Culture

On Saturday, March 16th, 2024 at 12:00-13:00, “Our Town” hosted Giorgos Pavrianos. The lyricist, journalist and author talked about the inspirations of the lyrics he wrote, which were set to music and sung by important composers and performers, and were a great success. In the show, he talked to ...

The acclaimed award-winning composer Lorena Lefkokoilou was a guest of Giannis Papoutsakis on “Journeys Basking in Greek Light” on March 14th. She spoke about the 16 prizes she has won in piano competitions, her collaborations with major orchestras, her performances in Greece, France, Italy and Bul...

The show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" with Giannis Papoutsakis on March 12th was dedicated to Manos Eleftheriou, on the occasion of the 86th anniversary of his birth. Writer, poet and doctor Konstantinos Moussas spoke about Manos Eleftheriou, the man and creator.

Guests on the show were the Director of the Directorate of Letters of the Ministry of Culture, Sissy Papathanasiou, who spoke about Greece's participation in the London International Book Fair, which has just started. The author Vivian Avraamidou Ploumbi from Prague spoke about her book “The Silence o...

On Monday, March 11th, at 19:00-20:00, the show “Our Town” hosted the Ambassador of Cyprus in Athens Stavros Avgoustidis. The distinguished and award-winning ambassador for his important work spoke about the tragic anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, which this year completes 50 years, as ...

Translator and poet Christina Linardaki was Giannis Papoutsakis' guest on “Heliotrope” on March 11th, where she presented her poetry collection "MS", in which she refers to her battle with MS! The show featured Oscar music and songs from the films: “Casablanca”, “The Man Who Knew Too Much”, “Beyond Afr...

This episode of “Journeys Basking in Greek Light”' was dedicated to Dimos Moutsis, who ''passed away'' on March 6th, 2024. A two-hour journey through his musical journey and the great songs he gave us, performed by the voices of Bithikotsis, Moscholiou, Kokotas, Kalogiannis, Mitsias, Mitropanos, Gal...

This episode of ''Greeks Around the World'' hosted the executive committee of the Cultural Association “Hellenic Culture in Luxembourg” operating in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.Mr. Rodolfos Maslias, Mrs. Katerina Kamitaki, Mrs. Diamanto Maliotou and Mr. Konstantinos Popotas discussed the establishment of ...

On Sunday, March 10th, at 12:00-14:00, the show “Our Town” hosted Mikael Delta. The charismatic composer and writer talked in the studio about his music, his books, but also about issues that concern him intensely. Among other things, references were made to “love for the eternal”, to “imagin...

We talked with Faye Tzanetoulakoua) About the pollution in Volos and the felled trees in its rivers after the floods. Hexavalent chromium in a drilling of Volos, continuous air pollution - new AEPO AGET, cutting of Platanias by the Region and cypresses in the old cemetery. b) About Syros and the...

On the 30th anniversary of Melina Merkouri’s journey to eternity was the show “Journeys Basking in Greek Light” by Giannis Papoutsakis on March 6th. With excerpts from her autobiography entitled “I was born Greek. I will die Greek”, her songs with music by Theodorakis, Hadjidakis, Markopoulos, Moustaki,...

The show hosted Maria Patakia, poet and member of the cultural organization “Kyklos” based in Brussels and talked about the Greek Film Festival “L’heure d’hiver”, co-organized by Cinema Galleries, Bozar Films and “Kyklos” and dedicated to Athens. The festival will begin on March 13th and end on Marc...

The show TIME IN GREECE and Nikolas Angelidis, pay tribute to the legendary actress Diridaoua, with respect to history... Her first appearances on the theatrical stage, her arrest and imprisonment by the Italians, her organization in the Theater National Liberation Front and her participation in the...

Giannis Papoutsakis’ guest on “Heliotrope” on March 4th was author/philologist and publisher Dimitra Karagianni. She spoke about her books, the literary magazine “Paremvasi” which she publishes and the cultural movement in her hometown, Kozani. Songs by Nat King Cole, Linda Ronstandt, Demis Roussos e...

Takis Konstantakopoulos has long been working modestly in Greek music with a long career in “artistic”, new wave and folk song. Takis Konstantakopoulos was a guest of Giannis Papoutsakis on the show “Journeys Basking in Greek Light” on March 3rd. His journey, his collaborations with great composers and lyr...

On Sunday, March 3rd, Our Town paid tribute to the poet Giorgos Seferis. The show presented his entire experiential and intellectual journey, the famous generation of the '30s, his many activities in Egypt where as a diplomat he followed the Greek government, the Nobel Prize, in his late years. Guest...