September 9, 2021
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
In an atmosphere loaded with emotions and music, his family and friends, thousands of Cretans and travelers from elsewhere, political leaders and local authorities accompanied great composer and global Greek Mikis Theodorakis to his last home in the cemetery of the village of Galatas by Chania on Thursday. As the …
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September 8, 2021
Arts, Culture
Thousands of Greeks gathered at the Athens Cathedral early Thursday afternoon to attend the funeral service for the great late composer Mikis Theodorakis and say for the last time Farewell to a man who charmed and roused the world with his immortal tunes and his songs. “We don’t forget you, …
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September 3, 2021
Arts, Culture
The Greek Foreign Ministry opened an electronic book of condolences in the context of declaration of national mourning for the death of internationally renowned composer Mikis Theodorakis. Electronic books of condolences are also opened by the Greek Embassies and Consulates, in their countries of accreditation, at the e-mail addresses of …
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September 2, 2021
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
Legendary Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis passed away on Thursday morning. He was 96. He died in his home in Athens. A symbol of democratic struggles and the most recognizable Greek worldwide. A man that put his seal in the contemporary Greek music an eternal “minister for culture”. A brilliant talent …
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March 14, 2019
Arts
After almost three weeks in hospital Mikis Theodorakis returned home on Thursday. The 94-year-old composer was hospitalized since February 26, when he was rushed to hospital with dyspnoea and tachycardia on recurrent atrial fibrillation. On March 8, he received a pacemaker. He remained hospitalized receiving intravenous medication and was discharged …
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March 7, 2019
Arts, Culture
Famous Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has been hospitalized since last week after suffering a a heart condition. Initial media information speak of atrial fibrillation. The 94-year-old remains in a private hospital in the North suburbs of Athens on Thursday, where doctor treat the heart condition with medication. Doctors reportedly remain …
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August 7, 2018
Arts, Culture
Mikis Theodorakis was released from hospital on Tuesday morning after doctors diagnosed improvement in his health condition. The 93-year-old composer was rushed to a private hospital late last Friday after having suffered a heart attack. “Composer Mikis Theodorakis was released form hospital after clear improvement of his health condition,” the …
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August 5, 2018
Arts, Culture
Composer Mikis Theodorakis was rushed to a private hospital in Athens after suffering a heart attack. The 93-year-old remains in the intensive care unit, media report on Sunday afternoon. Citing members of his family media note that Theodorakis felt uneasy, a pressure on the chest and fast heart beat late …
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February 5, 2018
Editor, Opinion
The Macedonia protest on Sunday showed the real surrealism in a deeply-divided and often ignorant Greek society. There was the clergy that did whatever it could to destroy the ancient Greek world and religion defending Alexander the Great. There was the once legendary hero of the Greek Left Mikis Theodorakis …
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February 3, 2018
Greece, Politics
Anarchists threw red paint and wrote slogans at the walls of the house of Mikis Theodorakis in the area of Acropolis on Saturday afternoon. The famous musician is the key note speaker of the Macedonia-protest rally, where hundreds of thousands of Greeks are expected to join their voices against a …
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June 20, 2017
Arts, Culture, Music
Rare moments with one of the few Great Greeks still alive. An exceptional concert. One thousand voices for Mikis Theodorakis. Choirs from thirty cities and thousands of people gathered in Panathenaic Stadium in Athens to pay tribute to the great composer. Mikis Theodorakis directs the orchestra and the choir. Next …
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February 20, 2012
Politics
Finally I got the open letter to International public opinion written by famous music composer, politician and anti-memorandum activist Mikis Theodorakis. This is “the truth about Greece” is the title of the letter, where Theorodakis gives his own explanation about the dire situation Greece experience nowadays. A current situation with a long past. One might not agree …
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February 13, 2012
Society
A veteran politician and world famous music composer joins the anti-austerity protests before he goes to the Parliament to attend the voting of the new loan agreement. Mikis Theodorakis gets out of the car that has taken him there together with Manolis Glezos. Theodorakis is 85 years old, Glezos is …
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February 12, 2012
Society
“I want to look right into their eyes, before they vote for the austerity measures” famous music composer Mikis Theodorakis told reporters before entering the Greek parliament. “They are getting ready to vote for the death of Greece” he underlined. Veteran politicians Mikis Theodorakis, 85, and Manolis Glezos, 89, had called …
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November 16, 2011
Culture, Uncategorized
Remembering the “Stone Years” of Greek democracy… Every November 17, mothers and fathers recall the shocking moments when they learned their daughter or son was killied during the uprise – often a young boy or a girl , maybe a passerby. Uptodate the number of deads is unclear, it is estimated …
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September 13, 2011
Culture, Society
Famous musician Mikis Theodorakis sounded really angry when I saw him on television. “We have to do something, the youth is absent! We have to set up tents in the area and music stages where people can come and go, exchange ideas and enjoy”. Theodorakis was featuring the Resistance and …
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May 31, 2011
Society
An important protest-event is taking place at 7 p.m. on Thursday outside the Athens University as academics and intellectuals are going to inform the public about the IMF Memorandum, the austerity measures and the economic crisis. With this event the organizers are aiming to “waken the society about the austerity measures …
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May 19, 2011
Economy, Politics
Greek musician Mikis Theodorakis and constitutional law professor Yiorgos Kasimatis submitted an official note concerning the IMF/EU/ECB Memorandum of Understanding signed by Greece and questioned its compatibility with the constitution. The two men submitted their objection to Greek President Karolos Papoulias during a visit to presidential manor. Theodorakis stressed …
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May 3, 2011
Politics
Stately tall and in revolutionary mood Mikis Theodorakis appeared at the May Day demonstrations in Athens. Standing at Syntagma Square among members of his civic movement “Spark” he called the Greeks to wake up! “I came here to express with all protesters my opposition to the Government, the Troika (IMF/EU/ECB), the memorandum, …
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April 11, 2011
Music
Debt Restructure? Bankruptcy? Let the sterile technocrats worry about how to protect their own, virtual money. Millions of Greek Zorbas defy the speculators’ misery and catastrophe scenarios. It sounds like a game anyway. That is a great video from the times when people had still something to say. In a rare moment, Mr. …
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