I kikloforia tou album “The Soul of Epirus Vol. II” («I PSihi tis Ipeirou Vol. II») tou zodanoy thrylou tou klarinou Petroloyka Halkia ke tou virtouozou laoutista ke ipopsifiou yia Grammy 2023, Vasili Kosta, itan monodromos meta tin megali adapokrisi tou kinoy sto proto «The Soul of Epirus» to 2019.

Aitos o diskos apotelei ton karpo tis filias, mathiteias ke sinergasias metaxy ton dyo spoudaion avton prosopikotiton tis paradosiakis mas mousikis, ta teleftaia 8 hronia.

Se sinehia tis gnorimias tous sti Vostoni to 2015, tis dimiourgias tou protou tous diskou «I PSihi tis Ipeirou» ke ton sinavlion stin Ellada ke sto exoteriko ta epomena hronia, o Petroloykas Halkias ke o Vasilis Kostas prospathoyn na exelixoun peretero ton dialogo klarinou ke laoytou dimiourgodas ena neo parathiro stin idi ploysia mousiki paradosi tis Ipeirou.

Axizi na simiothei oti to proto album psifistike os to Kalytero Album tou 2019 apo Balkan World Music Chart, eno apespase exeretikes kritikes apo pagkosmios egkira mousika periodika, opos to New York Jazz City Record ke to Rootsworld, meso tou opoiou psifistike ke os «Mousiki tou mina Noemvriou tou 2019». Ehi xehorisi os ena apo ta agapimena albums tou Mundofonias / Transglobal World Music Chart. eno ehi parousiastei se plithora radiofonikon stathmon stis I.P.A.

Prin tin ihografisi tou “Soul of Epirus Vol. II”, to sigkekrimeno project parousiastike stin Filarmoniki tou Parisioy, ton organismo ADEM stin Geneyi ke sto Megaro Mousikis THessalonikis.

Se avto to taxidi, mazi me ton Petroloyka Halkia ke ton Vasili Kosta, vriskode i stenoi sinergates ke fili tous Kostas Tzimas (foni), THanasis Vollas (laoyto) ke Petros Papageorgiou (krousta).

To album kikloforei apo tin Artway – Tehnotropon. Eine diathesimo se oles tis psifiakes platformes ke se epilegmena diskopoleia.

O Petroloykas Halkias eine enas apo tous pio simadikoys presveftes tis ellinikis paradosiakis mousikis ke enas pragmatikos daskalos tou klarinou. Gennithike sto horio Delvinaki Pogoniou stin Ipiro, opou arhise na mathaini mousiki apo neari ilikia, dipla stous daskalous tou ipirotikou klarinou: ton Filippo Royda ke ton Kitso Harisiadi. O pateras Periklis Halkias pige stin Ameriki prin ton VA Pagkosmio Polemo, opou ke apektise megali anagnorisimotita san klarinistas.

To 1960 o Petroloykas Halkias metanastefse stis Inomenes Politeies, opou ezise yia 20 hronia, diadidodas ti mousiki klironomia tis Ipeirou ke sinergazomenos me polla mousika synola. I koryfosi tis paramonis tou stis Inomenes Politeies epilthe otan prosklithike na dosi sinavlia ston Lefko Oiko. Epestrepse stin Ellada to 1980, otan arhise na ihografei diskous, i opoii gnorisan megali epitihia stin patrida tou ke sto exoteriko.

O Petroloykas Halkias stin ilikia ton 89 eton, parameni enas faros yia tin elliniki paradosi ke mia pigi ebnefsis yia ti nea genia mousikon.

O Vasilis Kostas eine laoutistas, sinthetis ke pedagogos apo tin Ipiro, o opoios itan prosfata ipopsifios yia to vraveio Grammy me to shima Global Messengers me ton Danilo Perez. Ehi emfanistei sto Carnegie Hall,sto Montreal International Jazz Festival, sto Panama Jazz Festival ke sto WOMEX, ehodas parousiasi ti doulia tou san solistas me tin Berklee World Strings Orchestra ke tin Chatterbird Chamber Orchestra.. Parallila me ta vraveia pou apespase to proto album – doueto “The Soul of Epirus, ehi lavi to vraveio “Artist Fellowship in the Traditional Arts” apo tin episimi Politeia tis Masahousetis, opos ke to “Forty Under 40 Award”apo to Greek America Foundation tis Neas Iorkis yia tis prospathies tou na parousiasi tin elliniki paradosiaki mousiki stis Inomenes Politeies.

O Vasilis Kostas ehi sa vasi tou tin Ellada, opou didaski laoyto sto Panepistimio Makedonias, parousiazodas tavtohrona tin elliniki mousiki ke ta dika tou projects se sinavliakoys horous ke akadimeka idrymata stis I.P.A. ke diethnos.