Christian Ronig
In December 2017, Christian released his debut album ‟Greece is mine“ (violins productions, Paros). It consists of ten classic songs, ranging from Rembetiko to other genres of Greek music, rearranged and translated into English and German. The album also features some of the finest musicians in Greece, amongst others Andreas Polyzogopoulos (trumpet), Vangelis Karipis (percussion), Giorgos Tsiatsoulis (accordion) or Lefteris Chavoutsas (guitars).
The album stirred a lot of attention in the Greek media and lead to an extensive airplay on the radio. Christian’s pre-released demo of ‟Oh Lord“ was included in the course on ‟aesthetics in traditional music“ at the Department of traditional music in Arta, Greece.
Since then Christian has given many concerts in Greece and collaborated with various Greek artists, the most notable being at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in July 2019.
Here, Christian shared the stage with acclaimed artists such as Giota Negka, Dimitris Mystakidis, Eleni Vitali, Giorgos Dalaras etc. He appeared on Dimitris Mystakidis album ‟Edo & Eki“ (2019), singing the duet ‟Apo gynaikes dakrya“. The joint tour (2019/2020) was canceled due to the outbreak of the pandemic.
Teaming up with his long-time bass player Paraskevas Kitsos, Christian is currently producing two new albums. The first is a continuation of ‟Greece is mine“, new arrangements of classic Greek songs; the second album consists only of original songs, in which Christian explores how to combine Eastern musical elements with Western songwriting.
Press
„A wonderful musical journey through time and space“
Sofia Perakaki, mixgrill.gr
„The band. The finest musicians, well chosen.“
George Myzalis, ogdoo.gr
Live
DATES / PAST EVENTS / UPCOMING EVENTS
EVENT
LOCATION
DATE
Guest appearance at “Rembetika”
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
Athens, Greece
11-07-2019
“Radio Pepper Church Session”
Anglican Church, Athens, Greece
06-05-2019
Babel
Athens, Greece
30-04-2019
Asteriskos
Athens, Greece
21-04-2019
To Alsos
Athens, Greece
10-12-2018
Mikro Chorio Festival
Lefkes-Theatre, Paros, Greece
29-08-2018
Stavros tou Notou
Athens, Greece
18-05-2018
Myrtillo Café
Athens, Greece
09-02-2018
Hot Jazz Club
Münster, Germany
09-09-2017
White Pebbles Studio
Paros, Greece
2015/2016
Greece Is Mine
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Video
Feel the Heat
new song by Christian Ronig
11.10.2022
written & composed by Christian Ronig
arranged by Paraskevas Kitsos
produced by Christian Ronig
musicians:
Paraskevas Kitsos – bass, backing vocals
Vaggelis Stefanopoulos – farfisa
Giannis Papagianoulis – percussion
Yiannis Poupoulis – guitar, percussion
recorded and mixed by Michalis Kavvadias at Electric Zen Studio, Drafi
mastered by Yiannis Christodoulatos at Sweetspot Productions, Athens
RAR marketed by Motor Entertainment, Berlin
photo by Kai Kremser
Album Trailer #1
26.09.2022
something’s coming up in the fall..
arrangement: Paraskevas Kitsos
producer: Christian Ronig
recording: Michalis Kavvadia at Electric Zen Studio, Drafi, Greece
mastering: Yiannis Christodoulatos at Sweetspot Productions, Athens, Greece
label: Motor Entertainment, Berlin
Christian Ronig – vocals
Paraskevas Kitsos – guitars, moog solo
Stathis Anninos – moog
Giannis Aggelopoulos – drums
TONIGHT I’LL DRINK THE MOON (Tha pio apopse to feggari)
m: M. Plessas l: Lefteris Papadopoulos engl. l: Christian Ronig
copyright by M. Plessas/ L. Papdopoulos
Dawn is breaking (ΞΗΜΕΡΩΝΕΙ) (official music video)
from the album GREECE IS MINE by christian ronig
2017 © & ℗ violins productions / balios ltd, Paros, Greece
video credits:
trumpet – andreas polyzogopoulos (www.andreaspolyzogopoulos.com)
camera – lukas pietzner (www.filmglück.de)
visuals – sven stratmann (www.aquiet.de)
edit – vasco tjong-ayong (www.tjong-ayong.com)
© & ℗ www.filmglück.de
Famous Blue Raincoat
A documentary of the recording of „Famous Blue Raincoat“ we did at Electricity Sound Studio, Athens, on 5th November for the Leonard-Cohen-Day on Radio Pepper 96.6
written and composed by Leonard Cohen
arranged and sung by Christian Ronig
Giorgos Tsiatsoulis – accordion
Alexandros Livitsanos – keyboards, synthesizers
Dimitris Staikopoulos – sound engineer
Jan Enste – cinematography
Lejla Aliev – editing
Digital Bolex support by Filmwerkstatt Münster
Video produced by jae kunst und medien – www.jaekunstmedien.de
Who’s gonna save my soul tonight (official music video)
This video was shot in a subway of Siggrou Ave, the flee market in Monasteraki and the streets of Athens in the night of June 2nd and 3rd.
video:
Dancer: Eleftheria Stamou
Director of Photography: Aristotelis Papakonstantinou
Editor: Aristotelis Papakonstantinou
Assistant: Dimitris Moutsiakas
song:
Lyrics by Christian Ronig
Composed by Christian Ronig/ Hendrik Tarvenkorn
Arranged by Paraskevas Kitsos
Produced by Michalis Kavvadias
Recorded and mixed by Michalis Kavvadias at Electric Zen Studio, Athens
Mastered by Kostas Iatrelis at Z Plane Studio, London
Christian Ronig – vocals
Paraskevas Kitsos – bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitars, vocals
Giannis Aggelopoulos – drums, percussion
Stelios Chatzikaleas – trumpet
Alexandros Livitsanos – keys
Michalis Kavvadias – electric guitar
record label: violins productions, Paros
„Ronig makes Tsitsanis cool again.“
Giorgos Tsigos, popaganda.gr
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