SEIKILO Ancient World Music

🌍 Native speakers, we need your help with a small experiment!

For every SEIKILO premiere, we spend considerable time preparing and correcting the English subtitles by hand, making sure they are accurate, clear, and properly timed.

Until now, we have then translated them ourselves into another 6–7 languages, usually choosing them based on where our viewers have been watching from.

But YouTube's automatic translation seems to have improved considerably.

We tested the translation of our latest video in Greek, and the result was surprisingly impressive. As for the other languages, we'd like to ask the people who can judge them best: you!

🎬 Open our latest video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGFeJ...
and watch a few minutes with subtitles in your native language.

If they don't appear automatically, try:
⚙️ Settings → Subtitles/CC → Auto-translate → Select your language

Then come back and vote!

📊 How good is YouTube's translation in your native language?

👇 After voting, please leave a comment telling us:

🌍 Your native language
⚙️ Whether the translated subtitles appeared automatically or you had to enable Auto-translate yourself
💬 Any strange translations or important mistakes you noticed

If possible, check a few different parts of the video, especially sections involving tuning, materials, strings, and playing techniques. These are probably a much tougher test for automatic translation than ordinary conversation.

Your feedback will help us reach a wider audience by revealing which languages YouTube already handles well.

Thank you for helping us make SEIKILO accessible to more people around the world! 🌍🎵

4 days ago | [YT] | 20

SEIKILO Ancient World Music

🎼 Every now and then, someone in our community surprises us with a completely unexpected project. Today we'd love to introduce you to one of them.

🪕 Discover Chelys – an interactive ancient Greek lyre experience

One such example is Chelys, an interactive application created by Jacob Ibáñez Sánchez from Barcelona.

🎶 Chelys invites anyone to explore and play a virtual ancient Greek lyre directly in their browser through a simple and engaging interactive experience.

The latest version even includes a musical challenge inspired by the famous Seikilos Epitaph, allowing players to learn and perform one of the oldest surviving complete melodies in history.

Over the past months, we have had the pleasure of following Jacob's project from its early stages, exchanging ideas and watching it evolve. It has been inspiring to see such care, curiosity and creativity invested in making the ancient Greek lyre accessible to a wider audience.

👉 Try Chelys here:
patatabravajocs.itch.io/chelys

💬 We'd love to hear your thoughts after trying it!

💙 If you enjoy Jacob's work and would like to support its future development, you can also do so here: patatabravajocs.aixeta.cat/en/subscriptions


Thank you, Jacob, for sharing your creativity with the ancient lyre community. We are looking forward to seeing where Chelys goes next. 💙

Skip the Carousel

1 2 3 4

6 days ago | [YT] | 181

SEIKILO Ancient World Music

What's the FIRST thing you look for when choosing a lyre?

After you vote, we'd love to hear why in the comments.

Over the past few months, we've been working on what has become our most comprehensive guide for new lyre owners.

Whether you're thinking about buying a lyre or you've recently ordered one, we hope this guide helps you make a more informed decision. From unboxing and first tuning to maintenance, storage, and the relationship between a musician and their luthier, it covers everything we believe every future owner should know.

🎬 Premiering Thursday, August 6

🇺🇸 12:00 New York • 🇬🇧 17:00 London • 🇺🇸 09:00 Los Angeles • 🇫🇷 18:00 Paris • 🇩🇪 18:00 Berlin • 🇮🇹 18:00 Rome • 🇯🇵 01:00 (Fri) Tokyo • 🇬🇷 19:00 Athens

We'd love to have you join us for the premiere and be part of the discussion!

🔗 Set a reminder here:
https://youtu.be/VGFeJPlGzgQ

1 week ago | [YT] | 25

SEIKILO Ancient World Music

🏛️ Millions of people are returning to Homer’s Odyssey through cinema this weekend.

We wanted to explore a different question:
What did its world sound like?

For many months, we've been quietly working on something unlike anything we've ever created.

A cinematic journey that blends ancient music, mythology, practical filmmaking, and one of the oldest musical traditions in the world.

We recently shared the film at a series of private screenings. The enthusiasm in the room and the conversations that followed have only strengthened our excitement to finally share it with all of you.


