Kypseli
Greek Dance Center
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Los Angeles, California
U.S.A.
directly from athens, greece
Sunday, September 13, 2026
Orestis & Giorgos


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ORESTIS KOLETSOS

 is from Athens and started playing the bouzouki at the age of 15. He was a student of the late Yiannis Palaiologou, who is a nephew of Markos Vamvakaris (founder of the genre "Rebetiko"), and one of the most important bouzouki players in the Greek recording industry.

Orestis has been performing in concerts and playing for music venues and nightclubs for the past 20 years. His collaboration with important composers such as Nikos Mamagakis and Ilias Andriopoulos includes concerts, television and radio programs. Orestis has played in venues and on television with singers Mario, the "Rembetissa,” Martha Frintzila and Zaharias Karounis. In 2011, he recorded with Martha Frintzila on an album entitled, "Martha Frintzila sings Themos Skandamis." Orestis has presented and performed his own songs for high-profile television and radio programs. In 2014, he released his own personal CD, collaborating with acclaimed singers such as Martha Frintzila, Mario, Foteini Velesiotou and others. This CD, entitled "Me Plimirizei Fos," is currently being broadcast daily on radio stations throughout Greece.

In the spring, with his group “Orestis Koletsos Greek Ensemble,” he presented a tribute concert to the renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis at UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara. Orestis holds a Bachelor Degree in Biology from the University of Athens. Orestis has played at Kypseli for over 10 years. Giorgos Hatzakis joins Orestis on guitar regularly, and has appeared in the past.   

 

 

Friday, October 9, 2026
Pontian Glendi
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Adem Ekiz, better known by his stage name Besköylü Adem, is a Turkish musician and singer of Pontic origin. He is one of the few artists in Turkey who sings in the Pontian dialect "Romeika," in their artistic performances. His voice and his artistry on the kementze (the Pontian lyra) convey the pain the songs bring out, cause emotion and arouse thousands of fans. More than 4,000 Greeks of Pontian origin follow him.

Adem was born in the village of Kalisti Sourmenou (Beskioi), one of five villages in the province of Trabzon (Trebizond/Trapezounta) on the southeastern region near the Black Sea. He currently resides in Istanbul. His first album, Yananm Atesine, was released in 2000 and included a single song in his native Pontic dialect. In 2005, in collaboration with Nikos Michaelidis and Filippos Kesapidis, the album "Romeika Tragodias," (Greek songs) containing 15 Pontic songs, was released in Greece. His message is: "Music unites. It can unite the whole world and with it both sides of the Aegean, but also all of the peoples of the Black Sea.


Ioannis (Giannis) Apazidis was born and raised in Boston. His family has roots from the village of Hamouri, Matsouka, Trabzon (Trapezounta) of Pontos. His parents were born in Crimea and became refugees in Greece, and subsequently immigrated to Germany and finally the United States. From a young age, he had great passion for Greek and Pontian music. He taught himself to play music and sing along with his brother and cousins. He has collaborated with many Pontian artists in the United States. He has performed for many years with Nikos Apazidis, Christos Tiktapanidis, Stavros Petridis (son of Gogos Petridis), and the late Steven Pesiridis. In 1996 he created the first Pontian music site on the internet and called it Trapezounta.com. A few years later he created the first online radio station for Pontian music Radio Trapezounta Boston. More information can be found on his websites: Trapezounta.com, RadioTrapezounta.com and ThePontians.com.

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