(c) Manolis Mathioudakis
Kelly Thoma
Lyra with Sympathetic Strings - Contemporary Modal Music
(c) Giannis Karnikis
Kelly's lyras are made by Stelios Petrakis and Leonidas Spanos.
The design of this type of lyra was created by Ross Daly in 1991. The first one was constructed in Athens by Nikos Bras. This lyra has three playing strings (A-D-G) and 12 to 22 sympathetic strings.
Kelly Thoma has been studying the lyra with Ross Daly since 1995 and soon after started travelling with him and his group, “Labyrinth” to perform in some of the most prestigious venues and festivals around the world. She has participated in many projects with musicians from various different traditions of the world.
The term "contemporary modal music" has been created by Ross Daly and describes the sum total of contemporary compositions created today by musicians working within various modal traditions. This music is the continuation of the procedure of modal composing through a very free perspective and is not at all connected with the goal of "preserving traditions". It is the contemporary expression of the beauty of modality (phrase-orientated non-harmonic music which often employs non-tempered intervals).
NEWS:
- NEW VIDEO "CATCH THE END OF THE THREAD" watch full concert here
- New video coming up on Monday, November 2nd, 2020 at 21:15 (Greek time) "CATCH THE END OF THE THREAD" watch the trailer here
- New Video: Lychnos , Kelly Thoma Quartet
- New Song: "The Tree's Song" feat.Giorgis Manolakis
- New Album Available Now! "Ama kopasoun oi kairoi" (As the winds die down)
- NEW PIECE!!! “Armanogeianes Kontylies” with Vasilis Stavrakakis Click to listen
- Interview to Sissy Papadogianni - Cretazine
- "Contemporary Greek music loses its baggage"by Bob Shingleton
SEPTEMBER
September 9-14 , Workshop with Eleonore Billy, Labyrinth Musical Workshop, Houdetsi, Crete, GREECE
September 19-24 , duet with Efrén López, @Santo Tirso and Miranda do Douro, PORTUGAL
September 26 , Ross Daly - Kelly Thoma, ΚΑG, Kalamitsi Amygdali, Apokoronas, Chania, GREECE
September 29 , Herodion Atticus Theatre, participation in a benefit concert for the schools of Imvros. Ross Daly - Kelly Thoma- Taxiarchis Georgoulis, Vangelis Karipis. Athens , GREECE
OCTOBER
October 1-5, Labyrinth Italia, Reshaping the tradition. Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Sienna, ITALY
Check the Concerts and Seminars Calendar !
Read her interview at "The Goddess of the Hunt"