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Mihalis Giannatos was born in 1941 in Constantinople, Turkey. He was a Greek actor and was fluent in five languages: ‎‎Greek‎‎, ‎‎Turkish‎‎, ‎‎French‎‎, ‎‎Italian‎‎ and ‎‎Spanish‎‎. This helped him a lot in his career, particularly in his participation in major foreign productions such as‎ Midnight Express (1978), Munich (2005) and Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) a Touch of Spice (2003)....

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Manos Hatzidakis (23 October 1925 – 15 June 1994) was a Greek composer and theorist of Greek music, widely considered to be one of the greatest Greek composers and one of the most globally recognised. His legacy and contribution are widespread among the works of contemporary Greek music, through the second half of the 20th and into the 21st century. He was also one of the main proponents of the...

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Maria Vassiliou was a Cypriot model and actress born in London‎‎ (‎‎16 September‎‎ ‎‎1950‎‎ – ‎‎5 July‎‎ ‎‎1989‎‎ ‎‎). She became known from the leading role in ‎‎Alexis Damianos'‎‎ film, ‎‎Evdokia‎‎. ‎‎After "Evdokia", Maria Vassiliou played in ‎‎Homer Efstratiadis‎‎' Children of Flowers‎‎ (1973) and ‎‎Theo Angelopoulos‎‎' ‎‎Troupe‎‎ (1975). A little later, her traces were lost. ‎‎The actress...

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Kaiti Papanika was born in Athens in 1942, she studied at the National School of Theatre and Drama, and the Athens Conservatoire. She played the role of the beautiful girl in more than 50 big screen movies in the 60's. While still a student she participated in a festival in France and received an award in reciting poetry. Listen to the podcast and find out more what made Kaiti such a wonderful...

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"Misirlou" is a folk song[2] from the Eastern Mediterranean region, with origins in the Ottoman Empire. The original author of the song is not known, but Arabic, Greek and Jewish musicians were playing it by the 1920s. The earliest known recording of the song is a 1927 Greek rebetiko/tsifteteli composition influenced by Middle Eastern music. There are also Arabic belly dancing, Armenian,...

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Born in Limassol, Cyprus on the 17th September 1940 Sotiris Moustakas had a long lasting acting career spanning over forty years. He was described as "an actor without a label" due to his variety of playing in theatrical plays, film, television series etc with ease in different roles receiving great reviews and success in all of them. He almost received an Oscar award for his role in Zorba the...

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Zannino was Greek actor born in Galata, Istanbul, Turkey ‎August 21, 1923 - ‎‎Athens‎‎, May 27, 1995. He was a dancer and actor that appeared in more than 80 films. ‎Zanninos's artistic career has been brilliant both in ‎‎Greek‎‎ and in ‎‎American‎‎ cinema, having participated in ‎‎the film The Midnight Express‎‎, as well as in ‎‎the theater‎‎ and in ‎‎television‎‎. Listen to the podcast and...

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The real story of this classic Greek hit performed by Grigori Bithikotsis and George Dalaras, composed by Stavros Kouyioumtzis and lyrics by Sotia Tsotou listen to the podcast to find out more

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The story of how the song Roza performed by Dimitris Mitropanos, composed by Thanos Mikroutsikos with lyrics from Alki Alkaio, was created and who was it written for, listen to this exceptional on this podcast and learn its meaning

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A short story of how the song composed by Stavros Xarhakos and performed by Aki Panou " Oneiro demeno sto mouragio" was created, Giorgos Zambetas played an instrumental part in its creation. Listen to the podcast and find out more

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‎Alekos Alexandrakis‎‎ (‎‎November 27‎‎, ‎‎1928‎‎ – ‎‎November 8‎‎, ‎‎2005‎‎) was a ‎‎Greek‎‎ ‎‎actor‎‎ who excelled on the big and small screen and from early on established himself in jeune premier roles. With the ‎‎neorealist‎‎ film ‎‎Quarter the Dream‎‎ (1961) he was awarded at the ‎‎Thessaloniki International Film Festival‎‎.‎ He starred in more than 60 big screen movies, captivating the...

