Moirolói is a purely musical narrative around mourning and mourning ritual. One of the monumental European musical masterpieces, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem (KV 626) meets 19th century continental obituaries.

The "open marriage" of these two musical worlds, together with complementary elements from the English Renaissance, the early Baroque (Dowland, Purcell, Heindel) and the Byzantine organ, orchestrates a sonically transcendent experience that transforms the ritual of death into a celebration of the life. The Moirolói draws inspiration from the macabre dance (Danse Macabre), the liturgical texts of the Orthodox funeral procession and the ancient Greek obituary with its modern instrumental and vocal conjugations, which are still played/sung today in the mountains of Epirus.

Under the musical direction of Giorgos Ziavras, musicians from different cultural backgrounds come together: musicians from Greece specializing in traditional music, singers from all over Europe who form the Choros, as well as instrumentalists from Greece and abroad who all together compose the orchestra.

Music director: Giorgos Ziavras

Contributors - Performers:

Soloist:
Ptolemy Armaos: lute
Giorgos Merantzas: voice
Kostas Dzekos: clarinet
Marinos Tranoudakis: percussion
Katerina Hatzinikolaou: violin

Speakers: Nina Koufochristou, Marianna Nomikou, Dimitra Kotidou
Middle speakers: Artemis Bogri, Elena Maragou, Maria Purga
Tenors: Alexandros-Andreas Khazapis, Andreas Karaoulis, Leon Wepner
Bassists: Georgios Iatrou, Guyem Batlori Pazes, Christos Rammopoulos

Friendly participation: Savvas Siatras, Polyphonic Ensemble HAONIA

Orchestra: CoGNiMUS Collektiv
Exarchusa: Katerina Hatzinikolaou
Violin Veronique de Rademaker, Kostas Panagiotidis, Evgenios Zibai, Iulia Selalmazidis, Nikolas Beys, Laertis Kokolanis, Angeliki Kasdas, Vassilis Soukas >???;Viola: Ilias Sdoukos, Antonis Manias, Stelios Papanastasis
Cello: Rebecca Stefan, Dimitris Travlos
Double bass: Nikos Tsoukalas
Violin: Dimitris Tigas
Clarinet I: Konstantinos Dzekos
Clarinet II: Till Muller
Bassoon I: Dimitris Dakovanos
Bassoon II: Yiannis Evaggelatos
Trumpet I: Dimitris Gogas
Trumpet II: Katia Lasser
Trombone I: Andreas-Rolandos Theodorou
Trombone II: Julia Fischer
Trombone III: Masafumi Sakamoto
Percussion (soloist): Marinos Tranoudakis
Organ: Patricia Langermandel

As part of the Worship Music Festival.