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George Tossikian: The multi-faceted prodigyWinner of many awards and competitions, with a rich career that includes numerous recitals, collaborations with important music artists, and a discography emphasizing the works of renowned Greek composers for guitar, from Thanos Mikroutsikos to Nikos Kypourgos.Ο ...

Evangelos Boudounis & Maro Razi play the Beatles A fantastic guitar duet with a surprise encounter with the songs of The Beatles. As Boudounis notes: “I discovered that there were many mediocre things in classical music as well as other very important things in pop”. Ο Βαγγ...

Notis Mavroudis: The pioneer Notis Mavroudis was not only a renowned composer, but also a prolific classical guitar player. We celebrate this latter identity of his by returning to his 1971 album “The Classical Guitar” with works by, among others, J.S. Bach, Agustin Barrios and Dimitris Fam...

Manolis Androulidakis: The virtuosoA leading classical guitar virtuoso whose recorded repertoire includes, among others, songs by Mikis Theodorakis, melodies from the cinema, and some of the best known Greek songs arranged for guitar.Ο βιρτουόζος Μανόλης ΑνδρουλιδάκηςΚορυφαίος βιρτουόζος της κλασικής κιθάρας που έχε...

Stamatis Krimizis is an accredited academic and space scientist with a distinguished career as a pioneer researcher in the field of space exploration programs of the solar system in the USA and NASA with an international reputation. Krimizis has also been the Principal Investigator...

Giannis Parios and the commercial explosion of island songs Thanks to him, the word ‘nisiotika’ (island songs in Greek) became part of the everyday vocabulary of every singly Greek home. A celebration of Giannis Parios’ artistic and commercial triumph that altered the course of island music once and f...

Glykeria sings the “nisiotika”! Greece’s leading global music ambassador excelled in, among others, the rejuvenation of tradition. A tribute to the one and only Glykeria and her recordings of island songs. Η Γλυκερία στα νησιώτικα Η παγκόσμια πρέσβειρα της ελληνικής μουσικής έθεσε την παράδοση στο...

The contribution of the Konitopoulos family to the island song Giorgos Konitopoulos did not just create some of the most popular Cycladic songs – his family name is a synonym for the entire genre. As for his sister, Eirini Konitopoulou-Legaki, she remains one of the most powerful female voices of G...

Kaiti Koullia – Panagiotis Lalezas: A younger generation revisits the islands Two singers of a younger generation who, with their impressive timbres, bring a fresh air of renewal in island music. Exploring songs from the albums “Blue in the horizon” by Kaiti Koullia and “When the friends meet” by Panagi...

The island colours of Leta Korre A wonderful performer from the island of Naxos, faithfully committed to spreading the best creations of Aegean island music. Τα νησιώτικα χρώματα της Λέτας Κορρέ Μία εκλεκτή ερμηνεύτρια από τη Νάξο ταγμένη στη διάδοση των καλύτερων στιγμών του νησιώτικού μας τραγουδιού. Απ...

The brilliant bouzouki of Lakis Karnezis The man, the bouzouki, the legend! To him and to his colleague Kostas Papadopoulos, we owe many of Mikis Theodorakis’ masterpieces. In his hands, bouzouki became the instrument that shaped more than any other the orientation of Greek song. Το μπουζούκι του Λάκη Καρ...

The mysterious ney of Harris Lambrakis Contemporary, improvisational, traditional, jazz, ethnic, Mediterranean – it is impossible to find the right label to describe the multi-faceted art of Harris Lambrakis and his Quartet. Το νέυ του Χάρη Λαμπράκη Ο Χάρης Λαμπράκης και το Κουαρτέτο του αποτελούν μια σ...

The burning violin of Giorgos Koros A leading soloist of Greek folk music tradition with hundreds of compositions, recordings, concerts and collaborations, Koros - and his violin - left a huge footprint in the Greek ‘sound’ of the 20th century. Το βιολί του Γιώργου Κόρου Κορυφαίος εκφραστής της λαϊκής μουσικής παρά...

The smooth saxophone of David Lynch Born in Los Angeles, he has settled in Greece for the last 35 years. A renowned musician and composer, David has helped internationalized the Greek music scene both with his cosmopolitan jazz compositions and with his saxophone improvisations. Το σαξόφωνο του Ντέιβ...

The exotic oud of Haig Yazdjian From Armenia to Greece with melodies that, like him, know no borders, origins and divisions. Thanks to him, the oud became a mainstream instrument of Greek song. Το ούτι του Χάιγκ Γιαζιτζιάν Από την Αρμενία στην Ελλάδα με μουσικές που, όπως κι αυτός, δεν υπολογίζου...