SEIKILO Ancient World Music | Ancient Lyre - Roman Kithara of Pluto with Giorgio Sancristoforo (Milan) @SEIKILO | Uploaded April 2022 | Updated October 2024, 28 minutes ago.
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"Every string is a planet, and every planet has a sound. That is at least what the ancient Greeks have said thousands of years ago!" — Giorgio Sancristoforo
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Ancient World Music is a genre that expands swiftly with new musicians from all over the world, and SEIKILO is committed to supporting and introducing them to an ever-expanding audience!
In this video, we visit Milan in Italy to meet Giorgio Sancristoforo, an Expert Artist for the European Commission and a virtuoso kithara player. He talks about his dream instrument, the Kithara of Pluto, that he envisioned, designed, and masterfully handcrafted in Greece by the Master luthiers of LUTHIEROS.
"This is the instrument of your life, you know, and it will be with me for decades. It is exactly how I dream it, and they made it a reality," he explains. Its design was inspired by the Music of the Spheres, a concept that emerged in ancient Greece with Pythagoras and Plato. This very idea reverberated among musicians through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and can be found even in the Quadrivium, the liberal arts education developed by medieval scholars.
"Combining the stars, the planets, and the music has a long tradition," Giorgio Sancristoforo explains, "it began with ancient Greece and continued up to the European 20th century with contemporary music composers. Many composers created music thinking of the Music of the Planets, such as Monteverdi, Gesualdo Da Venosa, Johan Sebastian Bach, and even Mozart, up to Schoenberg and then Stockhausen."
According to him, all of the above had the same idea that the music of human beings is not but a reflection of the music of the universe.
⚪️ Learn more about the ancient Kithara of Pluto at luthieros.com/product/roman-kithara-of-pluto-11-strings
🔵 Learn how to play the lyre and kithara at
lyreacademy.com/choose-your-next-course
🏺 About the Kithara of Pluto
The LUTHIEROS Roman Kithara has 11 strings, a dark majestic color with imposing white roses, and an impressive bright sound. It is a great instrument for professional musicians willing to awe their audience and ideal for studio recordings and live events. It is also a marvelous artifact both in terms of appearance and sound, making it a great choice for collectors.
Due to its 11 strings, it gives more than a full octave, making it an ideal instrument for anyone willing to focus on the ancient musical heritage. What’s more, with the use of harmonics and other advanced playing techniques, the Roman Kithara of Pluto can produce dozens of more notes including sharps!
Its design was inspired by the Music of the Spheres, a concept that emerged in ancient Greece with Pythagoras and Plato and was then explored further by various composers of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Johan Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. The kithara’s tuning pegs are decorated with the symbols of the planets starting from Earth and Moon, and ending up to Neptune and Pluto. The procession of the planets on the pegs resembles the Ptolemaic model of the universe, formulated by the Alexandrian astronomer and mathematician around 150 CE.
Check out the kithara's availability at luthieros.com/product/roman-kithara-of-pluto-11-strings
🇮🇹 Who is Giorgio?
Giorgio is an artist and sound designer born in Milan. He is the engineer of numerous education and experimental music software used by both artists and teachers in more than 40 countries worldwide, such as Stanford’s CCRMA, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the Royal College of Music of Stockholm, the TUFTS University, the San Diego City College, the Centro National de las Artes of Mexico City, to name a few. What's more, he is an expert artist of the European Commission.
Find out more about Giorgio at giorgiosancristoforo.net/about
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"Every string is a planet, and every planet has a sound. That is at least what the ancient Greeks have said thousands of years ago!" — Giorgio Sancristoforo
⚫ Find the perfect lyre for you at luthieros.com
Ancient World Music is a genre that expands swiftly with new musicians from all over the world, and SEIKILO is committed to supporting and introducing them to an ever-expanding audience!
In this video, we visit Milan in Italy to meet Giorgio Sancristoforo, an Expert Artist for the European Commission and a virtuoso kithara player. He talks about his dream instrument, the Kithara of Pluto, that he envisioned, designed, and masterfully handcrafted in Greece by the Master luthiers of LUTHIEROS.
"This is the instrument of your life, you know, and it will be with me for decades. It is exactly how I dream it, and they made it a reality," he explains. Its design was inspired by the Music of the Spheres, a concept that emerged in ancient Greece with Pythagoras and Plato. This very idea reverberated among musicians through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and can be found even in the Quadrivium, the liberal arts education developed by medieval scholars.
"Combining the stars, the planets, and the music has a long tradition," Giorgio Sancristoforo explains, "it began with ancient Greece and continued up to the European 20th century with contemporary music composers. Many composers created music thinking of the Music of the Planets, such as Monteverdi, Gesualdo Da Venosa, Johan Sebastian Bach, and even Mozart, up to Schoenberg and then Stockhausen."
According to him, all of the above had the same idea that the music of human beings is not but a reflection of the music of the universe.
⚪️ Learn more about the ancient Kithara of Pluto at luthieros.com/product/roman-kithara-of-pluto-11-strings
🔵 Learn how to play the lyre and kithara at
lyreacademy.com/choose-your-next-course
🏺 About the Kithara of Pluto
The LUTHIEROS Roman Kithara has 11 strings, a dark majestic color with imposing white roses, and an impressive bright sound. It is a great instrument for professional musicians willing to awe their audience and ideal for studio recordings and live events. It is also a marvelous artifact both in terms of appearance and sound, making it a great choice for collectors.
Due to its 11 strings, it gives more than a full octave, making it an ideal instrument for anyone willing to focus on the ancient musical heritage. What’s more, with the use of harmonics and other advanced playing techniques, the Roman Kithara of Pluto can produce dozens of more notes including sharps!
Its design was inspired by the Music of the Spheres, a concept that emerged in ancient Greece with Pythagoras and Plato and was then explored further by various composers of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Johan Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. The kithara’s tuning pegs are decorated with the symbols of the planets starting from Earth and Moon, and ending up to Neptune and Pluto. The procession of the planets on the pegs resembles the Ptolemaic model of the universe, formulated by the Alexandrian astronomer and mathematician around 150 CE.
Check out the kithara's availability at luthieros.com/product/roman-kithara-of-pluto-11-strings
🇮🇹 Who is Giorgio?
Giorgio is an artist and sound designer born in Milan. He is the engineer of numerous education and experimental music software used by both artists and teachers in more than 40 countries worldwide, such as Stanford’s CCRMA, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the Royal College of Music of Stockholm, the TUFTS University, the San Diego City College, the Centro National de las Artes of Mexico City, to name a few. What's more, he is an expert artist of the European Commission.
Find out more about Giorgio at giorgiosancristoforo.net/about
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