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Sonia Theodoridou on Voice of Greece, 48 hours before her concert in Istanbul!

Those who attended, on the evening of Thursday, March 21st, on World Poetry Day, in studio 5 of the ERT musical ensembles, experienced something very special which will remain etched in their memory forever. Together with them, the millions of listeners of the Voice of Greece traveled to the dream worlds...

Journalist and poetry lover, Katerina Xydaki, was a guest of Giannis Papoutsakis on "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" on March 21st, World Poetry Day. On the show, she read poems by: Kavafis, Karyotakis, Seferis, Ritsos, Elytis, Livaditis and Kavadias. We listened to poetry set to music by Theodorakis,...

On Wednesday, March 20th, 2024, the show “Hellenes Everywhere” with Thanasis Houpis met the artistic director of The Greek Film Festival in Berlin, Sofia Stavrianidou, on the occasion of the opening of the 9th editon of the festival at the historic Babylon Cinema in Berlin. Sofia Stavrianidou spo...

Acclaimed director Augustinos Remoundos was a guest of Giannis Papoutsakis on the show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" on March 19th, where he mentioned the play "Fire and Water" by the unforgettable Chrysa Spilioti, which he is directing. The show featured songs by the voices of Fairuz, Galani, Mitsias,...

The great Greek-American artist, who passed away a few days ago, was a great avant-garde personality with international recognition abroad who contributed significant work in painting, sculpture, visual arts and photography. Samaras, a pioneer in radical paths, pushed and redefined the boundaries...

On March, 17th, Journeys Basking in Greek Light with Giannis Papoutsakis was dedicated to Greek Apokries (carnival), its history and customs. A journey through time, to the celebrations of Apokries in old Athens, through newspaper articles of the time and poetry by Souris. The show was interspersed...

The important creator, composer and performer who passed away a few days ago, leaves us a very great legacy of his wonderful songs that were sung by great performers and the whole world. The show featured talks by his scholar Stavros Kartsonakis, sound engineer Stelios Giannakopoulos who told us...

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...