ZORBA THE GREEK - Performed by Alejandro Aguanta - Classical guitar

"Zorba's dance" became a huge hit in the 60's around the world, even nowadays people dance to this tune when I perform it.
This song was also my introduction to guitarist Cacho Tirao (responsible for this amazing arrangement), I became a fan of his style of playing and changed the way I play guitar forever!
Composer: Mikis Theodorakis
Alejandro Aguanta
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[@ealtincekic]

Greetings from Turkiye to my Greek friends, for the sake of the days when we drank "raki" and danced TOGETHER..!

[@tristanvadimterranova8053]

I love to see a Türk respecting the Greeks. You are a good person.

[@joaquinbatallergonzalez4619]

BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO!!!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@RashidaSamuels]

I would give this a thumbs up every time I listened to it, but KZbin does not allow that.

[@johnholmes4960]

This......this my new friends, is living proof that MUSIC IS THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE OF PEACE.

[@ryveralexander8511]

Mine too, I bought the same CD in Greece! I dances by myself, I'm no near know how, but I have fun, going to the memory lane, actually the owner of the small store where I bought the CD danced wt me, kool memory! We all should just dances when ever we liked the music, anywhere!! God is Lovey; And Love is Peace✌️

[@pierluigibelcaro9950]

Holy words 😇 ... and universal brotherhood, love and peace are all that we really need and all that we just should long for ...

[@mohandweldelblad2310]

There is a Zorba spirit within all of us Music is humanity’s eternal language I like music from all over the planet as long as it hits my inner soul

[@batteryjuicy4231]

and food

[@danaik5717]

I am Greek and I've listened to this song thousands of times. This is one of the best versions ever. The guy kept the soul of the song intact. You rocked it Alejandro! 👏👏👏😍

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

Why thank you Danal!

[@free3dmodelsfbx]

In Georgia we call it Sirtaki. Is that another name of this music or we're wrong? Never heard it being called Zorba

[@steamy10]

@@free3dmodelsfbx Sirtaki is the type o dance. Zorba is the name of the song. :)

[@free3dmodelsfbx]

@@steamy10 I see now, thanx man!

[@JTT2505]

@@free3dmodelsfbx it's the theme music from the American movie called Zorba the Greek which is based on Nikos Kazantzakis' book called Alexis Zorbas. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHLdoXusgbx5i68

[@johnpapadopoulos9057]

Master guitarist. He makes it look easy. Bravo.

[@stefankatsipentaris3763]

This is amazing! Your name is now officially Alexis Agouantopoulos!!!!😉😉

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

I like that!

[@GEWR_GIOS]

@@alejandroaguanta-classical2901 he wasn't correct, you are Aléxandros Aguantaΐdis 🙂

[@dimitrisaivaliotis5616]

Of course there is the ending-akis from kreta Island Like the composer Mikis Theodorakis😊🇬🇷 So Mr Agounta your new name is Agouantakis

[@GEWR_GIOS]

@@dimitrisaivaliotis5616 καλά, καλά, έχεις δίκιο, αφού Τεοδωρακης ☺️

[@ΓιώργοςΓεωργιλάκης-χ2λ]

@@dimitrisaivaliotis5616 ..agree... hahahaha..

[@annem.parent8580]

I love how he got into his beat as well. He hears the music in his ears. Highly gifted and a God Blessing.

[@mariogambacorta9767]

Bravissimo

[@willmorris12345]

That is usually where you hear music

[@lefterisgeorgiou4424]

Alejandro, congratulations from Athens Greece 🇬🇷

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

Thank you Lefteris!

[@garlandlabat4922]

I have filmed hundreds of Greek wedding and christening receptions and the dancing often ends with this song. The Greek dance to this song is incredible!

[@tebessum14]

Greetings from Türkiye...I like this performance. I also like Greek music.

[@orthodoxball7301]

Impossible! XD ( No hate to turks, just the turkish goverment)

[@georgioskaratsalos1416]

thank you vere much, cheers from Greece

[@joseayala2316]

Yes, government sucks, but, I really love Turkish people, Love from a Mexican, brother!

[@brendancronin5773]

That's such a lovely reply 😊. I really love this music 🎶. Respect from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@vasileiostilsizoglou360]

You're welcome arkadasim

[@sandragrisancich1681]

Che bravo😮

[@jimdigriz2923]

Damn, this made me get up and start dancing round my living room like a loon

[@AngelicusImmortus]

Hearing this played so accurately (spot on timing, rhythm, build in speed and emphasis) is just awesome. So many guitarists put the accents in the wrong place or play some of smaller quick parts too fast and end up having to “relocate” the position. Perfect.

