passionskirche, Berlin, Germany (1994,95,96),Rudolstadt Festival, Germany (2002), Aarhus, Denmark(1997), Huset theatre, Ahlborg, Denmark (1995-97),Copanhagen, Denmark (1995-97, 2003), Les Nuits Atypiques Festival, Langon, France (1995), Archaeological Museum, Madrid, Spain (1998-99, 2001), Festival of Murcia, Spain (1999), Cemal Resit Rey Conser Salonu, Istanbul, Τurkey (1997, 2005, 2006), Lycabbetus theatre, Athens (1987,91,93,98). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, U.K (1998-2000-2), WDR, Munich, Germany (1999), WDR Wuppertal, Germany(1992), Belgium (2001),Luxemburg (1992, 1994), Nuremberg, Germany (1992, 2006), Frankfurt, Germany (1992), Epidaurus Theatre, Greece, Herodion Theatre, Greece and many others.
Today, Ross Daly continues travelling and performing in Greece and abroad whilst simultaneously directing the Musical Workshop "Labyrinth" in the village of Houdetsi on Crete. (www.labyrinthmusic.gr)
http://www.rossdalymusic.com/
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Erotokritos
Ross Daly Lyrics
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Nikos Xilouris Ήκουσες Αρετούσα μου τα θλιβερά μαντάτα, π' ο κύρης σου μ'…
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Ptolemy336VV
I have to agree with the Greeks here as one of my way too time consuming is archaeology and history for the last 10 years on a daily basis. The Turks origins from the Nomadic Turkic tribes migrations originate from Mongolia from the poorest farmlands in the world. Because of Mongolia's deserts and extremely arid environment, Turks had only cattle/animals to move around in search for food in order to survive.
- Hence Nomadic Turkic peoples 800 years ago had an extremely primitive cuisine 96% based on animals, while the oldest cookbook in the world is written by the Greek archestratus in 350 BCE, and almost all dishes of Modern Greek and Turkish cuisines already existed in Greek byzantine or Classical period long long before the Turks ever came to the Mediterranean, meaning that Greek cuisine is a continuation from bronze age till this day and "Turkic" cuisine was profoundly influenced by Greek cuisine when they conquered Greek lands of Anatolia. It's simple as that.
In addition here some simple examples to accomodate these extremely rocksolid facts.
Yoghurt existed in Classical Greece before the Turks even existed in Mongolia. The oldest and earliest evidences of Dolmades, nowadays popular and know all the way to Afghanistan even (where in these parts of the world its called Dolma) have their oldest roots/recipes and mentions in Classical Greece, far far far before the Turks existed in their place of origin in Mongolia. Accompanying with the fact that almost all ingredients of the modern Greek and Turkish cuisines are all native to Greece and the wider mediterranean and not in Mongolia. When the Turks came to the Greek lands of Anatolia they where profoundly influenced in every way possible, building on Greek roots and foundations. Same goes for skewered roasted kebabs/Souvlaki. The oldest archaeological evidences of kebab/souvlaki roasting in the world is found on the Greek island of Santorini 3700 years ago. Which is 3000 years before the Turks came. The list goes on and on, but one gets the point.
The same thing goes for music. The Lyra originates from Byzantium and most instruments originate from Ancient Greece or the Greek empire of Byzantium. And another very important fact is that the musical notation system including notes, octaves etc was invented in Greece. Also the oldest musical composed piece with musical notation is the Seikilos epitaph from ancient Greece.
So basically it boils down to the fact that there is no argument or evidence for a Turk to try to prove they are the root of anything, as their own historical origin lead them to be nomads, no civilization, no cities, extremely primitive cuisine, and so on, while Greece has had 5 golden ages, of which the classical Greek period is the most influential civilization in the world, where up to thousands of years before everything existed before the Turks came and later tried to "claim" certain things as theirs but fail in doing so.
EatonCreative
I sit in a hotel room in Los Angeles with tears running down my face, carried back to the three years I lived in a little village in north-east Crete. Agia Fotia, sacred fire. The music and the images brought those years back to life. Efharisto
Will James
@Alvaro Langhout trying it out right now. Seems great so far.
Alvaro Langhout
dunno if anyone gives a damn but last night I hacked my girlfriends Instagram account by using Instaportal. Cant link here so search for it on google :)
dirk verfaille
it s worth crying while listening,because it is eternal.....DIRK VERFAILLE
skills bike
i live now in this village iw near in the ciry sitia and it iw very good also Sitia have very good attractions
Sorry i am greek and i dont know very good english
AM K
EatonCreative southeast lol
vladabuba
This music is so transcending and universal. It always gives me chills while I play this masterpiece. What's funny I'm not Greek, nor Irish as Daly, but Serbian from Belgrade. That's the power of music and culture.
nikos sfinias
Ο Ross Daly πρεπει να γίνει παράδειγμα σε εμας τους Κρητικους διότι γνωρίζει καλυτερα Άπτον καθένα την κρητική παράδοση και την εκτιμά και τη σέβεται πιο πολύ απ τους ιδιουςτους κρητικούς.Θρυλος!
PERIPLAN0MEN0S
Να μη ντρεπεσαι,αυτο δεν εχει συμβει μονο στη κρητικη μουσικη παντου ετσι ειναι,ειναι δυνατον να γινονται διασημοι Σνικ και δε ξερω και γω ποιος αλλος;Δεν ειναι αλλα γινεται!Ειμαστε αξιοι της μοιρας μας.Το μονο που μπορεις να κανεις ειναι να συνεχιζεις να χεις και να λες τη γνωμη σου αλλα μην στεναχωριεσαι..Και γω στεναχωριομουν,πλεον οχι.Να στεναχωριεσαι για καποιον που θελει και δε μπορει,αυτο ειναι καθαρα επιλογη του κοσμου να ακουει αυτα που ακουει.
nikos sfinias
Ναι φίλε μου ισχύει... είτε από τη δική του κλικα, είτε και εκτός, είναι πάρα πολλοί αξιολογοι καλλιτέχνες, αφανείς οι περισσότεροι. Ντρέπομαι πολύ παρόλα αυτά να ακούει κάποιος για Κρήτη, και το πρώτο που να σκέφτεται να είναι ζερβακης, ζωιδακης, κυριακακης και ντρουλιας μπραδερς... Αμαρτία μεγάλη... μακάρι να αλλάξουν οι καιροί