Sound Portraits

 “Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali presents a special tribute to Pontic Hellenism, marking the Remembrance Day of the Pontic Greek Genocide with an evening dedicated to history, memory, and music. The program journeys to Pontus, where for centuries a vibrant Greek civilization flourished, deeply rooted in history, faith, and tradition. Through narration, historical accounts, and emblematic songs, listeners follow the course of a people from prosperity and creativity to persecution, uprooting, and genocide. The tribute highlights defining aspects of Pontic history and identity: the Byzantine tradition, Orthodoxy, the Monastery of Soumela, the central role of the mother figure in the Pontic family, ... Read more

 “Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali presents a special tribute to Pontic Hellenism, marking the Remembrance Day of the Pontic Greek Genocide with an evening dedicated to history, memory, and music. The program journeys to Pontus, where for centuries a vibrant Greek civilization flourished, deeply rooted in history, faith, and tradition. Through narration, historical accounts, and emblematic songs, listeners follow the course of a people from prosperity and creativity to persecution, uprooting, and genocide. The tribute highlights defining aspects of Pontic history and identity: the Byzantine tradition, Orthodoxy, the Monastery of Soumela, the central role of the mother figure in the Pontic family, ... Read more

 “Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali presents a special tribute to Pontic Hellenism, marking the Remembrance Day of the Pontic Greek Genocide with an evening dedicated to history, memory, and music. The program journeys to Pontus, where for centuries a vibrant Greek civilization flourished, deeply rooted in history, faith, and tradition. Through narration, historical accounts, and emblematic songs, listeners follow the course of a people from prosperity and creativity to persecution, uprooting, and genocide. The tribute highlights defining aspects of Pontic history and identity: the Byzantine tradition, Orthodoxy, the Monastery of Soumela, the central role of the mother figure in the Pontic family, ... Read more

 “Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali presents a special tribute to Pontic Hellenism, marking the Remembrance Day of the Pontic Greek Genocide with an evening dedicated to history, memory, and music. The program journeys to Pontus, where for centuries a vibrant Greek civilization flourished, deeply rooted in history, faith, and tradition. Through narration, historical accounts, and emblematic songs, listeners follow the course of a people from prosperity and creativity to persecution, uprooting, and genocide. The tribute highlights defining aspects of Pontic history and identity: the Byzantine tradition, Orthodoxy, the Monastery of Soumela, the central role of the mother figure in the Pontic family, ... Read more

 “Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali presents a special tribute to Pontic Hellenism, marking the Remembrance Day of the Pontic Greek Genocide with an evening dedicated to history, memory, and music. The program journeys to Pontus, where for centuries a vibrant Greek civilization flo...

“Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali followed the rhythm of Eurovision, tracing Greece’s journey in the contest from Marinella in 1974 to the present day. In the second part of the tribute, the program unfolds Greece’s course in the competition, featuring major successes as well as moments that sp...

 “Sound Portraits”, presented by Stavroula Karali, tunes into the rhythm of Eurovision. From Marinella and Greece’s first participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 to the present day, the program traces the country’s journey in the contest: major successes, talked-about moments, withdraw...

This episode of “Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali is dedicated to the life and work of Eftychia Papagiannopoulou — a woman who transformed her personal pain into song; a woman who lived intensely and left behind lyrics that have stood the test of time. Born in Aydın, Asia Minor, Papagian...

“Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali presents a special tribute to the great laïko composer and songwriter Akis Panou—a journey through music and storytelling. The program sheds light on lesser-known aspects of his life: the profound impact of his brother’s loss, his deep connection to laïko music, hi...

 Voice of Greece presents a special Holy Week edition of “Sound Portraits”, curated and hosted by Stavroula Karali, exploring the profound unity of theology, poetry, and music. Tracing the arc of Holy Week—from Holy Monday to the culmination of the Divine Drama, the Passion, the Crucifixion, and t...