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In 1951, artillery gunner Nikitas Kotsiou finds himself among those selected to fight in Korea.
Interviewee: Nikitas KotsiouInterview by: Georgia KakiProducer: Andreas PappasSound Designer: Giorgos RamantanisSound Editor: Dimitris PapadakisTranslator: Steve LeverVoiceover:...
Iasis group, cofounded by Costas Baltazanis and Petros Kourtis, appeared for the first time on the Athens music scene in 1995, playing their own compositions for guitar, percussion and bass. What characterizes the group is the continuous search for traditional, Balkan and international influences....
Floros Floridis, one of the country’s more accomplished musicians, knows all too well how to solve the dilemma of pioneering artistry versus popularity. Ever since releasing his debut album, the 1979 “Improvising at Barakos” with pianist Sakis Papadimitriou, Floridis, a daringly fluent winds player, has c...
On Thursday, March 21st, here at GME we will be celebrating World Poetry Day by listening to Manolis Anagnostakis' poetry set to music. The charged words and meanings of the poet meet the musical genius of Mikis Theodorakis, Michalis Grigoriou, Thanos Mikroutsikos and Dimitris Papadimitriou. Film director...
George Maglaras is the musician everyone wants in their band. He is the best violinist in Greece. Music runs in his blood. He approaches it with interiority and humility. A versatile and evolving musician, he filters through his violin traditional, rock and jazz, Greek and international music in all...
Makis Ablianitis is an inspired composer and one of the most important guitar players in the world-jazz scene. His relationship with music began at the age of 14 when he got his first guitar. He studied theory, harmony and counterpoint classes with Kostas Klavvas and composition, by attending seminary...
Clean Monday is considered one of the most important annual feasts in Greece, constituting an end to the Carnival celebrations and all the masquerading, drinking and dancing that accompany them. For devoted Orthodox Christians, Clean Monday -the start of Lent- is an opportunity for them to symbolically...
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When her father surprises her with the announcement of her engagement to a man twenty years her senior, Chryssa runs away from home to secretly marry the man she loves. The ceremony is interrupted when the police knock on the door.
Interviewee: Chrysa...
Today, we will be concluding our week-long tribute to Eleftheriou with an emphasis on a younger generation of composers and songwriters who have been inspired by his lyrics. Specifically, we shall be listening to songs by, among others, Leonidas Maridakis, Zaharias Karounis, Nikos Zournis, Periklis...
Manos Eleftheriou recalls: “I can tell you a little story. I was actually returning from Patras, by train, and started chatting with a couple, my age. I was coming back from a wedding. They were probably in love. They were talking, we caught up, what's your name, where do you live, what do you do, e...
Manos Eleftheriou was a story-teller and several of his songs contain portraits of individuals who stand out for their own personal stories. Eleftheriou’s heroes share common feature: their constant struggle with the ghosts originating from existence and from society. From Rosa Luxembourg and Nikos P...
March 12 – the birthday of Manos Eleftheriou, which we are celebrating by listening to some of his most melancholic songs. Celebration together with melancholy, because this is the bitter-sweet feeling with which we have associated the absence of Eleftheriou. Happy and grateful for all the things t...
This week, we are remembering Manos Eleftheriou, who was born on March 12, 1938 and died on July 22, 2018. Probably the single most important lyricist of Greek song, Eleftheriou was a multifaceted artistic personality who also wrote poetry, novels, short stories and studies about the theatre,...
What are the treasure hunters digging for? Vaios Seretis tells us about maps, signs, codes, and the places where rebels hid their treasure.
Interviewee: Vaios SeretisInterview by: Stavros VlachosProducer: Stavros VlachosSound Designer: Iasonas ThofanouSound Editor: Dimitris PapadakisPhotos:...
Who wants to live forever? And if we do, could we? Avoiding illnesses and disabilities of old age and getting rid of the signs of ageing isn’t that everyone’s dream? Bathing with the water of life as if one were 20 years old again? Or is it wiser to put up with our wrinkles and accept who we are and...
March 8, International Women’s Day, and our choice for today is Despoina Rafail, whom we regard as the most impressive folk, laiko voice of her generation. Her first personal album, "Little Summers" contains ten contemporary art and folk songs composed by Vaggelis Machairas. What is particularly fascinating i...
A statement from the Ministry of Culture: “Dimos Moutsis was one of the most important composers of the post-war era, with an irreplaceable and acknowledged contribution to the renewal of Greek song. With a solid music education, he leaves behind a work characterized by the continuous elaboration o...
Korina Legaki is a profoundly cosmopolitan figure of Greek singing, with origins from Crete and from Sweden, and with a repertoire that includes not only Greek songs but also covers of foreign ones. Today, we are listening to songs from Legaki’s last three albums - Mosaic, New World, and Sequence –...
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