[@notaname8140]

Yeah I tried to learn this recently, and I can say that it is a LOT harder than it first sounds, even when it's fairly slow it is actually quite awkward to accent correctly, this version is pretty much perfect

[@sotos6015]

Bravo "Alejandro the greek", nice version!

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

Thank you sir!

[@tubbymorton5360]

Greetings from Greece! Amazing! You also have the name of Alexander the Great! 🇬🇷🎶👏👏👏🙏

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

It's a cool name I guess 😉

[@renefinch]

@@alejandroaguanta-classical2901 Excelante Alejandro! Brilliant extension of Cacho Tirao! Have you thought about Pajaro Campano?Be good to see your version of it!

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

@@renefinch I am practicing that song as we speak! It's crazy fast haha

[@renefinch]

@@alejandroaguanta-classical2901 Good one Alej,you can do it bc the descending run using "fire" from the 3rd A grouping on Zorba the Greek,achieved,I.m trying to figure it out,so fast,yet precise! Pajaro,-melody and bass at the same time,or in time,difficult in parts!Subscribed!

[@renefinch]

@@alejandroaguanta-classical2901 You can add to Cacho's version?

[@jorgefierro5014]

I'm not Greek.. he's the best player for zorba..😘😘😘I really enjoy this notes as musician...👍👍👍✌️✌️✌️

[@polydorosdaskalakis6511]

Opaaaa....... from Greece with love

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

Thank you Polydoros!

[@ericsullivan145]

Thank you for taking me back to my grandfather's homeland.

[@jflow5601]

Love this version of Zorba! Great job Alejandro (Aléxandros)! Greetings to our Greek brothers and sisters. The fact that the Greeks had a profound and powerful influence on the world including the Latino world is not lost on those of us of Spanish decent. Hell, Anthony Quinn is famous for playing Zorba the Greek.

[@TheAtheist22]

One of the best replies I've ever seen. Yes, the Greeks defined the Western world and eventually our civilisation.

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

Its a fascinating culture for sure

[@dimitriosfromgreece4227]

@@TheAtheist22 BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 100.000.000.000.000 % ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷💋

[@onceuponatime6462]

Ola Espana from Grecia!

[@jflow5601]

@@alejandroaguanta-classical2901 I come back to this performance now and then to get my fill. Great job Alejandro.

[@vidyavenkataramanan5426]

I'm Indian n I have loved this song for decades!!! Have listened to different versions ! Simply superb !

[@israelloa4040]

That is what I call perfection. Doesn't get any better than that. Bravo!!!!

[@docaylsw]

try Chet Atkins.

[@georgesr8979]

This is a great performance but if you want absolute perfection search for Cacho Tirao version, the best ever

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

Chet Atkins and Cacho Tirao are my idols 🎶

[@MrRockleyend]

@@alejandroaguanta-classical2901 sos un capo pa

[@Reboot_00]

I think I have watched hundred times this video, and each time I get impressed

[@arioslakkos7872]

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕ THANKS FROM BOTTOM OF MY GREEK HEART!!!

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

Thank you so much Arios

[@Synchronicety]

i wondered how the EU could do this to the greeks as german... freemason asshole club. They allways say greece is the cradle of EU...

[@eamonryan2198]

Absolutely powerful rendition. I want it played as my coffin leaves the church, with everyone dancing.

[@oldmanfromoc7684]

The only this missing is the plates crashing in the floor! Wow!

[@cryptonas]

From Tenerife,Canary islands,a big bravo!!!

[@abelgarcia6992]

Beautiful and awesome. Amen!

[@ef5936]

Greetings from Greece!

[@tzimakos13]

Perfection. Greetings from Greece. Ώπααααααααααααα

[@ManosEpitropakis]

Best version on KZbin! Greetings from a Greek Cellist!

[@jimakos7011]

Amazing Performance. Best wishes from beautiful Greece 🇬🇷

[@thepineapple1585]

Amazing

[@Paparounaena]

Bravo hello from Greece 🙂🌸🇬🇷

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

Greetings from Australia 😀

[@vasileiostilsizoglou360]

Mikis Theodorakis must be so proud of it!

[@maurosaldana500]

Magnífico! Saludos desde México 🇬🇷🇲🇽

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

Gracias! Saluditos desde Australia

[@georgesakopoulos8110]

Gracias señor!!! Saludos desde Aténas, Grécia..

[@nicktheme4870]

Grexicano 👏👏👏

[@gabrielmohammadalnajjar]

Η μουσική είναι η παγκόσμια γλώσσα. Χαιρετισμούς από την Κολομβία The music is universal language. Greetings from Colombia.

