53 years after his death (on September 20, 1971), Seferis’ footprint on Greek music remains significant, as GME has tried to show throughout this week. Tonight, it is time to unveil the connection between Seferis and two colossal figures of Greek music, Giannis Markopoulos and Dimos Moutsis. The former u...
He ran with his face visibly strained and in an indescribable style... You thought he might collapse at any moment... Yet, he was unstoppable. One of the greatest figures in the global history of athletics. A unique phenomenon. Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the human locomotive, the unmatched...
This week, here at GME, we have been focusing on the poetry of Nobel laureate George Seferis set to music. Today, we will be witnessing a highly sophisticated aspect of the story, as reflected by the work of Argyris Kounadis and a 1988 album of his (Songs for voice and piano) where he set six Seferis...
Exactly a century ago, on this day, September 18, 1924, AEK received official approval from the Athens Court and became a recognized entity! Nikolas Angelidis and the show "Time in Greece" take you on a journey through unique historical moments. With details from the early organizational steps of the...
Today, we will be listening to excerpts from two albums by composer Elias Andriopoulos: The 1976 Seferis Cycle and the 1998 Argonauts – both based on poems by Seferis. The crème-de-la-crème of Greek vocalists will be keeping us company: Alkistis Protopsalti, Nikos Xylouris, Nena Venetsanou, Manolis Mit...
Our Town: Journey to the Island of Syros | 15 Sept. 2024
This week, GME will be focusing on the poetry of George Seferis set to music. The occasion? He died on September 20, 1971, i.e. this Friday it is going to be the 53rd anniversary of his death. Seferis was not only one of most important Greek poets of the 20th century and a Nobel laureate, but also a...
Maria Anna Cecilia Sophia Kalogeropoulou... This is how the mythical Maria Callas was born and baptized in the Greek neighborhood of Washington Heights. The greatest soprano in history...
We will discuss together...
Her stormy life and career...
Her relationship with her mother...
Her love...
Our Town: Journey to the Island of Syros | 15 Sept. 2024
The dynamic poet discusses poetry, his unique and thought-provoking essays, and his literary criticism work.
We spent the entire week singing songs about Piraeus, its neighborhoods, its streets, its people, the beautiful district of Kokkinia, its rebetiko anthems, and so much more. Today, we will be concluding our tribute with songs containing to the suburbs of Piraeus – places such as Tambouria, Amfiali, K...
A tribute of the show "Time in Greece" and Nikolas Angelidis to the Asia Minor Catastrophe. We travel back more than a century. With the help of historian Ioakeim Karepidis, vice-president of the Pontians of Argyroupolis, we unfold, frame by frame, the dramatic events that led to the destruction and...
Piraeotis is the guy from Piraeus and Piraeotissa is the lady from Piraeus. These are its residents, its people, the heroes of life and of song, brave and bold, disciplined and hard-working but also playful and autonomous. Stamatis Kokotas, Doukissa, Babis Goles and Mario will be narrating for us the...
Seventy-six years ago today, on September 12, 1948, Greece, in the midst of a civil war, experienced its first hijacking. Six members of the EPON (United Panhellenic Organization of Youth) seized a TAE aircraft and flew it to Skopje, where they disembarked without harming anyone. The press of the time...
Dedicated to the opening of schools, the show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" with Giannis Papoutsakis on September 11 explored what poets like Palamas, Leivaditis, Brecht, and more recent poets have written about schools, teachers, and students. The show also discussed how composers such as Markopoulos,...
Rebetiko song is the name of the Greek urban folk song that appeared at the end of the 19th century and acquired its familiar form, approximately by the third decade of the 20th century. It developed in the port cities where the working class lived, such as Piraeus and Thessaloniki, and then moved to...
A tribute to the great lady of Greek theater, Marika Kotopouli. Her life was filled with passion for art, struggles for recognition, tensions, and love affairs... "Time in Greece" and Nikolas Angelidis bring to life every facet of the unique actress who first stepped on stage at the age of five! By...
Rebetiko song is the name of the Greek urban folk song that appeared at the end of the 19th century and acquired its familiar form, approximately by the third decade of the 20th century. It developed in the port cities where the working class lived, such as Piraeus and Thessaloniki, and then moved to...
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