Our menu today includes a fascinating array of art-song performers, including Dimitris Zervoudakis and the Three Mountains, Lizeta Kalimeri and the Unconquered Mountains, and Thanasis Moraitis and the Good Mountains. Mountains, in this genre, are locations of mystery and imagination – symbols of nature b...
After spending more or less an entire summer here at GME celebrating the islands and the deep blue sea, it is only fair to dedicate a week to Greece’s mountains and songs about mountains. Today, we are shedding light on the presence of mountains in Greek folk and rebetiko songs. From Michalis Genitsaris t...
Μια ωδή στην ιστορία... Ο ηρωικός γιατρός Χρήστος Καρβούνης που αρνήθηκε να γλυτώσει την εκτέλεση μαζί με 117 συγκρατούμενους του, Αντισταστιακούς αγωνιστές... Πως τα Τάγματα Ασφαλείας υπό τον Λεωνίδα Βρεττάκο, που αργότερα ψηφίστηκε βουλευτής (!), κατέδωσαν τους Έλληνες αγωνιστές στους Γερμανούς. ...
A two-hour tribute to our Nobel laureate poets George Seferis and Odysseas Elytis was included in Giannis Papoutsakis' show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" on January 7th. A journey into the luminous poetry that was full of Greece! Their poetry was set to music by Theodorakis, Kokotos, Moutsis, Papadimitriou,...
The Birds is a comedy by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It has been acclaimed by modern critics as a perfectly realized fantasy remarkable for its mimicry of birds and for the liveliness of its songs. Unlike the author's other early plays, it includes no direct mention of the Peloponnesian War an...
Thanos Mikroutsikos, who wrote music for, among others, Assembly women, said in an interview: “Everything in theater needs to be justified. If it is not reasoned, it is just an idea of the mind. When reasoned, any idea can be applied. We are used to performances of the ancient drama by modern directors t...
The close relationship of composer Vassilis Dimitriou with the theater proved extremely fruitful and of timeless value. The composer, who sadly passed away in 2015, had permanent collaborations with a range of theatre companies involved in ancient drama performances, comedies or tragedies. As for Aristophanes,...
Two extremely talented composers, Nikos Kypourgos and Minos Matsas, composed music for Peace, a comedy written and produced by the Greek playwright Aristophanes. The plot concerns the flight to heaven on a dung beetle by Trygaeus. He searches for goddess Peace, discovers that the god of war has buried...
Alternative Aristophanes: Tasos Karakatsanis – Dionysis Savvopoulos
This week, we say “happy new year” with a tribute to Aristophanes and to music for his plays. The great comic playwright, also known as the “Father of Comedy”, and his masterpieces have been a constant source of inspiration for almos...
On December 31st, 2023, “Journeys Basking in Greek Light'' was dedicated to the great and modest creator Stavros Kougioumtzis. A journey through his life, his views and of course his songs, with the voices of Dalaras, Kalogiannis, Alexiou, Kalatzis, Parios, Poulopoulos, Arvanitaki, Kouroukli and Vi...
Simon Shaheen dazzles listeners as he deftly leaps from traditional Arab sounds to jazz and Western classical styles. His soaring technique, melodic ingenuity, and unparalleled grace have earned him international acclaim as a virtuoso on the oud and violin. Palestinian oud player and composer, Adel...
Glykeria became the most loved Greek singer in Israel and a major part of Israel's cultural scene in the 1990s. Her special style captured the heart of the Israelis and her songs became all-time classics. She became a "household" name in Israel, an "honorary citizen", and a platinum and gold albums...
The band "Al Mahabba" ("love" in Arabic) was formed in September 2003 with the aim of researching and performing classical Arabic music from the Middle East and the Arabic-speaking countries of Africa. The group's repertoire includes classical songs and instrumental pieces from Syria, Lebanon, Egypt,...
This week is dedicated to GME’s Christmas wish: a ceasefire in Palestine and peace in the Middle East. To this end, we will be appreciating the music of the peoples of the region, as well as its multiple connections with Greek song. Today, we will be listening to Sephardic songs performed by Soly J...
On Sunday, December 24th, "Our Town" made a tribute to the singer Marika Papagika.
In the studio, the great actress, director and singer Kerasia Samara, unravelled with the thread of the fictional life of the unique artist Marika Papagika, who sang in a special way, enchanting the audience and fought...
Giokarinis is a Greek rocker with his own very personal style involving rhythmic ballads with witty, playful lyrics. In terms of personal influences, Giokarinis often mentions classical rock bands such as Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, next to the 1950s. “Back then, you had to be really brave to play t...
Ο ραδιοπαραγωγός, δάσκαλος και πάνω απ' όλα Έλληνας, Αντόνιο Σταθάκης ήταν μια ξεχωριστή προσωπικότητα του Ελληνισμού της Λατινικής Αμερικής. Με σπουδαίο έργο σε όλα τα επίπεδα, κοντά στην Ελληνική Κοινότητα του Μοντεβιδέο, σήκωνε κάθε φορά στις πλάτες του με πάθος και λατρεία τη γαλανόλευκη και μετέδι...
Costas Tournas is one of the pioneers of modern Greek rock. He is a singer and composer of many hits especially in the late ‘60s and '70s. and shaped Greek rock music both with his solo career and as a founding member of the Greek rock group Poll. Tournas, along with Robert Williams and Stavros Logarides, c...
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