17.12.1996, The Financial Times, United Kingdom

Greek Reliefs – Peter Aspden

The article is a review of the concert of M. Farantouri at Queen Elizabeth Hall, in London, in 14.12.1996.

Farantouri never allowed technical facility to compensate for emotional directness, asking demanding questions of her powerful instrument and answering most of them. Her bearing on stage is humble, modest, and she is meticulous in her conveyance to mood. After dedicating the Yannis Ritsos/Theodorakis song “On these very Marbles” to Melina Mercouri, you could feel her trumpeting first lines causing the foundations of the British Museum to tremble.

P. Aspden