[@taythatoledo6683]

GREETINGS FROM PUERTO RICO, BEATIFUL, YOU ARE GREAT.... THE BEST !!! GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS 🙏. BLANCA FROM HATILLO, PUERTO RICO 🙏

[@Reboot_00]

I think I have seen hundred times this video, and each time I get impressed

[@ГеннадийИльченко-ж6ч]

I feel a spirit of Greece in this melody!

[@TheophilosGuinness]

Congratulations!!!! Wonderful performance! Kisses from Hellas (Greece)!!!

[@sophiapapan]

The film is based on the novel "Zorba the Greek" by Nikos Kazantzakis, and the composer of the melody is Mikis Theodorakis. Thank you Alejandro, for the beautiful playing!

[@zukero98]

Greetings from Greece. Great performance

[@williampatino7712]

Monstruo!!!!

[@johnrogers2253]

I remember seeing this movie when I was 16. I could never forget this song... Quin played the part well. Bravo. Beautiful and suits your personality.

[@MichaSloman]

This song changed my life when I first heard it on a Greek passenger ship on a voyage from Australia to Greece back in the 1960s. We danced and sang and drank ouzo every day. I became a lover of Greek culture and have visited Greece several times.

[@estellenetterberg1750]

Gotta love Zorba! I am 73, living in South Africa! Still imagine I can dance to this!😂

[@hitzaz8]

1) Perfect! 2) Thanks for this! 3) Hello from Greece!

[@nikoslinardakis561]

Wonderful job on creating a timeless classical guitar version. I can say that as a Greek (half Cretan) American, this song originates from the island of Crete, so I honorably nickname you “Alexandros Aguantakis.” Well done, bravo.

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

The honor is all mine

[@lianko2000]

From Athens to the world, Zorba’s spirit still alive

[@nikosk3080]

Μπααααα. Αν ήταν ζωντανό θα είχαν γίνει άλλες 200 επαναστάσεις.

[@lianko2000]

@@nikosk3080 σκασε

[@nikosk3080]

@@lianko2000 Της μάνας σου.

[@lianko2000]

@@nikosk3080 μπραβο ρε μικρε εβρισες στο ιντερνετ, τα καταφερες στην ζωη σου

[@SardonianSmile]

@@nikosk3080 τελικά το πνεύμα του Ζορμπά είναι ζωντανό βλέπω χεχεχε

[@johnlara5491]

EXELENTE AMIGAZO. ! ! !

[@thomasbradshaw110]

Your notes are so strong and clean! Excellent work!!!

[@davidlewis1680]

Wow , nothing else just wow . Hello to my beautiful Cyprus .

[@tamir3k]

Thank you Alejandro you made my heart smile

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

My pleasure!

[@woodfreak814]

Not a bum note ever....and I watched every hand and finger movement. Classic and brilliant.

[@tasosxalkida6168]

Μπράβο Αλέξανδρε. Σ ευχαριστούμε όλοι οι Έλληνες γι αυτήν την ωραία προσπάθεια. Ήσουν καταπληκτικός 🇬🇷🇬🇷👍🏛️🌞🍉🌻🌷❤️🏊‍♂️👩‍❤️‍👨😎🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@franhoffman8198]

I don’t know any Greek music but always when I hear this tune - I feel like I have Greek ancestry 🤩 I feel it in my bones! Such is the language of music 🎶

[@cesarjovanycamposacevedo1440]

Opa

[@rickoliver2059]

Bravissimo from NZ , so enchanted to once again hear Zorba`s dance performed as good as I heard it during the early sixties !!

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

Muchas gracias Rick!!!!

[@benrobertson7855]

Same,brings back so many memories of Greece in the early seventies…cheers from nz too.

[@joaoafonso2100]

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[@joaoafonso2100]

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[@ArturoNojcamey]

Gracias Alejandro. Por elegante interpretacion. Saludos desde Guatemala

[@tracksbrigade]

Amazing! Love from our beautiful 🇬🇷 Thanks a lot!

[@senolhakan9255]

in such moments turks like me remember their greek part & ancestry... fantastic job, greetings from CH

[@raymond7880]

Precise, accurate, melodic with greek soul....Bravo!

[@MarcelloDepentori]

Bravissimo 👍👍👍

[@donkanis6141]

As a 30 year veteran of guitar and violin stage performances I must say this was absolutely splendid Alejandro. Thank you !!!

[@pkbocco]

Fabulous!!!!!!

