THEMIS RODAMITIS

Renowned scholar, composer, soloist, and author devoted to the ancient lyre, Nikos Xanthoulis, performs live in the studio, presenting original compositions and rare melodies on this exceptional instrument, while reflecting on its long and multifaceted journey through time. The multi-award-winning a...

 “Our Town” with Themis Rodamitis welcomes the acclaimed vocalists Yiota Negka and Korina Legaki. The two guests discuss the significance and enduring value of laïko and traditional Greek song today, as a vital and defining part of Greece’s cultural heritage. Special reference is made to the stage pro...

“Our Town” with Themis Rodamitis welcomes the distinguished conductor and pianist Miltos Logiadis, who reflects on the defining moments of his artistic journey. He speaks in depth about his close relationship with Manos Hadjidakis, their long-standing collaboration, and his tenure as conductor of the O...

“Our Town” hosts journalist and author Nikos Vatopoulos for an intimate conversation with Themis Rodamitis, prompted by his new book “From the Museum to Kypseli”, part of Metaichmio’s series “Routes in Athens.”  Vatopoulos speaks about the city he so deeply cherishes — Athens — its neighbourh...

The Voice of Greece program “Our Town” presents a special broadcast from Studio B of Hellenic Radio, featuring beloved and emblematic Greek songs, in a program dedicated to those who keep memories alive, to those who still sing together in company, and, of course, to Greeks abroad. In the first part o...

Armenian oud virtuoso, composer, and singer Haig Yazdjian speaks about his family background, his roots, and his place of origin—Aleppo, Syria—as well as the musical influences that shaped his artistic path. He reflects on his earliest sources of inspiration and on the artists who served as models of mus...

This episode of “Our Town”is devoted to the topic “Fashion – Under the Constellation of Modernity” (Μόδα – Στον αστερισμό της νεωτερικότητας). In the studio, Dr. Dimitris Lallas, author of the book of the same title and PhD in Sociology from Panteion University, discusses the ways in which fashion shapes how ...

“Our Town ” with Themis Rodamitis welcomes Eusebi Ayensa, Professor of Greek Philology at the University of Girona and Director of the Academic and Educational Department at the archaeological site of Empúries, as well as one of the leading scholars of C.P. Cavafy, for an episode dedicated to the grea...

The program “Our Town” of Voice of Greece dedicated an episode to Panos Gavalas, an important performer of Greek laiko, known for his distinctive artistic path.The show highlighted special moments from his life and artistic expression, as well as his many great successes, songs deeply loved and sun...

“Our Town”  presents a tribute to Christos Bravos. A major poet and one of the principal representatives of the 1970s generation—who left us far too soon—Bravos left a powerful imprint of poetic language and thought. The program invites us to consider how his poetry is read today. There are references...

“Our Town” with Themis Rodamitis welcomes novelist, essayist and translator Philip Dracodaidis, a distinguished figure in Greek literary and intellectual life. Mr. Dracodaidis reflects on the defining points of his career, the condition of the modern Greek essay, and his concerns for Greek letter...