The old rebetika  In Smirna (Izmir) flourished a fusion of Greek, Turkish, Armenian and western music. This took place before 1922. After that all the orthodox musicians were forced to move to Greece, mainly to Athens and Pireus. From poorness and hunger they created the now famous urban music called rebetika.. Markos Vamvakaris was the leading figure in this new phenomenon. The new rebetika  Vasilis Tsitsanis created a new standard for bouzouki playing and also implemented rich western harmony to the rebetika. He interpreted the old songs in a new way and also created a huge corpus of original songs. The rebetika matured at this period of 1940-1960. Endehno and the new laika The new era began in 1950’s when young composers Mikis Theodorakis and manos Hadjidakis found the richness of this underestimated urban music. They expanded the range of music beyond rebetika to completely new spheres and helped to make the Greek music culture one of the most exciting and rich in the whole world we all can ebnjoy and be proud of. The Music ***** Professional Greek music band *****