About
Pellegrinaggio al levante Ensemble was established in 2018 by soprano Mariangela Chatzistamatiou and lutenist/guitarist Nikos Panagiotides. The ensemble performs art and traditional music from Greece and the rest of the Mediterranean and it was named after a project that marked the beginning of several fruitful collaborations with excellent musicians. The first project was funded by the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation and was built around the old idea of the musical journey. The project named Pellegrinaggio al levante features both art and traditional tunes and songs from the south of Italy, Rome, Venice, parts of Greece such as Igoumenitsa, Kastoria, Thessaloniki and Xanthi, resulting in a “musical pilgrimage“to the music traditions of Constantinople.
Since its first appearance, the ensemble has appeared in cities around Greece performing its core program as well as songs from the Jewish music traditions of Greece, the Romaniote and the Sefardic.
The ensemble's first album Unknown Musical Treasures of the Jewish Tradition of Greece was released in March 2022 in collaboration with the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki and the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki.
Since its first appearance, the ensemble has appeared in cities around Greece performing its core program as well as songs from the Jewish music traditions of Greece, the Romaniote and the Sefardic.
The ensemble's first album Unknown Musical Treasures of the Jewish Tradition of Greece was released in March 2022 in collaboration with the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki and the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki.