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Charalambos Giannopoulos
Biographical Note

Born in 1946 in the village of Kerasia in Kalavryta. He plays the clarinet, the flute and the lute.
In 1966, he settled in Athens and studied with the great folk practical instrumentalists Tasos Chalkias and Simos Kyriakatis.
In 1972, he met Simon Karas and enriched his theoretical music knowledge at his side by studying Byzantine music. For many years, he was a partner of the "Society for the Dissemination of National Music", performing at the association’s events, participating in Simon Karas’s radio shows, and teaching clarinet and flute at the Society’s school.
Songs


Eastern Aegean Lesvos, Skoutaro Love Song, Children's Song
I Want to Climb up to the Top
Θέλω ν' ανέβω στα ψηλά
I want to climb up to the top, my friend, up to the top
of the roof of Saint George's, of Saint George's roof.
I want to pi...

Panhellenic Acritic Song
Now the Birds (A Soldier and a Tree)
Τώρα τα πουλιά
Now the birds, now the swallows, now the partridges,
now the partridges are singing more and more:
- Wake up, master, wake ...

Peloponnese Acritic Song, Wedding Song
Now the Birds...
Τώρα τα πουλιά
Now the birds, now the swallows,
Now the partridges do not cease singing and saying:
– Awake, my lord, awake, my good lord,...



Thrace Couplets Love Song, Spring Song
They Say That May and Spring Are Here
Λεν ήρθι Μάης κι Άνοιξη