Music
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‘There’s nothing like playing music that means something to the people!’
Sophie Kesoglidis, viola player and leader of the Alto Strings Ensemble sheds light on the life of an artist playing at functions – and an intimate duet with Leonidas Kavakos.
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Friday nights at The Greek Centre
The Lonsdale Street hub comes alive every fortnight with Live at the Greek, featuring some of Melbourne’s best musical talent.
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Lady Lash: ‘Being Greek means that we are strong with big hearts’
A rising star in Melbourne’s hip-hop scene, ‘storyteller’ Lady Lash talks about her combined Greek and indigenous background.
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Singer Zan-Batist set to tour Australia
The performer will be Down Under this month performing his hits including Pes Tou and Mazi Den Kanoume.
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The Jews of Greece – A Musical Journey
Two of Melbourne’s best folk bands, The Habibis and Saray Iluminado render a musical tapestry of the Jewish experience in Greece.
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A Tribute to Women in Rebetika
This month the House of Pan in Brighton hosts a series of performances featuring Mairead Hannan, Christella Demetriou, and Polyxeni Theologidis.
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Greece, Cyprus and Australia will be competing in the Eurovision final
Portugal is this year’s favourite so far.
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‘Rebetika will always be relevant’
Now based in Athens, Apodimi Compania returns to Australia for a tour and George Galiatsos can’t wait to meet up with old friends and grab a bite from the kinezo.
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Oakleigh sways to the music of Stelios Kazantzidis
Con Kalamaras and his band successfully revived the music of one of Greece’s great troubadours.
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Selene Messinis: ‘Greek music prepared me for the irregular time signatures of jazz’
Before the launch of her debut album with her jazz trio, the brilliant young pianist describes how her Greek background helped her develop a passion for music.