Today, we are remembering a pioneering singer-songwriter who was born on this day, December 2, 1944, and who sadly passed away in October. His critics claim that his work gradually dropped in terms of originality and sophistication, especially from the early 1980s onwards. We are here to prove the opposite!...
Maria Gerogianni was born in Rethymno. She studied Economics at the University of Thessaloniki and worked at the Bank of Greece. She has published the poetry collections «Άδειοι Στίχοι» (Empty Verses) – Gavriilidis Publications, «Φωνή Φωνηέντων» (Vowel Voice) – Melani Publications, «Οι κούκλες σου δε...
Emerita Professor of Modern Greek Literature at the University of Athens, Christina Dounia — author of the book «Το Όνειρο και το Πάθος» (Dream and Passion) is the guest on Wednesday, 03 December 2025, at 22:00 Athens time, on Voice of Greece’s program “Remarkable Personalities” with Stavroula Karali, in a...
Voice of Greece, ERT’s international radio addressed to Greeks around the world, continues its series of podcasts— “Poet of the Week” — dedicated to the dissemination, support, and celebration of the Greek language and culture. Each week focuses on a contemporary Greek poet — including poets of the Diaspora — who personally select and recite their poems for radio broadcast. Each poem is accompanied by carefully chosen music, creating a bridge between verse and sound. Seven poems per week — one poem each day — travel through the frequencies of Voice of Greece, reaching every corner of the world where Greek voices are ... Read more
“Our Town” presents a tribute to Christos Bravos. A major poet and one of the principal representatives of the 1970s generation—who left us far too soon—Bravos left a powerful imprint of poetic language and thought. The program invites us to consider how his poetry is read today. There are references...
The program “Our Town” of Voice of Greece dedicated an episode to Panos Gavalas, an important performer of Greek laiko, known for his distinctive artistic path.The show highlighted special moments from his life and artistic expression, as well as his many great successes, songs deeply loved and sung by the Greek people.The program honored this humble artist who chose to stay away from the spotlight and respected his craft like few others. Many beloved songs were played, both those he wrote himself and those written for him by other composers. Todays’s show is dedicated especially to Greeks of the diaspora, who ... Read more
What does it mean to be young, Greek, and raised thousands of kilometers from the Aegean? What does Greekness sound like when spoken in an encouraging family environment in Washington … or a Cape Town rhythm… an Imvros breeze… or a Romanian heartbeat? This Sunday on “Infinitely Curious”, the Engli...
The program “Historical Walks” with Marilena Katsimi invites listeners on a journey into the often unknown world of Indigenous Peoples, a world very different from the images many of us carry in our imagination. The impetus for this journey is the new book by Professor Elsa Stamatopoulou, Indigenous Peoples in the International Arena: The Global Movement for Self-Determination (Routledge). The author, former head of the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and former Director of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Program at Columbia University, discusses the explosive rise of the international Indigenous movement from the late 1970s ... Read more
Με αφορμή την ιστορική συνάντηση του Οικουμενικού Πατριάρχη Βαρθολομαίου με τον Πάπα Λέοντα ΙΔ’, 1.700 χρόνια μετά την Α΄ Οικουμενική Σύνοδο στη Νίκαια της Βιθυνίας, η Φωνή της Ελλάδας προσαρμόζει το πρόγραμμά της μεταδίδοντας ειδικές ενημερωτικές εκπομπές και συνεντεύξεις με εκπροσώπους της Ορθόδοξης και της Καθολικής Εκκλησίας, καθώς και με ειδικούς στους τομείς της θεολογίας και της γεωπολιτικής. Με αφορμή την ιστορική συνάντηση του Οικουμενικού Πατριάρχη Βαρθολομαίου με τον Πάπα Λέοντα ΙΔ’, 1.700 χρόνια μετά την Α΄ Οικουμενική Σύνοδο στη Νίκαια της Βιθυνίας, η Φωνή της Ελλάδας προσαρμόζει το πρόγραμμά της μεταδίδοντας ειδικές ενημερωτικές εκπομπές και συνεντεύξεις με εκπροσώπους της ... Read more
What happens when the fourth-grade term grades vanish without a trace? It might, at first glance, seem like a simple mistake — but nothing ever slips past Theocharis. The most remarkable kid in the class is swept, by sheer force of curiosity, into an unexpected adventure. Who took the grades, and w...
On Saturday, 29 November 2025, from 12:00 to 13:00, the program “Our Town” on Voice of Greece presents a tribute to Christos Bravos. A major poet and one of the principal representatives of the 1970s generation—who left us far too soon—Bravos left a powerful imprint of poetic language and thought. The pro...
Nikoleta Filippaki grew up on Chios, in an environment where music was a way of life and Byzantine tradition a constant source of inspiration.
Today, she follows her own musical path. This Saturday, 29 November 2025, at 10:00 (Athens time), Nikoleta Filippaki sets aside her singing commitments for...
The co-publishers of the maritime magazine ELNAVI — Theano Kalapotharakou, Stefanos Papandreou and Ilias Papandreou — are the guests on Voice of Greece’s program “Fair Winds and Following Seas – Saturday Shift”, with Antonis Karagiannakis.
They talk about the history, trajectory and mission of ELNAVI, ...
Today, we are celebrating the legacy of an important folk song artist – a familiar voice that analysts place among the top male ones of Greek discography together with Kazantzidis, Bithikotsis and a few others. Panos Gavalas was born on this day, November 26, 1926. An emblematic figure, a quiet innovator, h...
On Friday, 28 November 2025 at 22:00 Athens time, “Greek Jazz Players” with Pantazis Tsaras returns for its monthly live session from Studio B of the Hellenic Radio Music Ensembles.This time, Pantazis Tsaras hosts composer and concert guitarist Michalis Sourvinos, a distinguished figure in Greek dis...
On Thursday, 27 November 2025, at 12:00 (Athens time), the program “Imprint” with Fuli Zavitsanou welcomes Makis Ablianitis to the Voice of Greece studio, a guitarist and composer recognized internationally for his work in the ethnic-jazz scene, on the occasion of the release of his new album “No more ...
Father Lambros Kamperidis, priest of the Orthodox Church of Saints Constantine and Helen in Montreal, Canada, is the guest on “Remarkable Personalities”, presented by Stavroula Karali, on Wednesday, 26 November 2025, at 22:00 (Athens time), on Voice of Greece.
In the program, Father Lambros spe...
Would the world be different if Beethoven could hear?What would Oscar Wilde have written had he not been imprisoned for shocking a puritan society with his sexuality?What would Van Gogh have painted if his fragile mental health had not defined him?Is the creator only the artist?Do we create because...
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