CULTURE

The Voice of Greece program “Voices and Music” hosted Katerina Chatzinikolau, award-winning violinist, professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and the first woman to serve as permanent concertmaster of the Athens State Orchestra. Produced and presented by Alexis Kost...

"Imprint" with Fuli Zavitsanou welcomes Orestis Tatsis, Artistic Director of the Thessalian Theater, on the occasion of the International Network of Ancient Drama, which will take place for the 5th consecutive year in Larissa from 23 to 30 August 2025. The guest speaks about this vibrant meeting...

Voice of Greece and the program “Remarkable Personalities” with Stavroula Karali “travel” to unforgettable Cappadocia. Companions on this radio journey are three men of Cappadocian descent: Konstantinos Nigdelis, Symeon Koimisoglou, and Fanis Isaakidis, who speak about the history, culture, and san...

The program welcomed Vrasidas Karalis, Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Sydney and author, who spoke about his latest book “The Blues of Glebe Point Road, in Prose and Verse,” translated by Sofia Troullinou and published by Petites Maisons. He reflected on the liv...

It was on this very day, 19 August 1960, that Belka and Strelka, two mixed-breed stray dogs, traveled into space. The two Soviet strays remained in orbit for a full 24 hours, completing 17 revolutions around the Earth. Today, the program “Time in Greece” with Nikolas Angelidis tells the story of ...

Mikis Theodorakis and Dimitris Lagios. The two composers were friends, lived in the same neighborhood “in the shadow of the Acropolis,” and shared common musical and aesthetic tastes. Between them there was esteem, love, admiration, and companionship. Both cherished poets, setting their verses to ...

The historic character who bridged generations and entire cultures. From India to Turkey, and from there to Greece in the early 1800s! The program “Time in Greece” with Nikolas Angelidis takes us back to Nafplio in 1841, where Karagiozis made his first recorded appearance. Together, we learn abo...

The charismatic and much-loved composer and violin soloist Nikos Oikonomidis speaks about the panigyri (traditional village festival) as he has experienced it for years, especially on the small and picturesque islands. The guest reflects on his acclaimed and extensive discography, as well as on his...

** Vicky Moscholiou was, always, a conservative person in ideas and views - yet at the same time free. She was never ashamed to speak about what she believed, about what had marked her life, about her devotion to the motto ‘fatherland, religion, family’ - to put it somewhat provocatively - without thi...

The debut author Valerie Angelou talks about her historical novel “Buana.” A well-documented and captivating story that speaks about the natives of the Belgian Congo, but also about those who had lived through the “stone years” of the Italian occupation in Rhodes. The program also makes references to Valerie Angelou’s role as a therapist, in ... Read more

This Friday, August 15, 2025, we celebrate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, with joyful melodies by the “In Excelsis Orchestra” and “Sýnagma”, as part of the musical performance “Cause for Joy”, in a soundscape that uniquely combines the sanctity of tradition with the vibrancy of a contemp...

Mr. Stefanos Tanimanidis, honorary president of the Panhellenic Federation of Pontian Associations, historian, and researcher, was a guest on Voice of Greece program “Remarkable Personalities” with Stavroula Karalis. Mr. Tanimanidis spoke on the program about Panagia Soumela, the journey of ...

The program hosted researcher and sociologist Dimitris Kourtis, who spoke with Natasa Vissarionos and Eleni Kostaki about his book-study “Let’s Go to Honolulu. Kostas Bezos 1905–1943”, published by Aiolos. The work is the result of ten years of study and research on Kostas Bezos - “whom some knew as t...

Ο Θέμης Ροδαμίτης παρουσιάζει την ιστορία του Αλέξανδρου Μανθούλη. Ο καλεσμένος της εκπομπής σκηνοθέτης και συγγραφέας Νίκος Θεοδοσίου, με αφορμή το βιβλίο «ο Περιπλανώμενος Ρωμιός», το οποίο έχει επιμεληθεί, μιλάει για την ξεχωριστή και συναρπαστική ζωή του Αλέξανδρου Μανθούλη, που βρέθηκε το 1918 να πολεμά στο μέτωπο ...

“Mikis Theodorakis Meets Vassilis Tsitsanis": Two towering figures of Greek music — each with his own distinct world — come into conversation through their songs. With melodies and lyrics that shaped generations, Theodorakis and Tsitsanis reflect, each in his own way, the heart of popular Greek culture:...

with Nikoletta Liakostavrou The beloved “Vinyl-Holics”, Dimitris Gletzakos and Giorgos Arvanitakis, are back in the Voice of Greece studio to take us on a journey to Woodstock, August 1969—the greatest music festival in history, to this day! Joining us is the “young” Spyros Arvanitakis, musician....

Voice of Greece and the program “Historical Walks” with Marilena Katsimi, invite listeners on a radio journey into the world of the panigyri—that timeless celebration of faith, community, and tradition.  With us on this journey is ethnologist, folklorist, and traditional dance...

“Our Town” with Themis Rodamitis welcomes acclaimed author Andreas Mitsou. Inspired by his latest novella, “Two Strange Creatures”, Mitsou takes us on a literary journey to a deserted beach on the island of Nisyros, near its majestic volcano — the setting for a surreal and mysterious story. In co...