This episode of “Our Town” is dedicated to the leading Greek pianist and composer Giannis Spartakos. The program hosts his daughter, music professor and journalist Gina Spartakou, who traces the key milestones of her father’s remarkable career—from his early years and his involvement in silent cinema, wh...
A show filled with songs we love and melodies that bring back memories, featuring tributes to influential artists.
Mariano Manikis is a photographer, visual artist, architect, and cultural manager. He has developed an extensive artistic career, with solo exhibitions in Argentina and abroad, including Barcelona, Brazil, Cuba, and Switzerland. His work spans photography, painting, installations, and urban interventions,...
Today, an acclaimed journalist, radio producer, and researcher shares excerpts from a remarkable work documenting the labor history of one of Greece’s most distinctive islands. Alongside her readings, we listen to songs inspired by Serifos and its mining heritage, performed by Christos Thivaios and o...
Nikos Papakleovoulou, creator of the work “From 1821 to 1955”, on “Hellenes Everywhere”.
A program dedicated to Greek laïko music and contemporary rebetiko, featuring tributes to legendary rebetiko and laïko singers who made history, rare recordings, as well as presentations of new releases.
Produced and presented by Elena Falirea
Have you ever wondered why we know so little about the women who took part in the Greek War of Independence of 1821? Bouboulina, Manto Mavrogenous and the Souliot women make up the familiar trio of female figures taught in school, while the patriarchal narrative has been so dominant that...
“Our Town” welcomes to the studio of Voice of Greece the talented singers and songwriters Eftychia Mitritsa and Vasia Vougioukli.
Eftychia Mitritsa talks about her major collaborations with leading figures of Greek music, including Stelios Mamangakis, Giorgos Dalaras, Manolis Lidakis and Dimitris...
Through their distinctive artistic approach, String Demons demonstrate that music can function as a contemporary, dynamic and interdisciplinary form of artistic expression—where emotion, storytelling and the intensity of stage presence are conveyed not only through sound, but also through t...
Past midnight marks the beginning of a new day. It is time to embark on a musical journey to the open seas. Music is selected by Giannis Psychogios, with the help of Voice of Greece listeners.
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