This Sunday, we invite you to travel through a world of sea, wood, strings, shadow, myth, and the ancient Greek lyre.

🎬 NO CGI • REAL FOOTAGE • HOMER'S ORIGINAL WORDS

Premieres Sunday.

https://youtu.be/9dQIL87foI8

🔔 Select “Notify me” to join us.

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 72

SEIKILO Ancient World Music

The Lyre in Scandinavia ❄️🎶

From February 13–17, 2026, the ancient Greek lyre travels to Malmö and Copenhagen for live performances, hands-on workshops, and the Augmented Reality ARcient Music Exhibition.

In Malmö (Feb 13)
Workshop · Presentation of ancient instruments & AR · Evening concert
Free event
🔗 www.facebook.com/events/1448804216809798/

In Copenhagen (Feb 16)
Ancient lyre workshop (limited spots) · Concert at KoncertKirken
🔗 www.facebook.com/events/1164162752238649

Experience the lyre not as a relic of the past, but as a living instrument of sound, story, and ritual.

If you are based in Sweden or Denmark and feel drawn to the world of the lyre, we would be very happy to meet you in person. To arrange a meeting, get in touch at info@seikilo.com

We will travel with a small number of instruments for the workshops, available for purchase at special travel prices.

See you in the North.

#AncientLyre #SEIKILO #AncientMusic #AR #Malmö #Copenhagen #Scandinavia

Skip the Carousel

1 2 3

6 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 71

SEIKILO Ancient World Music

ARcient 🏛️ Music Exhibition: Toward a Borderless Museum of Ancient Music
Early presentations, audience insights, and the road ahead

As we move closer to the official release of ARcient Music Exhibition, the first ancient musical instrument exhibition built entirely with Augmented Reality and designed to become borderless, we presented an early version of the project to live audiences.

Pilot presentations took place in Izmir on October 12 and in Nicosia on November 24, allowing us to gather valuable feedback and observe how audiences engage with this new form of cultural experience.

Through an interactive AR environment, visitors explored the history of ancient Greek musical instruments using lifelike 3D models, recorded music performed on each instrument, and narrated historical context. The goal was to make ancient music immersive, accessible, and free from the limitations of traditional museum spaces.

One of the most frequent suggestions was to include ancient musical instruments from cultures around the world in future updates of the application. This feedback will actively shape the next development phases of the project.

ARcient Music Exhibition aims to make ancient music and cultural heritage accessible worldwide through immersive Augmented Reality, offering a museum experience that transcends physical borders.

📍 Next stop: Malmö, Sweden (details to be announced soon)

🇪🇺 The project “ARcient Music Exhibition” is funded by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Disclaimer: Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the EISMEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Skip the Carousel

1 2 3 4 5

6 months ago | [YT] | 43

SEIKILO Ancient World Music

🌿 This Friday, Awake the Lyre Within
A Greek folk lament of love and fate.

Λένιω is a song of separation, resolve, and the river between — a young woman’s plea to nature and destiny, echoing stories as old as myth itself.

🕊️ Premiering at

🇬🇷 Athens — 20:00
🇬🇧 London — 18:00
🇫🇷 Paris — 19:00
🇺🇸 Los Angeles (PT) — 10:00
🇩🇪 Berlin — 19:00
🇮🇹 Rome — 19:00
🇪🇸 Madrid — 19:00
🇺🇸 New York (ET) — 13:00
🇳🇱 Amsterdam — 19:00
🇨🇭 Zurich — 19:00
🇦🇹 Vienna — 19:00
🇺🇸 Chicago (CT) — 12:00
🌐 Universal Time (UTC) — 17:00

Set a reminder, join us live, and
awake the lyre within.

6 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 68

SEIKILO Ancient World Music

🇪🇺 EU-Funded Project Announcement
Ancient Music: Digitization & Dissemination

We are delighted to announce that SEIKILO has been selected for funding under the national initiative “Culture as a Driving Force for Growth” (Action 16293, Greece 2.0), supported by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.

This project marks an important step in the digital transformation of our creative work.
From May to December 2025, SEIKILO will establish a permanent, fully equipped film studio dedicated to the documentation and promotion of ancient musical instruments and their living tradition.

