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Mikis Theodorakis

Premiere of Tribute to Mikis Theodorakis

The premier of the theatrical performance Who Is Hunting My Life (Pios Ti Zoi Mou) will be held at the Badminton Theater in Athens, on May 10. The performance is a tribute to the great Greek songwriter and composer,...

Hellenism Honors Memory of Mauthausen Victims

Hellenism will honor the memory of 3,700 Greek victims of the Nazi World War II atrocities at the former concentration camp in Mauthausen, Upper Austria, on May 12. Thrice Holy, call of the dead, speeches, wreath laying and presentation of...

From Hospital, Theodorakis Says EU Covets Cyprus

Noted composer Mikis Theodorakis, who is being hospitalized with respiratory problems, said from his bed that he believes Cyprus' economic crisis is being manipulated by European forces who want to gain control of possibly huge oil and gas reserves...

Theodorakis In Hospital, Breathing Problems

Noted composer Mikis Theodorakis, who scored the music for the films Zorba the Greek and Serpico, and was imprisoned by the right-wing junta that ruled Greece from 1967-74 has been admitted to a hospital in Athens with respiratory problems,...

Theodorakis’ Apotheosis in Vienna

On December 14, world-famous composer Mikis Theodorakis was present at the Vienna Konzerthaus, when his longtime friend and colleague Alexandros Karozas, singer Maria Farantouri, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra conducted by Stefan Vladar, and the Vienna Academy of Music performed some of...

Greek, Cypriot Music Stirs Vienna Concert

A concert to celebrate Cyprus was held at the Brahms Hall at the renowned Concert of the Society of the Friends of Music in Vienna, sponsored by the Cypriot Cultural Centre. Founded in 1812, the name of the society...

Flame Lighting Ceremony at Marathon Tomb

The Marathon Flame was lit earlier today in a simple ceremony at the archaeological site of the Marathon Tomb. Despite the cold and the heavy rain, the gathered audience was impressed by the theatrical presentation from Euripides' work "Ιraclides". The...

Vienna Concert to Honor Mikis Theodorakis

The great Greek conductor Mikis Theodorakis is going to visit world's classical music capital, Vienna, to attend a concert commemorating his work, which will be held in the prestigious Vienna Konzerthaus on Dec. 14. The world famous composer had promised...

Old Melbourne Gaol in the Peloponnese

According to Neos Kosmos, Canberra’s premier chamber ensemble, The Griffyn Ensemble will be transporting Old Melbourne Gaol to the Peloponnese in Greece with famous composer Mikis Theodorakis’ rousing March of the Spirit – a folk oratorio based on Angelos...

Greeks in Austria to Honor Victims of Nazi Occupation

Hellenism of Austria will commemorate and honor the 3,700 Greeks fallen under the Nazi army during World War II on Sunday at the concentration camp of Mauthausen in northern Austria. Greek-Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop and Nuncio of Hungary and central Europe...