Today, we turn to a set of relatively recent releases that stand at the crossroads of two worlds, poetry and music. Composers such as George Kagialikos, Alexandros Gourgoulios and Giorgos Komboyannis demonstrate that Greek art song has not only a glorious past but also a fascinating present, with explorations...
A daily journey through the musical tradition of Greece. Featuring old recordings from ERT’s archive, new album releases and fresh recordings from ERT’s Musical Ensembles.
The program “Faraway Words” hosted Mr. Theodoros Spathopoulos, president of the organizing committee of the International Hellenic Association (IHA) for Greece’s border islands. Mr. Spathopoulos spoke about the goals and initiatives of this diaspora organization, which has been working over the past ...
This episode of “Faraway Words” introduced the International Hellenic Association (IHA) and its initiatives on Greece’s frontier islands, with guest Mr. Theodoros Spathopoulos, president of the IHA’s Organizing Committee for Small Frontier Islands.
Also joining the program was Giorgos Gstrein, preside...
Guests on the Wednesday 29 October broadcast:
Manos Oikonomidis, journalist and political analyst at ysterografa.gr
Dimitris Kouvelas, Member of Parliament for New Democracy (A’ Thessaloniki)
Sakis Papanikolaou, retired Air Force General, defense analyst
Panagiotis Kalofonos, economist a...
A bomb exploded at the very foundations of the capitalist system on this day, 29 October 1929. The total collapse of the American financial system plunged the entire planet into an economic nightmare, with the working and productive classes enduring the harshest conditions.
The Great Crash of 1929,...
Captain Dimos Zenebisis from Piraeus speaks on “Fair Winds and Following Seas”. Among other things, he talks about the many ports he has visited during his years at sea, sharing memories of difficult voyages, shore leaves, shifting operations, and long-haul crossings.
He also recounts an incredible sto...
The episode of “Journeys Basking in Greek Light” with Giannis Papoutsakis, broadcast on 28 October, was dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Ohi Day.
Distinguished actors Lefteris Eleftheriadis and Olga Mourgela read texts and poems by Vrettakos, Myrivilis, Leontaritis, and others — accompanied by th...
Today, October 28, we celebrate the “No” or “Ohi” Day, i.e. the rejection of Mussolini’s ultimatum and the entry of Greece to World War II. And our track list shall reflect this idea of saying “no”, because resistance is not a historical artefact, but an everyday practice that begins from our daily lif...
A daily journey through the musical tradition of Greece. Featuring old recordings from ERT’s archive, new album releases and fresh recordings from ERT’s Musical Ensembles.
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