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54°59′″N73°22′″N

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The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (Greek: Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου, ) or CyBC (ΡΙΚ, KRYK) is Cyprus's public broadcasting service, transmitting island-wide on four radio and two television channels. CyBC is a non-profit organization that utilises its entire income for the promotion of its main mission, which is the objective provision of information, culture and entertainment for the people of Cyprus. CyBC was partly funded by a tax added to electricity bills. The amount paid depended on the size of the home. As it was a hypothecated tax for public television, it was very similar in principle to the television licence systems that operate in many other countries.

CyBC is a member of the international broadcasting community, belonging to most major organisations including the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the Broadcasting Organisation of Non-Aligned Countries (BONAC) and the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA).

History

The Cyprus Broadcasting Service commenced radiobroadcasts at 17.00pm on Sunday the 4th October 1953. Programmes where broadcast in Greek, Turkish and English. Transmission was on medium wave 434 and 495 metres. The station produced a weekly publication called "Radio Cyprus" and was available free.

The First Television broadcast began on the 1st October 1957 it operated 5 days a week averaging daily broadcasts of 3 hours. The service covered a radius of 20 miles from Nicosia.

On the 1st January 1959 the CBS ceased to be a government department and was renamed the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation under "The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation Act 300A".

CyBC was admitted as an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union on 1 January 1964 and became an active member five years later.

Television

CyBC operates 2 domestic channels (PIK1 & PIK2) and an international service (PIK Sat) that is directed at the Cypriot diaspora:

CyBC 1

CyBC 1 (also RIK 1) features news and current affairs programming, including news bulletins, in Greek. It also airs political, financial, social and cultural programmes as well as the latest sports news.

Among its programmes are documentaries and feature films, series based on actual events and acclaimed literature, operas, concerts, ballets, theatre performances and culture programmes.

CyBC 2

CyBC 2 (also RIK 2) features primarily entertainment programming including Cypriot and foreign series, high quality feature films, Cypriot and foreign television movies, music and children's programmes. It also transmits news in Greek, Turkish and English. Since 1993, PIK2 has carried a daily re-broadcast of part of the Euronews programme (approximately 80 hours per week).

RIK Sat

rightRIK Sat is the international network of RIK TV that broadcasts RIK programming to audiences in Europe. It is currently available as an FTA service in Europe. In May 2011, it officially launched in North America as a pay service via the Home2US platform. RIK Sat currently operates on a 24 hour schedule.

Digital Broadcast

As of March's 2nd, CyBC entered the first phase of the Digital Transition Project (Ψηφιακή Μετάβαση) by launching the CyBC Digital Platform (Ψηφιακή Πλατφόρμα ΡΙΚ) at UHF 33 with the signal covering nearly the 70% of the island. The emission follows the DVB-T standard and the video stream is encoded in MPEG-4 AVC. It carries CyBC 1 and 2, ERT World, Euronews and CyBC HD.

Radio

In addition to the television channels, CyBC broadcasts four radio channels. The four stations (First, Second, Third and Fourth) aim to transmit quality programmes and provide information, culture and entertainment to the public, taking into consideration the needs and preferences of all the communities in Cyprus. Programmes are broadcast in various languages. They transmit on a 24-hour basis and are also available via satellite and the internet.

First Programme

The First Channel transmits on a 24-hour basis featuring news, current affairs, education and cultural programmes. It airs programmes for children and young adults, history and tradition and programmes of classical, modern and traditional music.

Since the 27th of June 1999 CyBC has also transmitted a special programme for Maronites, titled 'The Voice of Maronites'. In addition, a special programme for the Latin community started on the 13th November 1999.

The First Programme transmits at 963, 693, 558 kHz on AM and 97.2, 90.2, 93.3 and 91.4 MHz on FM

Second Programme

This channel, known as CyBC Radio Two, transmits programmes in various languages on a 24-hour basis: in Turkish for the Turkish Cypriots (06.00-17.00), in Armenian for the Armenians (17.00-18.00) and English for foreign visitors and permanent non-Greek-speaking residents (18.00-06.00).

The transmission to the Turkish Cypriots aims at maintaining communication with them. Among other programmes, three news bulletins every day (at 07.30, 13.15 and 18.50). The English-speaking programmes are mainly for entertainment, music and culture, with emphasis on providing information on national issues and promoting cultural heritage. Three English news bulletins are transmitted every day (at 13.30, 20.00 and 22.00). Other English language programmes include a live evening magazine programme and music and chat from DJ shows throughout the evening.

