Theodorakis
Culture
Two Years Without Mikis Theodorakis: His Last Concert in Athens
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...
Culture
My Afternoon With Zorba: When Mikis Theodorakis was Banned in Greece
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During the time of the military junta in Greece from 1967 to 1974, Greek composer and activist Mikis Theodorakis' music was banned.
By Bill Thomas
The road to my afternoon with Zorba began in 1968. I was in the US Navy...
Culture
Mikis Theodorakis, World-Renowned Greek Composer, Turns 96
Mikis Theodorakis, who has been a Greek patriot, a politician and a world-famous composer in his long career, celebrated his 96th birthday.
Culture
Works of Greek Poet Yannis Ritsos Speak to a New Generation
A third volume of poems by the iconic modern Greek poet Yannis Ritsos has just been published in English by Manolis Aligizakis.
Maria Farantouri Moves Melbourne Audiences
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One of the most significant voices of Greece, Maria Farantouri, and renowned US jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd continue their fourteen-year music collaboration, this time in Australia.
Culture
World's Thinkers At Philosophy Congress
Philosophers from around the world will gather in Athens from Aug. 4-10, returning to the land of its most famous practitioners, for the World Congress of Philosophy.
The president of the Organizing Committee, Professor of Philosophy at the University of...
Greece
Sonia Theodoridou in Anti Cancer Charity Concert
Sending the message that healing is an offer and solidarity among people, wherever they come from, the well-known soprano Sonia Theodoridou is contributing to a humanitarian project.
Theodoridou will give a charity concert at the the Lycabettus Theater, on June...
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Greek VIP's-Only Parade For March 25
While Greek-Americans and those in the Diaspora around the world were celebrating Greece's Independence Day, spectators in Athens were barred from a parade as the government, as it did last year, feared embarrassing protests against austerity measures.
Most media avoided...
Australia
Evagelinou Wins MP Seat In Perth
Eleni Evangel (Helen Parisi-Evagelinou) managed to win the seat of Perth from the Labor party representing the Liberal party in the Parliament of Western Australia, after state elections on March 9. Evagelinou, who has also an academic and educational...
Culture
Aliagas’ Zorba Syrtaki Pumps Up French
French-Greek journalist and entertainer Nikos Aliagas, who hosts the French reality program Star Academy, got French audiences revved up when he performed the Syrtaki dance to the music of Zorba the Greek by famed composer Míkis Theodorakis a few...