Theodorakis and the Greek Art-Folk Song
presented by Dr. Maria Athanasiou
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Event Details
In an effort to assess the spectrum of lament in Greece, this seminar considers musicological, cultural and social issues in Greek popular music, paying due attention to Theodorakis' work and his contribution into the shaping of the Greek art-folk song. Some well-known examples, varying from rebetiko songs to poetry set to music are presented through their stylistic and formal features, the differences in their morphological structures and their social and cultural influences.
Coinciding with Theodorakis year, as declared by the Greek Ministry of Culture, this seminar also addresses questions of aesthetics and traces the dissemination of the Greek dirge beyond the country through its texts' translations, recordings' circulation, concerts, arrangements and new instrumentations, which seem to acquire a metacultural presence that brings these culturally specific expressions of grief before a broader listenership and transforms them into a universal human experience of sorrow and empathy.
About Dr. Maria Athanasiou
Dr. Maria Athanasiou is a Lecturer at Newcastle University and a Researcher at Durham University. Her award-winning work focuses on pedagogical methodologies and assessment across the educational board, popular music performance and interpretation as well as activism, social entrepreneurship and digital business in the creative industries and beyond. She holds a Ph.D. by research in Musicology and has been recently among the Newcastle University Alumni Achievement Awards (2021), the Music and Drama Education Awards (finalist, 2023) and the SheInspires Awards (finalist, 2023 and 2024). She is a member of the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
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Sponsors
We thank Spiros Hrambanis and Ithacan Philanthropic Society for the kind donation that made this seminar possible.
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We thank the following corporate sponsors:
Delphi Accounting, Symposiarch Wines and the Kastellorizian Association of Victoria
About Greek History and Culture Seminars 2025
This event is part of the series Greek History and Culture Seminars 2025.
The Greek Community of Melbourne hosts a wide range of events, from intimate gatherings to large functions, and celebrates cultural diversity with vibrant festivals, performances, and exhibitions.
Greek History and Culture Seminars 2025 will run between: Thursday, 06 March 2025 and Thursday, 25 September 2025
See all Greek History and Culture Seminars 2025 published events.
- LANGUAGE English
- CATEGORY Education
- EVENT SERIES Seminars > Greek History and Culture Seminars 2025
- SERIES DATES Thursday, 06/03/2025 – Thursday, 25/09/2025
- PRESENTED BY The Greek Community of Melbourne
- FEATURING Dr. Maria Athanasiou
- M.C. Nick Dallas
- MAJOR DONORS Delphi Accounting, Symposiarch Wines and the Kastellorizian Association of Victoria
- MINOR DONORS Spiros Hrambanis and Ithacan Philanthropic Society
- PLACE Online (YouTube, Facebook)
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