Dionysis Savvopoulos

Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos checked out on Monday of the private hospital in which he had been receiving treatment for Covid-19 symptoms over the last few days.

The 78-year-old artist responded well to medication and it was decided to allow him to return home.

Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos has been hospitalized in the past few days after contracting Covid-19 for the third time.

Public broadcaster ERT has reported that the 78-year-old artist is currently receiving treatment in a private hospital, with his condition being described as serious.

Singer-songwriter Lavrentis Machairitsas has died aged 63, apparently of heart failure. 

Machairitsas, who had been vacationing at his summer home in the area of Ptelos, Magnisia, was transferred to Volos hospital early on Monday morning and passed away at 6.30 a.m., 

As twilight turns to dusk and the August full moon rises over the Parthenon, the Acropolis Museum invites locals and visitors to partake in a courtyard musical celebration. Beginning at 8 p.m. on Thursday, August 15, the Acropolis Museum will grant free entry to all, with performers taking the stage at 9 p.m.

So many people seem to have reached breaking point, slammed physically and mentally by exhaustion. The pressure on the people of a country that is bankrupt on so many different levels is calculable in megatons; more so because whatever light may be shimmering at the end of the tunnel is constantly being blocked out by toxic and torpid forces.

Singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos, along with singer Marina Satti, the band Fones kai Chores and the Alkman Group, among others, will be performing in a charity concert at the Herod Atticus Theater on Sunday, September 23. Proceeds from the event will go toward a campaign for the prevention of gynaecological cancers.

Euripides' "Iphigeneia at Aulis" will be performed at the open-air Municipal Theater of Zakynthos on Wednesday, July 19 as part of the production's summer tour. It is directed by Emilios Heilakis on an adaptation of the ancient drama by Manolis Dounias, with music by Dionysis Savvopoulos. The show begins at 9.30 p.m. Tickets cost 17 euros.

More than 60,000 people packed the iconic Panathenaic Stadium on Wednesday night to see a show titled 'Long Live Greek Song,' organized by the Oloi Mazi Boroume (Together We Can) campaign, launched by Skai TV in response to the country's financial crisis. The show featured veteran singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos and a host of special guests.

Dozens of Greek artists are coming together to root for a good cause, as the Oloi Mazi Boroume (Together We Can) campaign presents one of this summer's biggest concerts on Wednesday, July 12.

The Athens municipal authority and Traffic Police will be closing off roads around the Panathenaic (Kallimarmaro) Stadium on Wednesday evening for a major concert.