KOSTAS MOUNTAKIS - ANADROMI

Anniversary edition for the 100th anniversary of his birth (1926-2026) One could analyze the virtuoso Kostas Mountakis as particularly complex and sensitive, but at the same time simple and direct. He combined nobility with sweetness and pride with a sense of proportion. He was a torrent of thought and emotion. With a bow that sometimes produced fire and sometimes was excruciatingly slow, but maintaining a wonderful balance in the sound. He was a hoarder in his playing, without being wasteful, and at the same time he was economical, without becoming stingy. This characterized his musical composition and his playing. But this was exactly how he was in his life and his emotions. He was a generous and simple lord, full of kindness and visions. An ideal father. (Manos Mountakis, from the presentation of the publication) 2026 is not just another year. It is the year that marks 100 years since the birth of the great Cretan, Kostas Mountakis. A man who not only served the music of Crete, but carried it upright, proud and pure throughout Greece and the world.