The Second Programme transmits at 91.1, 94.2 and 97.9 MHz FM. It is streamed online at www.cybc.com.cy and is also available to 70% of the population on the Cyprus national digital TV multiplex as 'Deftero Programma'. The station can also be heard on Hellas-Sat in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

Third Programme

The Third Radio Channel, which is the most popular network in Cyprus, acts mainly as an entertainment and information channel for listeners in Cyprus and for Greek immigrants in Germany, the United Kingdom a.

Fourth Programme

The Fourth Radio Channel airs music, featuring an adult-contemporary format. It is similar to BBC Radio 1.

External Service

CyBC Greek-language programming is also available for Greek Cypriot expatriates in the UK through SW, on the weekends. It uses a transmitter, operated by VT Communications, which is also used for BBC World Service programming for the area.

See also

List of programs broadcast by CyBC

Television in Cyprus

References

External links

Official Site

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Coordinates	54°59′″N73°22′″N
Name	Mikis Theodorakis (''Μίκης Θεοδωράκης'')
Background	non_performing_personnel
Born	July 29, 1925Chios, Greece
Genre	20th century classical Greek music
Years active	1943-present
Label	Paredon RecordsFolkways Records
Website	http://www.mikis-theodorakis.net
Notable instruments	}}

Mikis (Michael) Theodorakis (, ) (born July 29, 1925, Greek island of Chios) is one of the most popular Greek songwriters and composers. Internationally, he is probably best known for his songs and for his scores for the films ''Zorba the Greek'' (1964), ''Z'' (1969), and ''Serpico'' (1973).

Politically, he identified with the left until the late 1980s; in 1989, he ran as an independent candidate within the centre-right New Democracy party in order for the country to come out of the political crisis that had been created due to the numerous scandals of the government of Andreas Papandreou and helped to establish a large coalition between conservatives, socialists and leftists. In 1990 he was elected to the parliament (as in 1964 and 1981), became a government minister under Constantine Mitsotakis, and fought against drugs and terrorism and for culture, education and better relations between Greece and Turkey. He continues to speak out in favor of left-liberal causes, War in Iraq, and Greek-Turkish-Cypriot relations. He has consistently opposed oppressive regimes and was the key voice against the Greek Junta 1967-1974, which imprisoned him.

He has been mentioned as a candidate for the election as President of Greece, but he has refused to be considered.

Biography

Early years

Mikis Theodorakis was born on the island of Chios and spent his childhood years in different provincial Greek cities such as Mytilene, Cephallonia, Patras, Pyrgos and Tripoli. His father, a lawyer and a civil servant was from Galata (Crete) and his mother from Cesme (Asia Minor).

Theodorakis's fascination with music began in early childhood; he taught himself to write his first songs without access to musical instruments. In Patras and Pyrgos he took his first music lessons, and in Tripoli, Peloponnese, he gave his first concert at the age of seventeen.

He went to Athens in 1943, and became a member of a Reserve Unit of ELAS. During the Greek Civil War, he was arrested, sent into exile on the island of Icaria and then deported to the island of Makronisos, where he was tortured and twice buried alive.

During the periods when he was not obliged to hide, not exiled or jailed, he studied from 1943 to 1950 at the Athens Conservatoire under Filoktitis Economidis,. In 1950, he finished his studies and took his last two exams "with flying colours". He went to Crete, where he became the "head of the Chania Music School" and founded his first orchestra. At this time he ended what he has called the ''first period'' of his musical writing.

Studies in Paris

In 1954 he travelled with his young wife Myrto Altinoglou to Paris where he entered the Conservatory and studied musical analysis under Olivier Messiaen and conducting under Eugene Bigot. His time in Paris, 1954–1959, was his ''second period'' of musical writing and a time of intense artistic creation.

His symphonic works: a Piano concerto, his first suite, his first symphony, and his scores for the ballet: ''Greek Carnival, Le Feu aux Poudres, Les Amants de Teruel'', received international acclaim. In 1957, he won the Gold Medal in the Moscow Music Festival; President of the Jury was Dmitri Shostakovitch. In 1959, after the successful performances of Theodorakis's ballet ''Antigone'' at Covent Garden in London, the French composer Darius Milhaud proposed him for the ''American Copley Music Prize'' - an award of the "William and Noma Copley Foundation", which later changed its name to "Cassandra Foundation" - as the "Best European Composer of the Year". His first international scores for the film ''Ill Met by Moonlight'' and ''Luna de Miel'', directors: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, were also very successful: The ''Honeymoon'' title song became part of the repertoire of The Beatles.

