Romeiko Ensemble was formed in 1992 by Dr. Yorgos Bilalis with the specific purpose of performing authentic interpretations of Byzantine Chant from the Medieval and Ottoman eras. The ensemble is comprised of selected musicians skilled in historical and improvisational performance practice and trained to read the parasemantiki (Byzantine musical notation.) Learn More.

Byzantine Christmas: The Celebration of the Nativity in the Christian East is not only a ground-breaking recording for the Nativity, but is the ensemble’s first mainly English recording.  It includes Byzantine hymns for Christmas, a never before recorded Prokypsis Hymn (sung in the Byzantine court when the Emperor entered the church for Nativity Vespers), regional Greek carols, and text on the celebration of Nativity in the Byzantine Empire. Also included is a newly commissioned icon of The Prokypsis with full descriptive text.
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Terrirem; Mode II, post-Byzantine melody rendition of Ioannes Koukouzelis (13th century). VIEW VIDEO

Byzantine chant is the liturgical music form of the so-called “Greek” Eastern Rite Churches. Early Byzantine chant was the original form of liturgical music in the Christian Church, developing from the interplay of Greek music forms and the early Christian Biblical and Semitic tradition. Learn more.

Dec. 21, 2007
Romeiko Ensemble performs Byzantine and Ottoman music at American Community School in Athens, Greece.
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Oct. 1, 2007
Romeiko Ensemble releases Byzantine Christmas CD and book
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March 22, 2007
Romeiko Ensemble records CD for ELEFTHEROS TYPOS in Athens
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Dec. 13, 2006
Romeiko Ensemble Performs at National Library of Greece in Athens
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Oct. 22, 2006:
Romeiko Ensemble re-releases Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom-Mode 1.
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Sept. 30, 2006:
Romeiko Ensemble and Liturgica.com sign distribution agreement.
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