Elina Afentaki on “Our Town” | 15 July 2024
On Sunday, July 14th, “Our Town” pays tribute to Nikos Gounaris.
The important singer, considered by many to be “the most beautiful troubadour the place has ever known”, carried centuries of memories and transformed them into art. Characteristically, Tsitsanis said about him: “As long as Gounaris...
On Saturday, July 13, Iro Nikopoulou was hosted by Voice of Greece and the show “Our Town” with Themis Rodamitis.
The poet and visual artis talked about her remarkable poetic journey, her participation in international poetry festivals and her latest book of poetry titled “A Miracle in Intensive Care“. A...
As a guest in the studio, the important painter and intellectual told us that "we have abandoned our cultural roots, the elementary and the obvious, that there is no bloodless, untamed and painless life". Even the fact that "we are unprepared by the education of peace, that we are gazing at alien goods...
On Sunday, July 7, "Our Town" was dedicated to Giorgos Katsaros.The composer and guitarist was an amazing case, unique both in his life and in his work. We can say that he was the first Greek who literally went around the world playing to expatriates and to the wider public of each country the wonderful...
On Saturday, July 6, "Our Town" hosted Vasilis Rakopoulos.The important composer and guitarist talked about his many and important collaborations with our leading composers as well as with Greek and international pioneering soloists.
References were made to his rich work which is an important chapter...
he unparalleled and eminent Greek oud soloist and singer Nikos Saragoudas passed away a few days ago, leaving behind a powerful legacy of virtuosity and expressiveness that will always move his peers and the wider audience, earning their admiration.
Nikos Saragoudas worked alongside top Greek musicians,...
In an in-depth discussion with Themis Rodamitis, Panos Kyparissis reads his poems and talks about his many and varied activities: directing, acting, translations for the theater and his teaching activities.
The award-winning poet, recipient of the State Prize for Poetry, discusses and reads excerpts...
The show featured well-known songs from concerts and live musical performances, by: Lakis Papadopoulos, Vassilis Kazoulis, Dimitris Bassis, Orfeas Peridis, Giannis Giokarinis and more, accompanied by comments about the songs, the performers and the places where they were performed.
Produced and presented...
On Saturday June 22nd at 12:00-13:00 Athens time, VOICE OF GREECE show "Our Town" presented ANIMASYROS 2024, the largest international animation festival in Greece and one of the largest in Europe, which returns from September 23 to 29, 2024 to Syros.
Vassilis Karamitsanis, president of this multi-year...
On Monday, June 17th, the show "Our Town" made a tribute to Charlie Parker and Julio Cortázar.
Charlie Parker was one of the most important African-American jazz musicians, making a strong mark as a musician and saxophonist. He was instrumental in shaping the bebop along with the great Dizzy Gillespie. ...
On Sunday, June 16th, "Our Town" will host two important jazz soloists.
In the first part, we will present Vasilis Xenopoulos. A composer, saxophonist, a multifaceted personality who lives, creates and teaches in London, he will talk to us about his relationship with English musicians, the ideas...
The band from Thessaloniki have carved out their own distinct path, inspired by the music of the interwar period and its various southern European subgenres, take us on a musical journey to the ports of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, with the sounds of tango, foxtrots, Romanian doinas, urban political...
Thomas Bernhard is known both in Greece and internationally, primarily as a novelist, secondarily as a playwright. But there is another attribute of his - that of a poet.The show focuses on this side of it, with guest Christina-Panagiota Grammatikopoulou, who has translated his entire body of poetry...
On Sunday, June 9, from 12:00 to 14:00 Athens time, the show "Our Town" will host Michalis Terzis, a unique composer with a steady course in the field of Greek music, in an episode dedicated to music and poetry.
The distinguished musician will refer to the important stations of his journey,...
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