Sazet e permetit irini qirjako biography

Isopoliphony from the South of Albania

The village of Përmet, at the South of Albania, near the Greek Epirus, in the Këlcyrë canyon, between the river Vjosë and the Nemërçkë mountain range, is the homeland of Sazet e Permetit.

Perhaps the rugged geography of their land has made it possible that this music, so different from everything else, so surprising and bewitching, emerged and has been kept to this day: the isopolyphony.

The prefix iso derives from the ison of Byzantine liturgical music, which refers to the drone that accompanies the polyphonic song. In Albanian polyphonic singing, there are usually two or three solo voices, accompanied by a deep drone.

The drone is usually sung by the voices of the group choir.

Sazet and Permetit are a prominent example of this musical style, declared in 2008 as intangible heritage of humanity by Unesco.

They combine the authenticity of their ancestral music with the ability to create a show that has been at stag