Through high-quality audiovisual productions, the new studio will serve as a bridge between research, education, and public engagement, strengthening the global presence of Greek cultural heritage in the field of ancient music.

🎵 Find out more about our funded research & investment projects at www.seikilo.com/research-programs/

Funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU

____________________________________________________________

(announcement in Greek)

🇪🇺 Ανακοίνωση Χρηματοδοτούμενου Έργου από την ΕΕ
Αρχαία Μουσική: Ψηφιοποίηση & Διάδοση

Η SEIKILO επιλέχθηκε για χρηματοδότηση στο πλαίσιο της εθνικής πρωτοβουλίας «Ο Πολιτισμός ως Κινητήριος Μοχλός Ανάπτυξης» (Δράση 16293, Ελλάδα 2.0), με την υποστήριξη της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης – NextGenerationEU.

Το έργο σηματοδοτεί ένα σημαντικό βήμα προς τον ψηφιακό μετασχηματισμό των δημιουργικών μας δραστηριοτήτων.
Από Μάιο έως Δεκέμβριο 2025, η SEIKILO θα δημιουργήσει ένα μόνιμο, σύγχρονο και πλήρως εξοπλισμένο κινηματογραφικό στούντιο, αφιερωμένο στην τεκμηρίωση και προβολή των αρχαίων μουσικών οργάνων και της ζωντανής τους παράδοσης.

Μέσα από υψηλής ποιότητας οπτικοακουστικές παραγωγές, το νέο στούντιο θα λειτουργεί ως γέφυρα μεταξύ έρευνας, εκπαίδευσης και κοινού, ενισχύοντας περαιτέρω τη διεθνή παρουσία της ελληνικής πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς στον τομέα της αρχαίας μουσικής.

🎵 Μάθετε περισσότερα για τα χρηματοδοτούμενα ερευνητικά και επενδυτικά μας έργα στο www.seikilo.com/research-programs/

Με τη χρηματοδότηση της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης – NextGenerationEU

Skip the Carousel

1 2 3 4 5 6

9 months ago | [YT] | 60

SEIKILO Ancient World Music

✨ More than Sound – The Stories Behind the Lyre (Augmented Reality Exhibition Update!)

The ancient instruments are defined not only by their sound or their striking appearance. Their true depth lies in the timeless stories and myths that have surrounded them for over two millennia: Hermes crafting the first lyre from a tortoise shell, Apollo becoming the god of music and healing, Sappho singing of love with her barbitos, and Orpheus descending into the underworld with music as his guide.
Through these stories, the Lyre of Apollo, Kithara, Phorminx, Epigonion, Sambuca, Pandura, Monochord, Tympanon, and the Lyres of Ur and Har Megiddo become more than musical artifacts. They become bridges between myth, history, and cultural memory.

Within the SEIKILO ARcient Music Exhibition — the Augmented Reality experience that complements the museum’s collection — we are now shaping the texts and narratives that will bring these myths to life in our AR app.

📷 With detailed 3D models and carefully written narratives, the AR app will allow audiences everywhere to step into this living heritage and experience ancient music in context.

Stay tuned!

📌 The project “ARcient Music Exhibition” is funded by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the EISMEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Skip the Carousel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

10 months ago | [YT] | 59

SEIKILO Ancient World Music

🏺 The Return of Twelve Legendary Instruments in 3D

Did you know that beyond being storytellers and master handcrafters, the SEIKILO Museum and LUTHIEROS Music Instruments team also brings together 3D artists and AR developers?

To share the ancient world experience everywhere, our artifacts are being digitally reconstructed with care and precision: from the Chelys Lyre of Apollo and Hermes, the Barbitos, and the Kithara, to the Epigonion, Phorminx, Sambuca, the Lyres of Ur and Har Megiddo, the Monochord of Pythagoras, the Pandura, and the Tympanon — twelve legendary instruments come to life once again in digital form.

These 3D models form the foundation for the AR experiences to come, helping us bring the timeless legacy of ancient music closer to today’s audiences.

Here’s a first look at some work-in-progress screenshots — a glimpse of the ancient world reimagined for the digital age.

📌 The project “ARcient Music Exhibition” is funded by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the EISMEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Skip the Carousel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 94