TToday, we return to the songs of a renowned creator, who passed away exactly thirteen years ago, on July 24, 2013. A globally recognised avant-garde composer who also excelled in the art of songwriting, he collaborated with some top-class female vocalists such as Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Melina Kana,...
Today, we celebrate the massive legacy of a unique folk vocalist who passed away on Wednesday, at the age of 91. A long career with a rich discography, top live performances that shaped live music entertainment, notable collaborations with composers such as Mikis Theodorakis and Manolis Hiotis, an endless...
Today, we are taking a break from our week-long tribute to composer Nikos Mamagakis in order to remember another beloved creator of ours – one of Greece’s greatest poets and lyricists, who sadly passed away eight years ago, on July 22, 2018. Our destination: Eight years without poet Manos Eleftheriou – h...
“What attracts me to literature is language. I have written a lot of autonomous, stand-alone music. But what fascinates and troubles me is the Greek language, both modern and ancient”. Nikos Mamagakis
Μνήμη Νίκου Μαμαγκάκη: Μελοποιημένη ποίηση
«Αυτό που με ελκύει στη λογοτεχνία είναι η γλώσσα. ...
Today, and throughout the week that starts today, we shall be honouring the memory of a huge avant-garde and folk composer, who passed away thirteen years ago, on July 24, 2013. Our destination: Remembering Nikos Mamagakis, part 1: His music for classical guitar.
Μνήμη Νίκου Μαμαγκάκη: Η μουσική του για ...
Today’s GME is the last part of a week-long tribute to Greek folk instruments, which included the violin, the lute, the saz and the santoor. The oud is an equally popular and expressive instruments – a testament to the rich musical heritage of the Middle East. Όργανα της παράδοσης: Ούτι Το σημερινό GME είναι το τελευταίο μέρος ενός παλαιότερου αφιερώματος στα ελληνικά λαϊκά όργανα, που περιελάμβανε το βιολί, το λαούτο, το σάζι και το σαντούρι. Το ούτι είναι ένα εξίσου δημοφιλές και εκφραστικό όργανο – μια απόδειξη της πλούσιας μουσικής κληρονομιάς της Μέσης Ανατολής. Επιμέλεια – Παρουσίαση: Ηρακλής Οικονόμου
Today’s GME is the last part of a week-long tribute to Greek folk instruments, which included the violin, the lute, the saz and the santoor. The oud is an equally popular and expressive instruments – a testament to the rich musical heritage of the Middle East. Όργανα της παράδοσης: Ούτι Το σημερινό GME είναι το τελευταίο μέρος ενός παλαιότερου αφιερώματος στα ελληνικά λαϊκά όργανα, που περιελάμβανε το βιολί, το λαούτο, το σάζι και το σαντούρι. Το ούτι είναι ένα εξίσου δημοφιλές και εκφραστικό όργανο – μια απόδειξη της πλούσιας μουσικής κληρονομιάς της Μέσης Ανατολής. Επιμέλεια – Παρουσίαση: Ηρακλής Οικονόμου
Today’s GME is the last part of a week-long tribute to Greek folk instruments, which included the violin, the lute, the saz and the santoor. The oud is an equally popular and expressive instruments – a testament to the rich musical heritage of the Middle East. Όργανα της παράδοσης: Ούτι Το σημερινό GME είναι το τελευταίο μέρος ενός παλαιότερου αφιερώματος στα ελληνικά λαϊκά όργανα, που περιελάμβανε το βιολί, το λαούτο, το σάζι και το σαντούρι. Το ούτι είναι ένα εξίσου δημοφιλές και εκφραστικό όργανο – μια απόδειξη της πλούσιας μουσικής κληρονομιάς της Μέσης Ανατολής. Επιμέλεια – Παρουσίαση: Ηρακλής Οικονόμου
Today’s GME is the last part of a week-long tribute to Greek folk instruments, which included the violin, the lute, the saz and the santoor. The oud is an equally popular and expressive instruments – a testament to the rich musical heritage of the Middle East. Όργανα της παράδοσης: Ούτι Το σημερινό GME είναι το τελευταίο μέρος ενός παλαιότερου αφιερώματος στα ελληνικά λαϊκά όργανα, που περιελάμβανε το βιολί, το λαούτο, το σάζι και το σαντούρι. Το ούτι είναι ένα εξίσου δημοφιλές και εκφραστικό όργανο – μια απόδειξη της πλούσιας μουσικής κληρονομιάς της Μέσης Ανατολής. Επιμέλεια – Παρουσίαση: Ηρακλής Οικονόμου
Today’s GME is the last part of a week-long tribute to Greek folk instruments, which included the violin, the lute, the saz and the santoor. The oud is an equally popular and expressive instruments – a testament to the rich musical heritage of the Middle East.
Όργανα της παράδοσης: Ούτι
Το σημερινό G...
Ypogeia Revmata, Endelehia, Lefki Symfonia, Diafana Krina, Magic De Spell, Giannis Aggelakas, Pavlos Pavlidis – there can be no panorama of the Greek rock scene of the last two and a half decades without reference to the rock powerhouses of the 1990s that continued to create and record. Our destination: R...
Ypogeia Revmata, Endelehia, Lefki Symfonia, Diafana Krina, Magic De Spell, Giannis Aggelakas, Pavlos Pavlidis – there can be no panorama of the Greek rock scene of the last two and a half decades without reference to the rock powerhouses of the 1990s that continued to create and record. Our destination: R...
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Throughout the week that ends today, we have been celebrating some of the greatest works of music that leading composers wrote for performances of ancient drama. Today, we dive into the archive of late composer Michalis Grigoriou and discover two previously unreleased works of his, for Aristophanes’ T...
Twenty years after the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, Athens and Sparta are embroiled in a conflict that seems to have no end. The human losses and destruction continue unabated on both sides, while every effort to bring peace has met with failure. However, the head of the Athenian women, Lysistrata,...
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