Greek traditional music
Europe
Greek Doctor-Turned-Artist Charms Audiences With her Music
Xanthoula Dakovanou is a Greek singer and doctor who has managed to combine her two passions -medicine and music- through her studies. She lives in Paris, France, and tries to cure people in various European communities, but also across the world...
entertainment
Cretan Artist Bikakis Brings Down the House in Vienna
Cretan lyra virtuoso, singer and songwriter Stelios Bikakis and his eight-member band impressed a Vienna audience and members of the Greek Community in the Austrian capital during a three-hour concert at the internationally acclaimed Wiener Konzerthaus (Vienna Concert Hall).
The...
Greece
Athens Festival Honors Late Folk Singer Domna Samiou
The Athens Festival organized an event to pay tribute to the late Domna Samiou. She was an artist of a unique kind, always trying to designate Greek traditional music.
On July 8, officials of the Herodes Atticus Odeon in...
Europe
Polykandriotis’ Bouzouki Conservatory In London
Due to the participation of the New Generation of the Greek Diaspora's Music School in the Opening Event of the London 2012 Olympic Games, music teacher and composer Yiannis Polykandriotis is being recognized for his efforts in keeping the...