TOGETHER

Almanya (Tropical) Türkiye (BMG) Yunanistan (BMG)

TOGETHER

MIKIS THEODORAKIS AND ZÜLFÜ LIVANELI LIVE

CD 68.987 (BMG 91689872)

The Album was recorded life on the Berlin concert and was released on the day whitch was planed for the cyprus concert: Friday June the 13th.

Greek Release with booklet in Greek language: BMG Greece Turkish Release with booklet in Turkish language: BMG Turkey

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Early May 1997 the legendary Icons Mikis Theodorakis (Greece) and Zülfü Livaneli (Turkey) united again to start a series of concerts in Europe with a planed final concert on the green line of Nikosia / Cyprus. In the beginning of 1997 the relations between the two Meditarranean countries had become worse. The first concert in Berlin (House of World Cultures) was totally sold out. It turned to be the one and only of the planed tour as Mikis Theodorakis had to cancel the others right after the final standing ovation for both artists in Berlin due to serious health problems. The day after he was hospitalized in Athens.

Concert and Life Album TOGETHER symbolize a very special teamwork of Greek and Turkish people - the whole project needed a lot of sensibility from the first idea until the finished product. While this CD is released there are still violent riots in Cyprus. Livaneli gave a series of protest-concerts in Turkey for 800.000 people. The 18 songs in Turkish & Greek language are the most important ones sung by their composers Mikis and Zülfü.

The CD unites musicians from Turkey, Greece & Germany. The bouzouki is played by (Sorbas Theme Musician)Lakis Karnezis while Halil Karadouman plays the Kanoun.

This concert is unique in its sense of togetherness, spirit, poetry & music. Enjoy and be together with us.

The MUSICIANS & SINGERS :

Mikis Theodorakis - Vocals Zülfü Livaneli - Vocals

Ferhat Livaneli - guitar

Larkis Karnezias - bouzouki Griegoris Tsistoudis - bouzouki Jannis Zotos - guitar Henning Schmied - piano Thanassis Zotos - perc., baglama Wolfgang Musick - doublebass Halil Karaduman - kanoun Nevzat Akpinar - saz Dietrich Petzold - violin Göksun Cavdar - clarinet Stefan Dohanetz - drums

Members of the Choir of Deutsche Oper Berlin Produced by Asteris Koutoulas Recording Director: Wlfgang Loos

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Mikis Theodorakis about TOGETHER!

The concert in Berlin was not the first I have done with Zülfü Livaneli. Late last summer, however, as we decided on this tour, a climate of extreme war willingness and hysteria dominated in our countries, like never before. The raging preachers of hatred, who have been and will be tirelessly supported by the mass media with the baking of the international arm dealers, played a part on both sides. We had to react to that. I find it absolutely insane that the years go by and our two people waste billions of dollars buying deadly weapons, on the pretext of mutual deterrence, instead of applying the national wealth to economic & social development. Many Turks and Greeks have to leave their beautiful countries and live elsewhere as immigrant workers because our societies are forced into economic bloodletting by this armaments mania. The financial weak countries, Greek and Turkey, help the richer ones to get even richer while reducing themselves to even worse poverty. The rulers in our two countries have learned to be subjects to foreign interests, which systematically stir up conflict between our two peoples in order to get an even better grip on us. It could happen, however, that sometime or other one of this artificially created crisis will turn into a heated confrontation with unforeseeable consequences for our two peoples. We want to speak out against such a development with our concerts, songs and protest and also to make the matter of peace a matter for both our peoples.

Mikis Theodorakis