Maria Farantouri
Charles Lloyd & Maria Farantouri | Athens | July 18
The Charles Lloyd Sky Quartet will perform under the starlit Athenian sky with Greece's Maria Farantouri at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on July 18, as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival (aefestival.gr), along with special guest Sokratis Sinopoulos.
Lena Platonos | Athens | July 7
The acclaimed priestess of electronic music in Greece, Lena Platonos presents an entrancing show featuring a selection of her iconic compositions at the Athens Concert Hall (megaron.gr).
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Paspala & Farantouri | Athens | March 8
Respected Greek singers Elli Paspala and Maria Farantouri will appear together on the stage of Pireos 131 for Paspala's last concert of the season dedicated to jazz music. They will present a program of popular tunes by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra.
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Singer-songwriter Lavrentis Machairitsas dies aged 63
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.,
Aegina International Music Festival | Aegina | August 7-31
Dora Bakopoulos, the artistic director of the Aegina International Music Festival, will be inaugurating the 14th edition of the annual event on the Saronic island on August 7. For almost three weeks, classical music aficionados will be able to enjoy performances by a plethora of musicians from Greece and abroad.
Ritsos's 'Epitaphios' | Athens | April 4
Acclaimed veteran vocalist Maria Farantouri performs Mikis Theodorakis's melodized version of the emblematic requiem "Epitaphios" by poetry laureate Yiannis Ritsos, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) on Wednesday, April 4, starting at 8.30 p.m. She is joined by bass Tasos Apostolou, pianist Achilleas Wastor, bouzouki player Iraklis Zakkas and cellist Alexandros Botinis.
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Farantouri & Paspala | Athens | January 20 & 27
Maria Farantouri and Elli Paspala, two formidable vocalists who have been performing together for more than two decades and are best known for their interpretation of classic Greek songs from the likes of Manos Hadkidakis, Mikis Theodorakis and Stavros Xarchakos, present "Music Goes in Circles." With Takis Farazis on piano and David Lynch on winds and percussion, the two concerts at the Parnass
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Former Greek PM urges EU to keep doors open to Turkey
George Papandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece, has urged European Union leaders to keep the doors open to Turkey and to continue dialogue with the Turkish government, in an apparent reference to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's calls for the suspension of accession talks with Turkey.
Savvopoulos to lead host of voices in charity concert
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.
Farantouri & Co | Athens | June 22
Maria Farantouri will perform at the open-air Herod Atticus Theater on Thursday, June 22. In this first part of the program, the acclaimed Greek vocalist will be joined by soloists Anja Lechner (violoncello), Meri Vardanyan (qanon), Christos Barbas (ney) and Izzet Kizil (percussion) in works written for her voice by Turkish composer Cihan Turkoglu with lyrics by Agathi Dimitrouka.
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