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Greek Traditional Music
Maria Koutsimpiri
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Faraway Words

Natasa Vissarionos

The show covers top stories of the Greek Diaspora, featuring interviews with Greek expats or natives who choose to leave Greece behind to travel, study, or work abroad.

“Faraway Words” with Vasilis Kolonas about Smyrna | 26 Feb. 2024
The show hosted emeritus professor at the department of architects of the University of Thessaly, Mr. Vassilis Kolonas, who spoke about the publication “Smyrna (1870-1922) City and Architecture. The contribution of the Greeks” published by Univercity Studio Press. He spoke about his many years of ...
”Faraway Words” with Justine Frangouli-Argyris | 14 Feb. 2024
Journalist and writer Justine Frangouli-Argyris was hosted on the show and spoke about the show “Women in Light” which was successfully staged in Toronto and will also be shown in Montreal. The show is based on the Lefkada trilogy, which she wrote herself.
Filmmaker George Siougas about his film ”The One Note Man” | an exclusive interview by VoG collaborator Eliana Nunes | 14 Feb. 2024
George Siougas was born in Athens. Knowing that he would follow a film directing career from the age of 17, he studied at the prestigious London Film School in England, where he directed 5 short films that competed in more than 30 international short film festivals. His impressive CV includes other...
Faraway Words celebrate World Radio Day 2024 | 13 Feb. 2024
World Radio Day is on February 13th and Voice of Greece is celebrating! "Faraway Words" host the General Manager of Melbourne Radio 3XY Radio Hellas, Mr. Spyros Alatsas, who will talk to us about the past and present of Melbourne's favorite Greek radio and radio producer Odysseas Krypotos, with extensive...
”Faraway Words” in Torino | 12 Feb. 2024
We travel today to Turin, where the Honorary Consul General of Greece in Turin, Fivos Valachis and the President of the Italian-Greek Cultural Organization for Education "microkosmos", Dr. Sofia Mastrokoukou talk to us about their actions for the International Greek Language Day.
Faraway Words with London’s ‘Theatre Lab Company’ | 07 Feb. 2024
The performance "Alice at the Asylum" by the London-based Theatre Lab Company is coming to Athens for three unique performances and today, Wednesday, February 7th, the special director and artistic director of the Theatre Lab Company Anastasia Revi and actor Manolis Emmanuel came to the studio and talked...
Faraway Words with G. Vlachos from Johannesburg | 06 Feb. 2024
Guest on the show was the coordinator of Greek Education in South Africa, Giorgos Vlachos, who on the occasion of the International Greek Language Day spoke to Natasa Vissarionos about the Online Conference "Modern practices in teaching Greek as a second/foreign language" where 130 presentations took...
Faraway Words with Natasa Vissarionos | 05 Feb. 2024
The show hosted the Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Flinders in South Australia and author with rich academic work Angeliki Taligarou, who talked about her new book with which she introduces Nikos Kazantzakis to young readers.Moreover, actress Natalia Georgosopoulou shares her experience from...
”Faraway Words” with Greek comic artist Soloup | 30.01.2024
Cartoonist and comics creator Soloup (Antonis Nikolopoulos) was Natasa Vissarionos’ guest. They talked about the creation of the graphic novel "Zorbas, beautiful green stone"; about his contact with the Greeks of the Diaspora and his trip to Canada, which will take place in the following days; about b...
”Faraway Words” with Vasiliki Rapti from Boston | 29.01.2024
Στην εκπομπή είναι καλεσμένη η Δρ. Βασιλική Ράπτη από τη Βοστώνη. Αφορμή για αυτή τη ραδιοφωνική συνομιλία είναι το βιβλίο που επιμελήθηκε η ίδια "Σκόρπια ζωή. Αφηγήσεις μιας Ελληνίδας του Μπρούκλυν" της Σοφίας Παπανικολάου, με ιστορίες από την καθημερινότητά της στην Αμερική. Η Βασιλική Ράπτη είναι Διδ...
”Faraway Words” in Trigleia | 17.01.2024
Η εκπομπή φιλοξένησε τον πρόεδρο του Συλλόγου Απανταχού Τριγλιανών Αναστάσιο Μαστρογιάννη που μίλησε για την ιστορία των προσφύγων της Τριγλίας, πως ξεριζώθηκαν από τον τόπο τους και για τις ιδιαίτερες στιγμές που ζουν αυτές τις μέρες που επισκέπτονται τα σπίτια τους που παραμένουν άθικτα στην Τρίγλια, τ...
Award-winning playwright Panagiotis Mentis on ”Faraway Words” | 16.01.2024
O βραβευμένος θεατρικός συγγραφέας Παναγιώτης Μέντης φιλοξενήθηκε στο στούντιο της "Φωνής της Ελλάδας" με αφορμή το θεατρικό έργο "Αδαμαντία" που αφηγείται την αληθινή ιστορία μιας μαχητικής γυναίκας της δεκαετίας του '50 και '60, μετανάστριας και μητέρας, της Αδαμαντίας Χρυσάφη, που έζησε για μεγάλο χρονι...
Giannis Economides from Brussels on ”Faraway Words” | 15.01.2024
Στην εκπομπή φιλοξενήθηκε ο Αιγυπτιώτης θεατρικός συγγραφέας, πρώην στέλεχος της ΕΕ, κ. Γιάννης Οικονομίδης, που μένει στις Βρυξέλλες τα τελευταία 40 χρόνια. Αφορμή για αυτή τη ραδιοφωνική συνομιλία είναι η κυκλοφορία του βιβλίου του "Τα Αερόφυτα και πέντε θεατρικά ταχυδράματα" που θα παρουσιαστεί ...
Ellinikes Fones: A Greek choir in Brisbane | 11.01.2024
''Faraway Words'' hosted the conductor Christina Xydi-Lignou, and the musicologist and music producer Georgios Lignos and talked to us about the choir "Ellinikes Fones'' based in Brisbane, Australia, which recently released the album "Shall we sing?" with carols from all over Greece. Conductor...
Faraway Words with Natasa Vissarionos | 10.01.2024
The show hosted the conductor Christina Xydi-Lignou, and the musicologist and music producer Georgios Lignos and talked to us about the choir "Greek Voices" based in Brisbane, Australia, which recently released the album "Shall we sing?" with carols from all over Greece. Moreover, author Stella Kale...
”Faraway Words” with musician/composer Miltos Pavlou | 09.01.2024
The show hosted the social scientist, Constantine Cavafy’s poetry researcher and composer Miltos Pavlou, permanent resident of Vienna, who over a period of 35 years set Cavafy’s poetry to music and released the album "Ithaca" in which he interprets the songs himself. As he characteristically mentioned, thi...
Giorgos Gstrein and Heinz Gstrein on ”Faraway Words” | 08.01.24
Georg Gstrain, head of the Greek Diaspora website "Hephaestus Wien" and the homonymous Greek association, spoke on the show about his father, the philhellene Heinz Gstrein who passed away in December 2023. Heinz Gstrein was a journalist and writer, Lecturer of Ottoman History and Culture at the University...
”Faraway Words” with guest Grigoris Haliakopoulos from Alexandria | 03.01.2024
The show hosted the writer, journalist and editor-in-chief of the "Alexandrian Postman" Grigoris Chaliakopoulos, who talked about his book for children "The Phantom of the library" that aptly and imaginatively introduces the poet Lorentzos Mavilis to our little friends. He also talked about his previous...