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Attik: The artist who left his mark on Athens’ light music scene and the famous “Mantra”

Aris C.29/08/202528/08/2025

29/08/202528/08/2025

Versatile, romantic, restless, and deeply emotional, Attik was one of the most emblematic figures of Greek light music. Composer, lyricist, pianist, master of ceremonies, and actor, he managed to create a unique artistic universe in interwar Athens, with his famous Mandrα at its center. Through...

Famous Greeks

Apostolos Kaldaras: The poet of the Greek folk singing

Aris C.08/04/202502/04/2025

08/04/202502/04/2025

Apostolos Kaldaras was one of the most defining figures of 20th century Greek music. A composer, lyricist and creator of rare sensitivity, Kaldaras managed to express through his melodies the folk soul, the pain, love, foreignness and passion of an entire people. Born in Trikala...

Initiatives|Famous Greeks

The Greek musician who collaborates with Depeche Mode

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

Established on the International music scene, Elena Harbila, aka Kid Moxie, started out imitating Michael Jackson at children’s parties in Penteli and went on to work alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. With a judge for a mother and a civil engineer for a father,...

Myths

His music “speaks” directly to the Greek soul

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

Stavros Xarchakos is one of the “pioneers” of the Spring in the Greek artistic and popular music of the 60s and since then his songs hold a special place in the hearts of the Greeks . He was born in Exarchia, Athens, on March 14,...

Achievements

The contemporary Greek composer of the leading theatrical plays

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

Dimitris Kamarotos has been researching electronic and organic music since 1980 with many compositions, concerts and CD editions, mainly from his compositions for theatrical performances / plays. His compositions with pure electroacoustic features are presented today, in a few concerts, which occasionally gives the main...

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Alexandre Desplat wins the Oscar for best original score

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

[:el] The Oscars 2018 held a pleasant surprise for the Greek-French Alexander Desplat who won the Oscar for the Best Original Score for his work in «The shape ofWater». It is the second Oscar for Desplat. Desplat had previously won an Oscar for his...

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Alexandre Desplat nominated for an Oscar

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

[:el] Alexander Desplat is nominated for an Oscar in the category “Best Score” for the film Shape of Water. Greek film composer Alexandre Desplat has already won the Golden Globe for Best Score on Guilermo del Toro’s Shape of Water and the Critics’ Choice Award. Desplat is one...

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Teodor Currentzis’ starts his first major tour in Russia

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

[:el]His first major tour in Russia begins for the well-known Greek orchestra director Teodor Currentzis, accompanied by the orchestra musicAeterna, was announced by the Opera and Ballet Theater of Perm. The Greek musician, who has received multiple awards in Russia, starts his tour from Perm...

Achievements

One of the most promising Greek composers

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

[:el] Antonis Kaloudis is one of the most promising composers of the Greek music community. He graduated from the Athens College in 2009, and after a short time of communication studies, he moved to Boston where he joined the Berklee College of Music. He there...

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New distinction for the great Greek conductor

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

[:el] Teodor Currentzis has been awarded KAIROS Prize 2016. He received the KAIROS Prize at a special ceremony in the theatre Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg on 8 April 2016. In awarding its 2016 prize to Teodor Currentzis, the committee is not only honouring an exceptional musician...

Attik: The artist who left his mark on Athens’ light music scene and the famous “Mantra”

Apostolos Kaldaras: The poet of the Greek folk singing

The Greek musician who collaborates with Depeche Mode

His music “speaks” directly to the Greek soul

The contemporary Greek composer of the leading theatrical plays

Alexandre Desplat wins the Oscar for best original score

Alexandre Desplat nominated for an Oscar

Teodor Currentzis’ starts his first major tour in Russia

One of the most promising Greek composers

New distinction for the great Greek conductor

Gerasimos Sklavos – The Greek Sculptor Who Praised the Light and Left an Unexpected Legacy

Greek Students and University Pupils at the Top of Global Robotics

The universality of Hellenism

Antigoni Tsiouli: The Greek Prima Ballerina Shining at the Cairo Opera House

On this day: Reception of a legendary ship of the Greek Navy

Viktor Sarianidis – A legend of the world’s archaeology

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