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‎Gelly or Gelly Mavropoulou‎‎ (October 21, 1932 – July 19, 2021) was a Greek actress‎, ‎Her parents were also actors ‎‎Angelos Mavropoulos‎‎ (1901 - 1979) and ‎‎Marika Krevata‎‎ (1910 - 1994). ‎She studied at the French Academy of Athens and at the Drama School of the "Art Theatre" of Karolos Koun. ‎‎She made her first theatrical appearance at the "Rex - Kotopouli" theatre - where the artistic...

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‎Kostas Tsakonas‎‎ (‎‎‎‎ ‎‎October 12‎‎, ‎‎1943‎‎ – ‎‎November 4‎‎, ‎‎2015‎‎) was an ‎‎actor in theatre‎‎, ‎‎film‎‎ and ‎‎television‎‎, best known from ‎‎the comedy‎‎ films "‎‎Learn my child letters‎‎", "‎‎Classic case of damage‎‎" and "‎‎The great obstruction‎‎".‎ ‎ He graduated from ‎‎the Diplareios School‎‎ with a degree in ‎‎Electrical Engineering‎‎ and studied at the ‎‎Drama School of the...

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Born in 1904 Avlonitis was one of the most famous old school Greek comedians. He performed in numerous films and stage productions in the mid to late 20th century. Vassilis Avlonitis is best known for his collaboration in films with Georgia Vasiliadou. Listen to the podcast and find out more about this talented, memorable and loved actor that died on the 10th of March 1970

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On Saturdays Role with Reno we take you back in time a trip down memory lane from 1974 when Greece entered the Eurovision Song Contest for the very first time up until present day. Listen to the podcast and get a small "history" lesson on all Greek artists & songs that represented Greece in this annual phenomenal music festival:

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Ketty Panou was born in Burgas, Bulgaria but emigrated to Greece at a young age. She was very talented and became a child star, performing in many theatrical plays. She studied acting and ballet at the George Theodosiadi school of Cinema & Acting and had the leading role in one of the first big screen movies that had sound and vocals ' The Voice of the Heart" in 1943. She is mostly remembered...

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Kakia Panagiotou was a greek actress born in Athens on 26th of Ιανουαρίου 1923. She studied at the National School of Arts, ‎she made her first appearance on stage in ‎‎1945‎‎ in the play "Avlaia" and in ‎‎1948‎‎ she was hired at the National Theatre of Greece as the first in the dance of the ancient drama. In the performance of "‎‎Oresteia‎‎" by ‎‎Aeschylus‎‎, she was particularly...

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Dimitris Mitropanos was a Greek singer. He was renowned for his mastery of Laïkó, a Greek music style. He worked with some of the most renowned Greek composers, such as Mikis Theodorakis, Stavros Xarhakos, Giorgos Zabetas, Manos Hatzidakis, Marios Tokas, and Thanos Mikroutsikos. Mitropanos considered Giorgos Zampetas to be a great teacher and a second father to himself. As he stated, "Zambetas...

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Manolis Chiotis: March 21, 1921 – March 20, 1970 He is considered one of the greatest bouzouki soloists of all time. He popularised the four-course bouzouki (tetrachordo) and introduced the guitar-like tuning, who found it better suited to the kind of virtuoso playing he was famous for.‎ Manolis Chiotis reportedly wrote more than 1500 songs, however, he also regularly participated as a soloist...

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Giorgos Zampetas, Greek music composer, singer and one of the greatest bouzouki artists, from a very young age, Zampetas showed a great interest in music anything that was producing sound seemed exciting to him and helped him in his compositions, he won his first prize, playing his first song in a school competition. He was one of the most recognized Greek musicians of all times, working in the...

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