Notable works up to 1960

#Chamber Music: Four String Quartets; Trio four piano, violin, cello; Little Suite for piano; Sonatina for piano; Sonatinas No.1 and No.2 for violin and piano; #Symphonic music: ''Assi-Gonia'' (symphonic movement; Piano Concerto "Helicon"; Symphony No.1 (Proti Simfonia); Suites n° 1, 2 et 3 for orchestre; ''La Vie et la Mort / Live and Death'' (for voice and strings); ''Œdipus Tyrannos'' (for strings; later for quartet and symphony orchestra); Piano Concerto; #Ballets: ''Greek Carnival''; ''Le Feu aux Poudres''; ''Les Amants de Teruel''; ''Antigone''; #Filmscores: ''The Barefoot Battalion'' (Greg Tallas); ''Ill Met by Moonlight'' and ''Honeymoon'' (Powell and Pressburger); ''Faces in the Dark'' (David Eady).

Back to Greek roots

In 1960, Theodorakis returned to Greece and his roots in genuine Greek music: With his song cycle ''Epitaphios'' he started the ''third period'' of his composing and contributed to a cultural revolution in his country. With his most significant and influential works based on the greatest Greek and world poetry – ''Epiphania'' (Giorgos Seferis), ''Little Kyklades'' (Odysseas Elytis), ''Axion Esti'' (Odysseas Elytis), ''Mauthausen'' (Iakovos Kambanellis), ''Romiossini'' (Yannis Ritsos), and ''Romancero Gitano'' (Federico García Lorca) – he attempted to give back to Greek music a dignity which in his perception it had lost. In developing his concept of "metasymphonic music" (symphonic compositions that go beyond the "classical" status and mix symphonic elements with popular songs, Western symphonic orchestra and Greek popular instruments), he quickly became recognised internationally, and won acclaim as "Greece's greatest living composer".

He founded the ''Little Orchestra of Athens'' and the ''Musical Society of Piraeus'', gave many, many concerts all around Greece and abroad... and he naturally became involved in the politics of his home country. After the assassination of Gregoris Lambrakis in May 1963 he founded the ''Lambrakis Democratic Youth'' ("Lambrakidès") and was elected its president. Under Theodorakis's impetus, it started a vast cultural renaissance movement and became the greatest political organisation in Greece with more than 50.000 members. Following the 1964 elections, Theodorakis became a member of the Greek Parliament, associated with the left-wing party EDA. Because of his political ideas, the composer was black-listed by the cultural establishment; at the time of his biggest artistic glory, a large number of his songs were censored-before-studio or were not allowed on the radio stations.

During 1964, he wrote the music for the Michael Cacoyiannis film ''Zorba the Greek'', whose main theme, since then, exists as a trademark for Greece. It is also known as 'Syrtaki dance'; inspired from old Cretan traditional dances.

Main works of this period

#Song cycles: ''Epitaphios'' (Yannis Ritsos); ''Archipelagos'' (Songs of the Islands), ''Politia A & B'' (Songs of the City), ''Epiphania'' (Giorgos Seferis, Nobel Prize 1963), ''Mikres Kyklades'' (Odysseas Elytis), ''Chrysoprasino Fyllo'' (Golden-green leaf), ''Mauthausen'' (Iakovos Kambanellis), ''Romiossini'' (Yannis Ritsos), ''Thalassina Feggaria'' (Moons of the Sea) #Oratorio: ''To Axion Esti'' (Odysseas Elytis, Nobel Prize 1979), cf. Theodorakis on ''Axion Esti'' #Music for the Stage: ''The Hostage'' (Brendan Behan); ''Ballad of the Dead Brother'' (Theodorakis); ''Omorphi Poli'' (Beautiful City); ''Maghiki Poli'' (Magical City); ''I Gitonia ton Angelon''(The Angels' Quarter, Iakovos Kambanellis) #Film scores: ''Phaedra'' (Jules Dassin), ''The Lovers of Teruel'' (Raymond Rouleau), ''Five Miles to Midnight'' (Anatole Litvak), ''Electra'' and ''Zorba the Greek'' (Michalis Cacoyannis), ''To Nisi tis Afroditis'' (Harilaos Papadopoulos)

