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On the second anniversary of Mikis Theodorakis' death, many reflect on the music icon's last concert held in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens in 2017. In a tribute to the legendary composer, who died on September 2, 2021, a stunning...

A recent analysis on Ludwig van Beethoven's hair locks revealed new insights into the health issues that plagued the famous composer throughout his lifetime. The study, titled "Genomic analyses of hair from Ludwig van Beethoven," was published in Current...

Greek composer Notis Mavroudis died after a horrific accident at his home at Mount Pelion on Tuesday. He was seventy-seven years old. Mavroudis was killed when he fell from a height of three meters off a makeshift scaffolding he used...

World renowned Greek composer Vangelis Papathanasiou, known professionally simply as Vangelis, passed away at 79, according to an announcement made on Thursday. The composer, who won an Oscar award for composing the score for the film Chariots of Fire (1981),...

Countries from all over the world paid homage to Mikis Theodorakis, the greatest Greek composer in its history, whose music has touched generations. Mikis, as he is affectionately known by millions of Greeks around the world, died at his home...

Greek composer and songwriter Takis Mousafiris passed away with the coronavirus on Thursday, according to a statement from his family.

Stelios Kerasidis, the seven-year-old Greek pianist and composer who has stunned the globe with his talent, dazzled the crowd gathered on Wednesday at an event inaugurating Greece’s presidency of the Council of Europe at the Temple of Olympian Zeus...

Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on Saturday afternoon with the great composer and lyricist Mikis Theodorakis at the latter's home in Athens. The two men have a long-lasting relationship since Theodorakis was also friends with the Prime Minister's father, Konstantinos...

Thanos Mikroutsikos one of the most influential Greek composers of recent decades has died on Saturday at the age of 72. Mikroutsikos died at the Athens' Metropolitan hospital where he was treated for cancer. In his last message on Facebook on...

The well-known Greek composer and lyricist Giannis Spanos died on Thursday, October 31 at the age of 85. With a career spanning several decades in Greece's music industry, Spanos studied at a young age in the country's national music school,...