The backbone of today’s tribute to painter Theofilos is a 1976 collection of songs titled Paintings of Theofilos, written by Akos Daskalopoulos and composed by Notis Mavroudis. The songs are performed by Alexandra and Haris Galanos. Next to them, we will be listening to songs with references to Theofilos p...
This week, we are taking a tour aroud the most beautiful artwork of Greek music albums and the painters behind it. After George Stathopoulos and Yannis Tsarouchis, it is time for Alekos Fassianos, his tremendously impactful international career, and his presence in Greek music albums with the artwork...
We started with a 2-day tribute to George Stathopoulos and our next stop, today, is Yannis Tsarouchis. Tsarouchis, who was born in 1910 and died in 1989, was a modernist painter and set designer, and one of the very few Greek painters to achieve international fame. Known particularly for his homoerotic...
Painter Stathopoulos notes: “I really like Hadjidaki's music. I like Greek musicians. And I like Theodorakis, Xarchakos, Savvopoulos, Leontis, Loizos, Kouyoumtzis, and Mamagakis. These are all important artists. I listen to 90% Greek music, and I also have a 10% of foreign music that I listen t...
Today, our track list includes songs from albums with artwork drawn by painter George Stathopoulos. In particular, we shall be focusing on more folk paths, with creations by Nikos Mamagakis, Apostolos Kaldaras, Stavros Kougioumtzis, Stavros Xarhakos and Stamos Semsis. Stathopoulos is not only a top-class...
Although the film Chariots of Fire is a period piece set in the 1920s, the Academy Award-winning original soundtrack composed by Vangelis uses a contemporary 1980s electronic sound, with a strong use of synthesizer and piano among other instruments. This was a departure from earlier period films, which...
Nemostudios.co.uk mentions: “When film director Ridley Scott asked Vangelis to write the score to his upcoming film Blade Runner, contrary to public belief, the use of electronic music was not a deliberate attempt by Vangelis to copy commonly used ideas and sounds as seen in science fiction films. E...
Odes is an album of Greek folk songs by Irene Papas and Vangelis. All the songs are traditional, except two which are original compositions by Vangelis. Recorded in Nemo studios, in 1979, the entirety of the album is performed and produced by Vangelis, with the addition of a five-people choir in the...
Prior to his work for Alexander film, Vangelis was already famous for his scores to Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner and Conquest of Paradise. He was directly approached by Oliver Stone. "I tried to remember how it was to live at the time, to be there. At the same time, I must speak the music language...
Today, here at GME, we will be celebrating the Greek Independence Day with songs about the heroes of the Revolution of 1821. The backbone of our track list will be the album “Fighters of Freedom”, with poetry of Dimitris Iatropoulos, Pantelis Prevelakis and George Seferis set to music by composer Nik...
Iasis group, cofounded by Costas Baltazanis and Petros Kourtis, appeared for the first time on the Athens music scene in 1995, playing their own compositions for guitar, percussion and bass. What characterizes the group is the continuous search for traditional, Balkan and international influences....
Floros Floridis, one of the country’s more accomplished musicians, knows all too well how to solve the dilemma of pioneering artistry versus popularity. Ever since releasing his debut album, the 1979 “Improvising at Barakos” with pianist Sakis Papadimitriou, Floridis, a daringly fluent winds player, has c...
On Thursday, March 21st, here at GME we will be celebrating World Poetry Day by listening to Manolis Anagnostakis' poetry set to music. The charged words and meanings of the poet meet the musical genius of Mikis Theodorakis, Michalis Grigoriou, Thanos Mikroutsikos and Dimitris Papadimitriou. Film director...
George Maglaras is the musician everyone wants in their band. He is the best violinist in Greece. Music runs in his blood. He approaches it with interiority and humility. A versatile and evolving musician, he filters through his violin traditional, rock and jazz, Greek and international music in all...
Makis Ablianitis is an inspired composer and one of the most important guitar players in the world-jazz scene. His relationship with music began at the age of 14 when he got his first guitar. He studied theory, harmony and counterpoint classes with Kostas Klavvas and composition, by attending seminary...
Clean Monday is considered one of the most important annual feasts in Greece, constituting an end to the Carnival celebrations and all the masquerading, drinking and dancing that accompany them. For devoted Orthodox Christians, Clean Monday -the start of Lent- is an opportunity for them to symbolically...
Today, we will be concluding our week-long tribute to Eleftheriou with an emphasis on a younger generation of composers and songwriters who have been inspired by his lyrics. Specifically, we shall be listening to songs by, among others, Leonidas Maridakis, Zaharias Karounis, Nikos Zournis, Periklis...
Manos Eleftheriou recalls: “I can tell you a little story. I was actually returning from Patras, by train, and started chatting with a couple, my age. I was coming back from a wedding. They were probably in love. They were talking, we caught up, what's your name, where do you live, what do you do, e...
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