Giannis Papoutsakis

On November 23, on the broadcasting program ''Journeys basking in Greek light'', Giannis Papoutsakis had theater writer/director Aspasia Pontika and actress Olga Tsarsitalidi as guests, in a discussion about the theater play by Aspasia Pontika "Kratas mystiko?" which has premiered at the "Dromos" theater...

On November 22, the broadcasting program ''Journeys basking in Greek light'' with Giannis Papoutsakis had actress Sofia Ioakeimidi and playwright/actor Christos Anthis as guests, in a discussion around the performance ''To fos tou gkaziou'', hosted at the ''Vafeio-Lakis Karalis'' theater! The episode...

On November 21, the Greek Orthodox church celebrates the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On the occasion of this significant celebration, Giannis Papoutsakis presents a tribute to the Virgin Mary on the broadcasting program “Heliotrope”, through poems written by renowned poets about her hol...

Giannis Papoutsakis’ guests on the broadcasting program “Journeys basking in Greek light” on November 20, were the distinguished protagonist of theater, cinema and television Kaiti Improchori, and the director/actor Giorgos Livanos. The subject of their discussion was Oscar Wilde's “The Portrait of Dori...

November 17 is the 49th anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising against the dictatorship, which shocked Greece that unforgettable November of 1973, and Giannis Papoutsakis' broadcasting program “Journeys basking in Greek light” was dedicated to this anniversary. Featuring audio extracts from the...

A tribute to YANNIS RITSOS, a poet of the whole world, of modern Greeks and our heart was presented by the broadcasting program “Journeys basking in Greek light” on November 16. With his poems set to music by Mikis Theodorakis, Christos Leontis and Marios Tokas and the voices of Grigoris Bithikotsis, Nik...

Songwriter Maria Voulgari was a guest on the broadcasting program “Journeys Basking in Greek Light” with Giannis Papoutsakis on November 15. The distinguished artist spoke about her collaboration with actress Lizy Xanthopoulou in the musical and theatrical play “Aroma Tzintzer” presented at Fabrica...

''Don’t Look for Me in Buenos Aires'' is the title of the novel by acclaimed lyricist Giorgos Kleftogiorgos, presented on November 7, on Giannis Papoutsakis' broadcasting program ''Heliotrope'. In this episode, featuring music from the enchanting and so erotic world of tango, the creator spoke about h...

Τα τρένα αποτέλεσαν πηγή έμπνευσης για την ποίηση, το τραγούδι, το θέατρο και τον κινηματογράφο. Η εκπομπή του Γιάννη Παπουτσάκη ‘’Ταξιδεύοντας με φως ελληνικό’’, παρουσίασε στις 6 Νοεμβρίου ένα αφιέρωμα στα τρένα και τους σταθμούς μέσα από ποιήματα του Λειβαδίτη, του Αναγνωστάκη, της Πολυδούρη, του ...

Distinguished singer and teacher of contemporary song and elocution at the Greek National Conservatory of Piraeus, Ioanna Emmanouil, was a guest of Giannis Papoutsakis on the broadcasting program “Journeys basking in Greek light” on November 2. The episode mainly featured unpublished songs from her...

The October 31 episode of “Heliotrope” by Giannis Papoutsakis was dedicated to the great lyrical poet Tasos Livaditis, on the occasion of the anniversary of 34 years since his death on October 30, 1988. The episode featured poetry set to music by Mikis Theodorakis, sung by Mikis, Stelios Kazantzidis, Vas...

The 30th October show “Journeys Basking in Greek Light”, the day of remembrance of Giannis Spanos, who passed away at the age of 85 in 2019, features a two-hour tribute to our great composer. Featuring selections from his New Wave, folk, éntekhno, and cinema songs, as well as his three anthologies! List...

The 82nd anniversary of “NO” was commemorated on the October 28th show “Journeys basking in Greek light” with Giannis Papoutsakis, featuring the chronicle of the day, the Metaxas-Graci meeting, the proclamations of Metaxas and King George II, the voice of radio announcer Kostas Stavropoulos announc...

Sofia Vembo was the singer of victory. Her songs boosted the morale of our soldiers on the front lines and she was also one to contribute to the great victory over the Italians in the snow-capped mountains of Albania. “Pedia tis Ellados Pedia” (Oh Children, Children of Greece)' gives listeners goosebumps to ...

The October 26th show “Journeys basking in Greek light” with Giannis Papoutsakis is a tribute to the 120th anniversary of the liberation of Thessaloniki from the Turks. The chronicle of the liberation and the contribution of Eleftherios Venizelos. The show is interspersed with songs about Thessaloniki wit...

October, the second month of Fall, with its special colors and its many anniversaries, was praised by the pen of Greek and foreign poets. The October 24 episode of Giannis Papoutsakis' broadcasting program “Heliotrope” was dedicated to the poems written for this month by the pens of Tasos Livaditis, Mil...

October 23 marked the 97th anniversary of the birth of Manos Hadjidakis, the "Great Eroticist" of Greek song. Giannis Papoutsakis' show ''Journeys basking in Greek light'' presented on the anniversary of Manos Hadjidakis’ birthday, a two-hour tribute to our great composer; Guest Dimitris Theofilou -...