Xenakis exhibition at EMST in collaboration with the Athens Conservatoire Centre for Research and Documentation
Iannis Xenakis at The Shiraz Festival, Persepolis, Iran, 1971. Photo by Malie Létrange Supporting...
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Jani Christou: The avant-garde composer as a philosopher
Jani Christou (Greek:Γιάννης Χρήστου, 9 January 1926 – 8 January 1970) was a Greek avant-garde...
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Graphic Novel “Rebetiko: History and Protagonists”
Twenty-four rebetes [rebetiko musicians], fourteen complete songs, verses and stanzas from other...
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The Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments “Fivos Anoyanakis”
The Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments “Fivos Anoyanakis” – Center for Ethnomusicology features a collection of Greek folk instruments from the 18th century to the present day, the result of 50 years of research, study and collection of folk instruments from all areas of Greece by musicologist Fivos Anoyanakis.
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The International Handel Festival celebrates Greece
“Hellas!” is the theme of this year’s International Handel Festival (May 18-29),...
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Book of the Month: Rebetika – Songs from the Old Greek Underworld
Rebetika is the urban popular Greek music of the poorest classes of the first half of the 20th...
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Greek music and festivals recognized as UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage
Cultural heritage does not end at monuments and collections of objects. It also includes...
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Corfu International Festival: A Meeting Point of History, Art and Culture
The newly established Corfu International Festival (CIF) opens its gates in September to welcome...
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Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis stressed that green transition constitutes a major opportunity for Greece to become an energy exporter, and is directly connected to the country’s energy security, addressing the conference “Energy Security and Green Growth.”![]()
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Skylakakis added that the country has a huge wind and solar potential, and the highest potential in the Eastern Mediterranean in terms of wind quality in the field of offshore wind parks, which he described as a national target of high importance.![]()
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On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, Professor Konstantina Botsiou spoke to Rethinking Greece on what made the Treaty a solid foundation for Greek-Turkish reconciliation; its contribution to regional geopolitical balance; on the “cruel novelty” of the mandatory population exchange; and finally, on why the Treaty cannot be amended.
Konstantina Botsiou on the ongoing geopolitical legacy of the Lausanne Treaty
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On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, Professor Botsiou spoke to Rethinking Greece on what elements made the Treaty such a solid foundation for Greek-Turki...
Distinguished Greek writer Vassilis Vassilikos died today at the age of 89.![]()
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Vassilis Vassilikos was a prolific Greek #writer and #diplomat. He was born in Kavala to parents native to the island of Thasos. His father was an MP with the Liberal Party. He grew up in Thessaloniki, graduated from law school there, and moved to Athens to work as a journalist. Because of his political activities, he was forced into exile for seven years, following the coup of 1967. From 1981 to 1984, Vassilikos served as the director of the Greek state television channel (ET1). Since 1996, he has served as Greece's ambassador to UNESCO. In the 2019 Greek legislative election, he was elected MP with Syriza.![]()
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As an author, Vassilikos has been highly prolific and widely-translated. He has published more than 100 books, including #novels, plays and #poetry. His best known work is the political novel Z (1967), which has been translated into thirty-two languages and was the basis of the award-winning film Z directed by Costa-Gavras (with music by Mikis Theodorakis).![]()
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Z was published in Greece in 1966, and banned there one year later. It is based on an actual political assassination in 1963 in Salonika. The victim was Gregory Lambrakis, a socialist legislator and outspoken critic of the government. But Lambrakis’s killers could not have anticipated the public response. His funeral became a political event; by the time the cortege reached Athens, 400,000 people were following the coffin in silence. In the nation’s capital, the letter Z suddenly appeared on walls, sidewalks, posters–everywhere. Z stands for the Greek verb zei, “he lives.”![]()
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