Music
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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.
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Hydra: Songs and Tales of Bohemia is back
Back by popular demand, the performance weaves music, song, documentary footage and narrative to recreate the zeitgeist of the Greek island of Hydra in the 1960s.
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Ross Daly: ‘Greece today resembles a country coming out of a war’
The master of Cretan lyra returns to Melbourne and shares his insights on tradition, the Greek crisis and the benefit of not having the burden of a ‘national’ identity.
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Glykeria: Straight from the heart
Before hitting the stage of the Lonsdale St Festival, one of Greece’s finest, most beloved voices shares her insights on the crisis and remembers her first visit to Australia.