On Tuesday, 7 July, at 22:00 Athens time, the Voice of Greece program "Sound Portraits", hosted by Stavroula Karali, premieres "Poetry Set to Music", a new series of radio tributes celebrating the enduring dialogue between poetry and music.
The series explores how poetry has found new life through...
Sound Portraits
The program focuses on people and eras that have left a lasting imprint on culture, history, art, cinema, and song. It does not simply tell stories; it listens to them, remembers them, and lets them come alive again through music.
“Sound Portraits”, hosted by Stavroula Karali, presents a special tribute to lyricist, songwriter and singer Vasso Alagianni, who passed away in June 2022.
Vasso Alagianni grew up in Porto Rafti, where her mother’s family taverna introduced her from an early age to many of Greece’s leading musicia...
On Tuesday, 30 June, at 22:00 (Athens time), Voice of Greece's "Sound Portraits", hosted by Stavroula Karali, presents a special tribute to lyricist, songwriter and singer Vasso Alagianni, who passed away in June 2022.
Vasso Alagianni grew up in Porto Rafti, where her mother's family taverna introduced...
“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
On Tuesday, 02 June 2026, at 22:00 Athens time, Voice of Greece’s "Sound Portraits" with by Stavroula Karali, welcomes the arrival of summer with a special edition dedicated to the season’s most beloved songs and melodies.
From timeless, nostalgic favorites celebrating summer, romance, the sea, and...
“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
Voice of Greece and the program "Sound Portraits", produced and presented by Stavroula Karali, present a special tribute to the great Greek poet and lyricist Nikos Gatsos on Tuesday, 26 May 2026, at 22:00 Athens time.
More than three decades after his passing in May 1992, Nikos Gatsos remains one...
“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...
On Tuesday 19 May 2026, at 22:00 Athens time, the Voice of Greece program “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 ...
“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...
The Voice of Greece programme "Sound Portraits", hosted by Stavroula Karali, follows the rhythm of Eurovision — from Marinella in 1974 to the present day. In the second of the tribute, airing on Tuesday, 05 May 2026, at 22:00 (Athens time), Greece’s journey in the contest unfolds through major successes as ...
“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...
The Voice of Greece program “Sound Portraits”, presented by Stavroula Karali, tunes into the rhythm of Eurovision on Tuesday, 28 April 2026, at 22:00 (Athens time).
From Marinella and Greece’s first participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 to the present day, the program traces the c...
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, on Tuesday, 21 April, at 22:00 (Athens time), 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 i...
“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...
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