Music

A historic meeting on stage

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On July 29, 1995, at Koenigsplatz square in Munich, Germany, the crowd eye witnessed unique scenes. There, the leading Greek music composer Mikis Theodorakis met on stage Anthony Quinn, legendary “Zorba the Greek”, in a concert that made history! The two of them met a few...

Achievements

The master of the lyra

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Sokratis Sinopoulos is the musician who reintroduced the playing of the lyra in Greece, moving one step further, with musical experiments on completely different streets. He masterfully plays the lyra, which he was taught by Ross Daly in the 1980s, but also by listening to...

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The voice of Mikis Theodorakis from the younger generation

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Betty Harlafti is a modern classical interpreter with a wide-ranging repertoire in several languages, concerts in America and Europe and has sung in a concert dedicated to Mikis Theodorakis’ 90th birthday at Manhattan’s Merkin Concert Hall, where he was invited to perform works by the...

Famous Greeks

The incredible musician who plays Bach with a Cretan lyre

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Yiorgos Kaloudis is a cellist, Cretan lyre performer, improviser, composer, cello professor at the Athenaeum Conservatory, in Athens, and producer at the DNA Classical Label. He performs his recitals “Innovating Tradition” and the “J.S.BACH: Cello Suites on the Cretan lyre, in concert halls, archaeological monuments,...

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The Greek star of trombone

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One of the most celebrated trombonists of his generation, Achilles Liarmakopoulos is the trombonist of the Canadian Brass. He is in demand as a soloist and performs often with Pink Martini. He has toured extensively throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia, performing and...

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The Greek Soprano with the amazing voice

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Maria Kostraki is an outstanding Greek soprano, who grew up in Thessaloniki and currently residing in Munich, Germany. She made her debut at a very early age with the role of Norina in G. Donizetti’s Don Pasquale opera at the Munich Chamber Opera and in 2005...

Famous Greeks

The international artistic marvel of instrumental music

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Yanni is a composer, keyboardist and musical producer of international recognition from his concerts in historical monuments of the world, with the video from “Live at the Acropolis” having yielded the second best-selling music concert video of all time. He has also played in Taj...

Famous Greeks

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Dimitri Vassilakis is an internationally renowned jazz musician, award-winning saxophonist, singer, composer and teacher and has recorded 5 albums for the historic jazz company Candid Records based in New York and London. He is the first Greek jazz musician and academician with an international career...

Good News

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The Archbishopric of Munich assigns to the Greek composer and orchestra director, Konstantia Gourzi, the composition of a new project on child abuse. The musical work of Konstantia Gourzi, Transformation, is a new composition for two singers, two mesophones, a male choir, a children’s choir,...

Myths

A unique personality

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A great composer, politician and writer, one of the most important modern Greek composers and one of the most discussed personalities of modern Greece. Michael (Mikis) Theodorakis was born in Chios on July 29, 1925, with a father of origin from Galata, Crete, and a...

A historic meeting on stage

The master of the lyra

The voice of Mikis Theodorakis from the younger generation

The incredible musician who plays Bach with a Cretan lyre

The Greek star of trombone

The Greek Soprano with the amazing voice

The international artistic marvel of instrumental music

A unique personality

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