Sylvia Mittler
Interviewer(s):
Alexandra Mourgou
Theo Xenophontos
Project:
Musical Geographies and the Greek Canadian Experience in Toronto: Places, Cultures, & Diasporic Identities
INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Toronto, ON
LANGUAGE:
English
DATE:
May 18, 2024

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Date and Location
May 18, 2024
Toronto, ON
Interviewee(s)
Sylvia Mittler
Interviewer(s)
Alexandra Mourgou
Theo Xenophontos
Languages
English
Reference ID
MGTREF003
Project
Musical Geographies and the Greek Canadian Experience in Toronto: Places, Cultures, & Diasporic Identities
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Categories
Canadian Society
Culture and Tradition
Historical Events
Homeland Activism
Tags
Anti Junta Movement
Dance
Gender
Greek Canadian Heritage
Greek Canadian Identity
Greek Community
Junta
Music
Polytechnic1973
Decades Referenced
1960s
1970s
1980s
Locations Referenced
Athens, Danforth, Plaka, Yonge St, Strasbourg, Montreal
Occupation(s)
Musician, Professor University of Toronto
Parents Occupation(s)
Names Referenced
Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Chadjidakis, Manos Loizos, Christos Leontis, Giannis Poulopoulos, Nikos Tsigkos, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Kosmas Marinatos, Giorgos Papadatos, Andreas Papandreou, Dimitris Aivalis

[00:00:50] First encounter with Greek music in Toronto

[00:02:28] Cultural & political encounters in Athens

[00:16:50] The opening of the Trojan horse

[00:17:47] Anti-junta struggle and translations

[00:22:00] Sylvia's involvement with the Trojan Horse

[00:27:37] The patrons of the Trojan Horse

[00:29:18] The repertoire in the Trojan Horse

[00:33:37] Multiethnic identities in the Danforth

[00:37:30] Places of Greek music

[00:44:45] The Trojan Horse beyond music

[00:48:20] Gendered dimensions of the Trojan Horse

[00:49:20] The Trojan Horse after the 'Metapolitefsi'

[00:55:27] The legacy of the Trojan Horse

[00:57:00] Why did all these things happen in Toronto?

[00:58:30] Places of greek music nowadays

[01:00:30] Being a non-Greek woman in a gendered milieu

[01:04:30] Translating Tsiforos

[01:07:00] Poetry nights at the Trojan Horse

[01:13:30] "What we remember"

[01:17:00] The future of music in the Community

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