Our next stop in our week-long journey to Greek piano music involves the art of Thanos Mikroutsikos and a set of other renowned modern composers, such as Theodore Antoniou, Kyriakos Sfetsas and Periklis Koukos. A solid selection of Mikroutsikos’ piano works is to be found in the album “Dance and mem...
We continue our week-long tribute to Greek piano music with an interview with highly talented classical composer Grigoris Grigoriou. Grigoriou, who holds a PhD in composition and who has spent time abroad at the prestigious St. Petersburg State Conservatory, is discussing with us issues such as the...
Giorgos Hatzinasios was born in Thessaloniki and started piano lessons at the age of 6. After completing his studies in Greece, he moved to Paris where he studied composition, orchestration and orchestral conducting. From the 1970s onwards, he established himself as a leading art and folk composer...
The week that starts today here at GME has a more classical scent, as it explores piano versions of Greek songs or works written especially for this instrument. Today, we will be celebrating the encounter of Manos Hadjidakis with traditional and rebetiko rhythms and melodies, as it has been reflected...
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