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Greek composer and performer Pericles Kanaris returned to the New York music scene with his first concert since the pandemic, playing songs based on the poetry of Constantine P. Kavafy, T.S Eliot, and others. Titled “Up for Air,” the June...

Greek composer and performer Pericles Kanaris, who is also a lecturer at New York University (NYU), recently wrote a song dedicated to all those fighting coronavirus. Titled "Hang In There" the song is dedicated to all those who are deeply...

On Friday, November 7th at 8:30pm, AKTINA’s Greek Music Journey 2014 continues with yet another memorable concert dedicated to the world renowned and Oscar winning Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis (Never on Sunday) at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College,...

The renowned composer, Spiros Skordilis, passed away on June 15 in Tarpon Springs, Florida, at the age of 83. In recent weeks Skordilis was transferred to the infirmary, because of his state of health. For many years he suffered from...

Acclaimed Greek composer Giannis Spanos embraced with his music nostalgic moments and different generations of the Greek Diaspora in a unique concert held in New York in support of the Hellenic-American organization, which offers help to vulnerable groups of...

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents an evening of music by the Greek-American composer Dinos Constantinides on Sunday, February 12 at 7:30pm at Carnegie Hall. Described by The New York Times as a composer whose “music speaks simply, often...

Greek composer and music teacher, Dimitris Kastaris (photo) performed at Flushing's Town Hall in New York and touched the spectators of different nationalities. The famous bands "Latin Jazz Coalition" and "Conjunto Kathar", together with the trumpetist John Economidis from Thessaloniki...

The program that replaced Larry King's show is being broadcasted by CNN in more than two-hundred-and-twelve countries, as of Monday, January 17th. Piers Morgan will cover the gap left by the popular journalist, Larry King. Cypriot composer, George Pellapaisiotis, contributes to the...

Greece’s multi-award winning acclaimed composer and pianist Mimis Plessas’ returned to New York following a 22 year absence for three special performances at the Queens Theatre in the Park and Dizzy’s Jazz Club. Mimis Plessas together with vocalist Evi Siamanda...

What has the United States ever done for Greece? In a country where anti-Americanism was rife until recently, the question brought heated debates. It still does. Although relations between the two countries are seemingly currently at their friendliest since the...

Over 100 guests attended the Global Greek Film Initiative (GGFI) Benefit Event at the Wilshire Country Club earlier in May to support new and expanding programs including the annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF), and raise funds. The evening...

The well-received concert by Greek composer and musician Pericles Kanaris in New York in June 2022 will be broadcast by Greek public TV to the whole world. The concert will be broadcast on ERT World on Sunday, January 29, 2023...

By Tony Cross It's fairly well known that the words to the US National Anthem were written by a 33-year old lawyer named Francis Scott Key, as he watched the British Royal Navy bombarding Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbour on...

The Sail to Freedom event, held on Sunday, June 7, was a gala celebration of the Greek bicentennial, the diaspora and philhellenes.

A spectacular event will take place in New York Harbor on June 6, called "Sail to Freedom," which will commemorate the Greek bicentennial.