Lina Nikolakopoulou

The city's cannons sounded 37 times in Messolonghi on the day that Lord Byron breathed his last, one for each year of his short life.

Greece's bid to host the 1996 Olympics on the centenary of the modern Games in Athens seemed so ludicrous, it even featured in the verses of a song written by Lina Nikolakopoulou and performed by Haris Alexiou, poking fun at the audacity of such an ambitious undertaking by a country still struggling to join modernity.

Christos Nikolopoulos, one of Greece’s most significant folk composers, is set to celebrate his 60-year music career with a grand concert on Saturday, September 7, at the Herodion Theatre.

Respected Greek tenor Mario Frangoulis is on tour this summer presenting a program of ballads from the likes of Lucio Dalla, Astor Piazzolla, Nino Rota, Nicola Piovani, Jose Maria Cano and Manos Hadjidakis, as well as contemporary Greek composers Lina Nikolakopoulou and Aris Davarakis. On Tuesday, July 24, he will be making a stop at the open-air Veakeio Theater in Piraeus.

Princeton University hosted recently a tribute concert to one of the most successful and progressive contemporary Greek lyricists, Lina Nikolakopoulou.

The concert that took place on March 1, was organized by the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, Orange Pan-Hellenic Association, and Syn-Phonia Entertainment Inc.