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...
Acclaimed director Augustinos Remoundos was a guest of Giannis Papoutsakis on the show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" on March 19th, where he mentioned the play "Fire and Water" by the unforgettable Chrysa Spilioti, which he is directing. The show featured songs by the voices of Fairuz, Galani, Mitsias,...
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...
The great Greek-American artist, who passed away a few days ago, was a great avant-garde personality with international recognition abroad who contributed significant work in painting, sculpture, visual arts and photography.
Samaras, a pioneer in radical paths, pushed and redefined the boundaries...
On March, 17th, Journeys Basking in Greek Light with Giannis Papoutsakis was dedicated to Greek Apokries (carnival), its history and customs. A journey through time, to the celebrations of Apokries in old Athens, through newspaper articles of the time and poetry by Souris. The show was interspersed...
The important creator, composer and performer who passed away a few days ago, leaves us a very great legacy of his wonderful songs that were sung by great performers and the whole world. The show featured talks by his scholar Stavros Kartsonakis, sound engineer Stelios Giannakopoulos who told us...
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