[@MicStreams]

Haven't heard this song in 20+ years. Growing up in the 70's with a Greek Dad, this song brings tears to my eyes and so many memories of my Dad and I dancing to this in the front room and weddings.Thank you for the walk down memory lane. Well done Alejandro, well done!

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

Im glad to bring back memories, thank you!!

[@lifelover515]

Wonderful version - brings out the masterful compositional values. I wish Mr Theodorakis were still here to endorse it.

[@antonioramirez6230]

I love this it’s my favorite Greek himno, I am Mexican grettiings from MIAMI!!!

[@ioleromeo919]

Alejandro Aguanta, siete SUPERLATIVO e BRAVISSIMO. Grazie

[@nikospapapdakis6566]

It’s a composition of George Koutsourelis who is a traditional Cretan musician.The name of this composition is "Cretan syrtaki"

[@AleksandarPantelic-rj4fp]

Brawo maestro

[@ropeton6767]

Bravissimo !

[@vijays7579]

Beautiful piece of music👍

[@LoonyKal]

Bravo! Greetings from Greece!!!

[@exposingthedarknesswiththe9190]

*SIMPLY OUTSTANDING, WOW!!*

[@kipthecourtjester]

That is simply one of the most incredible performances I’ve ever seen and heard. Zorba with all its parts played on guitar by one person. Mind blowing. This is going on my iPod. I am now a fan. So young....so talented.

[@banguizy3386]

Incredible. Bravo. The best solo rendition of this classic I've ever heard.

[@greekbouzouki5581]

unbelievable. 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@mariap2129]

We Greeks say that our songs have soul and for that is hard for others to feel them But my brother you... are already Greek 😂♥️😂♥️😂♥️😂👍👍👍👍 Be blessed 🙏

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

What a beautiful comment, thank you so much!

[@mariap2129]

@@alejandroaguanta-classical2901 We thank you for your great art-work Keep up 👍👍👍

[@MrRockleyend]

You can really tell he is one with the guitar. Excelent work.

[@hesterhattingh7001]

Rare talent from God! BLESSINGS!

[@sjefhendrickx2257]

Its bis own talent! A lot of practising….

[@maurocajado5258]

Im brazilians , this song is magic. Its amazing

[@chrisreich40]

First I smiled. Then I swayed to the rhythm. Then I got chills down my back. Now I just want to dance!

[@markbrown2749]

This is a demonstration of serious talent.

[@robertphillips3078]

I am an Aussie, 1st ⏱ l have had the privilege of watching this very talented guitarist play. Xcellent And l ❤ Zorba the Greek. Thx. Have added it 2 my play list 👍👌

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

Greetings my fellow Australian!

[@felipealfredodeblasiramire7091]

Maravillosa versión! Excelencia pura !! El maestro Cacho Tirao de Argentina también hizo su versión de zorba también de excelente calidad , Alejandro todo mi respeto y admiración para ti .

[@richardslater677]

Sensational

[@georgegoumas4571]

I am the Greek and your job is very nice.....Ζορμπας μόνο ρε Ελληναρες

[@tiggersdad6878]

It's "almost" as entertaining just to watch his fingers fly over the frets. Beautifully done.

[@ΓεωργιοςΓριβας-ρ1μ]

Great performance Alejandro ! Thank you ! Greetings from Greece !

[@joanarling]

Finally a guitarist with exact timing, unusual in the classic genre. Thank you, sir!

[@ΚατεριναΦραγκουλη-ν2υ]

I am Greek. Congradulations is a very poor word to describe your talent!thank you for the nice performance!

[@chrispiesse1004]

Superb!

[@askannav2094]

Full respect to this guy, what a legend on the accoustic guitar !

[@alejandroaguanta-classical2901]

Appreciate the comment!

[@silviosamueldelima704]

Louvado seja Deus !

[@Nikos_Apostolopoulos]

Soundtrack of the movie "Zorba the Greek" Music: Mikis Theodorakis Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis Script: Nikos Kazantzakis.

[@thomasjefferson4358]

1000% Greek approved... what a fantastic rendition of this classic.

[@aris9947]

Excelencia. Tengo sangre griega y llevo este tema en el corazón. Te amo abuelo allá en el Cielo. Saludos de Nicaragua.

[@JoseAntonio-ur2lp]

"Teach me to dance"

[@aris9947]

@@JoseAntonio-ur2lp you bet!

[@dadamorgado602]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👏👏👏👏 from Portugal. Stay safe

[@el-syd1981]

That’s it. I’m learning the classical guitar!.. Your playing is superb. Thank you for sharing!

[@billwarkey5045]

Excellent

[@lucylincoln3285]

I will never tire of this piece of music. Thank you! You're very gifted.