Editorial

The Evagoras Lanitis
Centre in Limassol hosted
the exhibition "Recreation
of Ancient Greek Musical
Instruments" last October.
This unique exhibition, the
showcase of the artistic creativity
and genuine workmanship
of musician, tutor
and craftsman Michalis
Georgiou was organized
by the Evagoras and Kathleen
Lanitis Foundation,
under the auspices of
the Embassy of Greece.
The main objective in the
recreation of ancient Greek
musical instruments in
their original form, as mentioned
by the creator himself
is "to achieve that resonance
which will lead us
to a better understanding and
conception of the reverberations
of the universe".
Michalis Georgiou has undertaken
a huge task demanding an arduous
and complex work. The multi-dimensional
nature of the research program to reconstruct
ancient Greek musical instruments requires
exchanges of views between researchers of various
disciplines: archaeology (ancient pottery,
sculptures and mosaics), ancient Greek writers,
notation and instrumentation of ancient
Greek music, mathematics, astronomy, philosophy
and many other topics.
But, "it would be impossible to reconstruct an
ancient Greek instrument", Michalis Georgiou
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