Heliotrope

Young poet and author Ioanna Karamali was a guest of Giannis Papoutsakis on "Heliotrope" on October 14. She spoke about her new poetry collection titled “It Happened!” The show featured songs from artists including Frank Sinatra, Fleetwood Mac, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Bonnie Raitt, Neville Brothers, and...

The exceptional singer of the bands 'Onar' and 'Do Diesis,' Penny Ramantani, was a guest of Giannis Papoutsakis on 'Heliotrope' on October 7th, where she spoke about both her musical journey and her writing activities.

Ο ποιητής/συγγραφέας/γιατρός Κωνσταντίνος Μούσσας ήταν καλεσμένος του Γιάννη Παπουτσάκη στα ''Ηλιοτρόπια'' της 30ής Σεπτεμβρίου, σε μια συζήτηση γύρω από το νέο βιβλίο που ετοιμάζει για τους συγγραφείς Ρένο Αποστολίδη και Ζήσιμο Λορεντζάτο! Η εκπομπή διανθίστηκε από αγαπημένες μελωδίες της τζαζ! ...

"Heliotrope" with Giannis Papoutsakis welcomed Autumn on September 23rd with poems by Livaditis, Ritsos, Dimoula, and other poets, along with nostalgic music by Satie, Kitaro, Myers, Kosma, Roxani Chatzidimitriou, and the voice of Nat King Cole in 'Autumn Leaves'!

On September 9th the show "Heliotrope" with Giannis Papoutsakis was dedicated to our national poet Dionysios Solomos. The program featured the theatrical work-book "I Recognize You..." by Cleopatra Emmanouil Kyriakopoulou. She read excerpts alongside Professor of German Philology, Eva Krause.

Three years have passed since the loss of Mikis Theodorakis, and on September 2nd, “Heliotrope” with Giannis Papoutsakis paid tribute to his memory with songs composed by the great Greek artist, featuring lyrics written by Theodorakis himself. These lyrics touched upon themes of love, death, and the Civil War, which deeply marked the life of Mikis and all Greeks.

The visual artist, political engineer, and poet Iliada Andronikou was a guest on July 15 on Giannis Papoutsakis' show "Heliotrope"! Ms. Andronikou read excerpts from her first poetry collection, "Support Yourself in the Heart," accompanied by the voices of Andy Williams, Procol Harum, Deep Purple, Leonard...

"The rock in poetry" was the theme of this episode of "Heliotrope" by Giannis Papoutsakis on July 8th. The show featured poems by Elytis, Patrikios, Moskov, and music by Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Vicky Leandros, and Nightwish.

Young poet, actress, choreographer, dancer and architect, Eleni Marmarou, was a guest on this episode of "Heliotrope" with Giannis Papoutsakis. The episode also featured rock ballads by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Chris de Burgh, Traffic, Scorpions, Gary Moore.

Author Maria Damianakou was hosted by Giannis Papoutsakis' show ''Heliotrope'' on June 17th. She spoke about her new book entitled "Ηθικός αυτουργός εγώ", while songs were heard from the voices of: Edith Piaf, Enrico Macias, Shirley Bassey, Paul Anka, Adamo, etc.

Καλεσμένη του Γιάννη Παπουτσάκη στα ”Ηλιοτρόπια” της 10ης Ιουνίου ήταν η ποιήτρια και αρχαιολόγος Ελένη Γαλάνη, η οποία παρουσίασε την 4η ποιητική συλλογή της με τίτλο ”Οξυγόνο δύο”, με ηρωίδες τρεις γυναίκες της μυθολογίας!

Teacher and author Roula Makri was a guest on ''Heliotrope'' by Giannis Papoutsakis on May 27th. Mrs Makri spoke about education, the knowledge and lack of knowledge of children and the causes of intellectual poverty, while she read poetry by Nikos Gatsos and Odysseus Elytis.

"Heliotrope" with Giannis Papoutsakis was dedicated to spring time on May 20th. With poems by Giannis Ritsos, Giorgos Seferis, Nikos Karouzos, Maria Polydouri, Giorgos Sarantaris, Vyronas Leontaris, as well as young poets, and songs by Elvis Presley, Procol Harum, Nina Simone, Al Bano, Adamo, Tom Jones,...

Heliotrope with Giannis Papoutsakis was dedicated to the sea and spring time on May 13th. With poems by Ritsos, Karyotakis, Brecht, Borges, Livaditis and Leontaris, read by Communications and Public Relations Consultant Aliki Danali; and songs from the voices of Mitropanos, Parios, Milva, Savvopoulos,...

Giannis Papoutsakis’ “Heliotrope” is dedicated to the lyric poet of love, humanity and struggle, Tasos Livaditis, on April 22nd, on the occasion of his birth on April 20th. His poetry was set to music by Mikis Theodorakis, Giorgos Tsangaris and Manos Loizos

Actress, director and poet Nana Papadaki was a guest of Giannis Papoutsakis on the show "Heliotrope" on April 15th, where she read her poetry and referred to the play "Timandra" where she stars. The show featured compositions by Manos Hadjidakis, Eleni Karaindrou, Giannis Spanos, Luiz Bonfa and Ennio...