George Dalaras

Lyricist Lefteris Papadopoulos (center), whose name has been inextricably linked to the golden age of Greek music, enters the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens accompanied by singer Giorgos Dalaras for the concert-tribute to his long career on Wednesday.

A tribute concert to the late Greek composer and politician Thanos Mikroutsikos will take place at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus at the foot of the Acropolis on September 19.

The Museum of Ancient Eleutherna near Rethymno, Crete celebrated its 8th anniversary with the inauguration of an exhibition on Pablo Picasso that included Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the former queen of Spain Sophia and her sister Irene, and daughter of Picasso, Paloma, among guests. 

The remains of Mikis Theodorakis will be lie in state during a three-day popular pilgrimage in the Cathedral of Athens, from next Tuesday until Thursday.

According to information at the popular pilgrimage, all the necessary health safety measures will be observed.

So far, however, the place where the leading Greek composer will be buried has not been announced.

«Poisoned, time lies in wait
to find you in the narrow paths of the underworld…
The birds and peacocks of the nether regions
Embroider your suit with light and dark night
People gnash and sharpen their jaws
Jumping and running to meet you half-way…»

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.

Renowned Greek folk and art house singer George Dalaras and the Izmir State Symphony Orchestra present the fruit of an important joint project that started two years ago at Turkey's Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center, with two concerts at the Athens Festival comprising songs by Greek composers, Mediterranean ballads, traditional melodies and a tribute to Apostolos Kaldaras' "Asia Minor." Aspasia St

Thousands attended a charity concert at the capital's Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro) on Wednesday night featuring several A-list Greek singers and musicians including Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Glykeria, Giorgos Dalaras and Eleonora Zouganeli in a tribute to rebetiko master Vassilis Tsitsanis.

Greek singer George Dalaras joins forces with Estudiantina, a Volos-based ensemble that has been studying and performing the sounds of the Mediterranean for the past 20 years, for two shows at the Iera Odos venue. As his special guest, Dalaras has invited Italian singer and composer Eddy Napoli, as well as local vocalists Thodoris Kontonias and Ria Ellinidou, to join him on stage.

Three heavy hitters from the Greek music scene - George Dalaras, Vassilis Papaconstantinou and Manos Loizos - are joining forces to pay tribute to Greek-Cypriot singer and composer Manos Loizos, an active Communist who died on September 17, 1982 at the age of 44 in a Moscow hospital.