Today, our track list includes songs from albums with artwork drawn by painter George Stathopoulos. In particular, we shall be focusing on more folk paths, with creations by Nikos Mamagakis, Apostolos Kaldaras, Stavros Kougioumtzis, Stavros Xarhakos and Stamos Semsis. Stathopoulos is not only a top-class...
The show “Journeys Basking in Greek Light” with Giannis Papoutsakis on March 31st was dedicated to Stavros Xarchakos. The songs of the great Greek composer, his theatrical and cinematic successes, performed by: Bithikotsis, Moscholiou, Kokotas, Poly Panou, Gavalas, Karezi, Vougiouklaki, Dimitriadis, Xyl...
On Sunday, March 31st, the show “Our Town” makes a small tribute to Dimitris Christodoulou, with special references to this prolific, post-war writer who wrote some of the most beautiful lyrics, which became wonderful songs by important Greek composers and were performed by dozens of singers such as ...
On Saturday, March 30rd, the show “Our Town” pays a tribute to Napoleon Lapathiotis, as this year marks the 80th anniversary of his death.
Special references are made to his poetry, as well as to his texts published in literary magazines of the time.
Invited to the studio, director and writer Tak...
Although the film Chariots of Fire is a period piece set in the 1920s, the Academy Award-winning original soundtrack composed by Vangelis uses a contemporary 1980s electronic sound, with a strong use of synthesizer and piano among other instruments. This was a departure from earlier period films, which...
Nemostudios.co.uk mentions: “When film director Ridley Scott asked Vangelis to write the score to his upcoming film Blade Runner, contrary to public belief, the use of electronic music was not a deliberate attempt by Vangelis to copy commonly used ideas and sounds as seen in science fiction films. E...
Today's show featured, in replay, the radio tribute “THE CHILD IN OUR FOLK TRADITION”, which was broadcast live in the studio of Voice of Greece and is part of the music and dance performance of dance teacher Konstantina Vichou, presented at the Municipal Theater of Keratsini Antonis Samarakis.
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Odes is an album of Greek folk songs by Irene Papas and Vangelis. All the songs are traditional, except two which are original compositions by Vangelis. Recorded in Nemo studios, in 1979, the entirety of the album is performed and produced by Vangelis, with the addition of a five-people choir in the...
Prior to his work for Alexander film, Vangelis was already famous for his scores to Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner and Conquest of Paradise. He was directly approached by Oliver Stone. "I tried to remember how it was to live at the time, to be there. At the same time, I must speak the music language...
Today, here at GME, we will be celebrating the Greek Independence Day with songs about the heroes of the Revolution of 1821. The backbone of our track list will be the album “Fighters of Freedom”, with poetry of Dimitris Iatropoulos, Pantelis Prevelakis and George Seferis set to music by composer Nik...
“Historical Walks”, ERT's award-winning show, returns to the radio of Voice of Greece. Marilena Katsimi and her guests take you on a tour of Greece and the world, presenting topics from both contemporary history and the historicity of current issues.
Historical Walks will be broadcast every Saturday at ...
On Sunday March 24th, 2024, at 12:00 Greek time, the show “Our Town” will make a small tribute to the lyricist Giannis Lelakis.
One of the most important lyricists of our country, who was sung, loved but also wronged, Giannis Lelakis managed with his great lyrics to motivate composers and performers to ...
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...
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 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...
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