Vasilis Kostas: Contemporary & Traditional Music of Epirus, Greece – World Premiere of Léna (RBA)
About This Event
Greek musician Vasilis Kostas brings his work at the intersection of classical technique and the traditional music of Epirus to Roulette. He presents a program pairing contemporary and traditional repertory, including the world premiere of Léna (RBA), with arrangements that remain close to source material and a performance approach that favors line and detail over display.
About Léna
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*Léna (RBA)* receives its world premiere at Roulette in New York City, heard in a program led by Greek musician Vasilis Kostas. The piece sits alongside music from Epirus and newer works shaped by classical discipline, keeping the contours of the source material intact even as it is reframed for the concert hall. In this setting, *Léna* reads less as a standalone statement than as a case study in how tradition is carried, translated, and contested. That tension gives the work its cultural weight.
About the Artist
Vasilis Kostas
Vasilis Kostas is a Greek musician working at the intersection of classical technique and the traditional music of Epirus. His practice centers on bringing regional melodic and rhythmic language into contemporary performance settings, with arrangements that keep close to the source material.