Giannis Papoutsakis

Director Kostas Kimoulis and actor Markos Gettos were guests on "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" with Giannis Papoutsakis on March 26th, where they discussed the play "The Last Apology of Nikos Koemtzis." The show featured songs by Kazantzidis, Bithikotsis, Savvopoulos, Sakellariou, and Chrysaf...

Distinguished author, poet, and thinker Tasos Lampropoulos, who excels in China where he resides, was a guest on this episode of Heliotrope with Giannis Papoutsakis. He discussed not only his literary work but also the relationship between Greek and Chinese cultures, Mikis Theodorakis’s concert in B...

The radio show Journeys Basking in Greek Light with Giannis Papoutsakis on March 23 was dedicated to the great Greek lyricist Akos Daskalopoulos. His life and timeless songs were celebrated through the voices of legendary artists such as Bithikotsis, Dalaras, Poulopoulos, Marinella, Koumioti, Violaris,...

The distinguished and award-winning composer Pigi Lykoudi, who recently set Socratic discourse to music, and writer Maria Maragkou were the guests of Giannis Papoutsakis on the radio show Journeys Basking in Greek Light on March 20. Together, they embarked on a journey through the language of Homer...

The distinguished singer Petros Gaitanos was hosted by Giannis Papoutsakis on the radio show Journeys Basking in Greek Light on March 19. He spoke about his musical journey, his great collaborations with Theodorakis, Markopoulos, and Chatzinasios, his concert at the Pyramids of Egypt, the documentary...

The radio show Heliotrope with Giannis Papoutsakis on March 17 was dedicated to the Nobel Prize-winning poet of the Aegean and Axion Esti, Odysseas Elytis, marking 29 years since his journey into eternity.The program featured musical adaptations of his poetry and lyrics set to music by Mikis Theodorakis,...

Our beloved singer Elpida was a guest of Giannis Papoutsakis on the show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" on March 16, where she talked about her life, her beginnings in music, the people who believed in her, her major collaborations, the Thessaloniki Festivals, Eurovision, and other international...

The radio show Journeys Basking in Greek Light with Giannis Papoutsakis on March 12 was dedicated to Stavros Kougioumtzis and Manos Eleftheriou, marking the anniversary of the death of the former and the birth of the latter. The guest on the show was actor Manos Tsivilis.

The distinguished author Ioanna Ganetsa was featured on "Heliotrope" with Giannis Papoutsakis, on the occasion of her new novel Thio Doro (Divine Gift).

The episode is dedicated to women in honor of International Women's Day. It features poetry by renowned and contemporary female poets, including Polydouri, Karelli, Myrtiotissa, Boumi-Papa, Angelaki-Rook, Dimoula, Gogou, and others. It also includes songs performed by beloved female voices such as Moscholiou,...

Dedicated to the memory of our great poet Kostis Palamas, Giannis Papoutsakis’ show "Journeys Basking in Traveling Greek Light" on February 27 featured the chronicle of the great poet's funeral, Menelaos Loudemis' words, Sikelianos' poem, Palamas’ own voice, recitations of his poems by Giorgos Katsimbalis and...

The director of the play "Who Discovered America?" Dimitra Drakopoulou and the leading actress Varvara Rampaouni were guests of Giannis Papoutsakis on the show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" on February 26. The show was enriched with rock ballads by: Moody Blues, Barclay James Harvest, Cat Stevens,...

The distinguished composer Filippos Peristeris was a guest of Giannis Papoutsakis on February 19th, in the show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light", where his compositions were featured. He also spoke about his book "Music and Sound", which addresses music for theater, cinema, and digital art forms.

The talented and highly promising poet Despina Karametou was the guest of Giannis Papoutsakis's show on February 17, where she spoke about her debut poetry collection, The Petrified One! The show featured songs by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Barclay James Harvest, Moody Blues, and...

This episode of "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" with Giannis Papoutsakis was dedicated to our great lyricist Pythagoras. His life and songs were highlighted through his collaborations with composers such as Kaldaras, Katsaros, Spanos, Nikolopoulos, and others, brought to life by the voices of Kazantzidis,...

The February 13th episode of Giannis Papoutsakis' show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" was dedicated to World Radio Day. It explored the contribution of radio, its arrival in Greece in 1938, what Greece and the world listened to back then, the announcement of the 1940 war by the announcer of the Athens...

Dedicated to the Cyclades, their poetry, and their songs, the radio show "Heliotrope" with Giannis Papoutsakis on February 10 featured a special tribute. The poet of "Kykladosyni", Marianina Ventouri, read her own poems as well as works by Elytis, Gatsos, Varveris, Dimoula, and others, all inspired...