During the dictatorship

On 21 April 1967 a right wing junta (the Regime of the Colonels) took power in a putsch. Theodorakis went underground and founded the "Patriotic Front" (PAM). On 1 June, the Colonels published "Army decree No 13", which banned playing, and even listening to his music. Theodorakis himself was arrested on 21 August, and jailed for five months. Following his release end of January 1968, he was banished in August to Zatouna with his wife Myrto and their two children, Margarita and Yorgos. Later he was interned in the concentration camp of Oropos. An international solidarity movement, headed by such personalities as Dmitri Shostakovich, Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Miller, and Harry Belafonte demanded to get Theodorakis freed. On request of the French politician Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Theodorakis was allowed to go into exile to Paris on 13 April 1970. Theodorakis's flight left very secretly from an Onassis owned private airport outside Athens. Theodorakis arrived at Le Bourget Airport where he met Costa Gavras, Melina Mercouri and Jules Dassin. Theodorakis was immediately hospitalized because he suffered from lung tuberculosis. Myrto Theodorakis, Mikis's wife and two children joined him a week later in France. They arrived from Greece to France via Italy on a boat.

Main works under the dictatorship

#Song cycles: ''Ta Laïka'' (''The Popular Songs'', Manos Elefteriou); ''O Ilios ke o Chronos'' (''Sun and Time'', Theodorakis); ''Songs for Andreas'' (Theodorakis); ''Arcadies I-X''; ''Nichta Thanatou'' (''Nights of Death'', Manos Elefteriou); #Oratorios: ''Ephiphania Averoff'' Giorgos Seferis, ''State of Siege'' (Marina = Rena Hadjidakis), ''March of the Spirit'' (Angelos Sikelianos), ''Raven'' (Giorgos Seferis, after Edgar Allan Poe); #Film score: ''Z'' (Costa-Gavras).

Resistance in exile

While in exile, Theodorakis fought during four years for the overthrow of the colonels. He started his world tours and gave thousands of concerts on all continents as part of his struggle for the restoration of democracy in Greece.

He met Pablo Neruda and Salvador Allende and promised them to compose his version of Neruda's Canto General. He was received by Gamal Abdel Nasser and Tito, Yigal Allon and Yasser Arafat, while François Mitterrand, Olof Palme and Willy Brandt became his friends. For millions of people, Theodorakis was the symbol of resistance against the Greek dictatorship.

Main works written in exile

#Song cycles: ''18 lianotragouda tis pikris patridas'' (''18 Short Songs of the Bitter Land'', Yiannis Ritsos), ''Ballades'' (Manolis Anagnostakis), ''Tis exorias'' (''Songs of the Exile'') #Oratorio: ''Canto General'' (Pablo Neruda) #Film scores: ''The Trojan Women'' (M. Cacoyannis); ''State of Siege'' (Costa-Gavras); ''Serpico'' (Sydney Lumet)

Return to Greece

After the fall of the Colonels, Mikis Theodorakis returned to Greece on 24 July 1974 to continue his work and his concert tours, both in Greece and abroad. At the same time he participated in public affairs. In 1978, through his article ''For a United Left Wing'', he had "stirred up the Greek political life. His proposal for the unification of the three parties of the former United Left – which had grown out of the National Liberation Front (N.L.F.) – had been accepted by the Greek Communist Party which later proposed him as the candidate for mayor of Athens during the 1978 elections." (Andreas Brandes) He was later elected several times to the Greek Parliament (1981–1986 and 1989–1993) and for two years, from 1990 to 1992, he was a minister in the government of Constantine Mitsotakis. After his resignation as a member of Greek parliament, he was appointed General Musical Director of the Choir and the two Orchestras of the Hellenic State Radio (ERT), which he reorganised and with which he undertook successful concert tours abroad.

In addition to opposing policies and actions of the state of Israel, in 2003 Theodorakis was quoted by Greek media as saying that the Jews themselves are "at the root of evil", resulting in accusations of anti-semitism by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and others. In a response the following month on his web site, Theodorakis denied the allegations: "I was always on the side of the weak, of those struggling for the Justice of People. And among them were the Israeli People.". One of the first acts of the Government of Constantine Mitsotakis, minister of which was Mikis Theodorakis, was the recognition of the State of Israel (21 May 1990).

Theodorakis has always combined an exceptional artistic talent with a deep love of his country. He is also committed to heightening international awareness of human rights, of environmental issues, and of the need for peace. It was for this reason that he initiated, together with the renowned Turkish author, musician, singer, and filmmaker Zülfü Livaneli, the Greek–Turkish Friendship Society.

From 1981, Theodorakis had started the ''fourth period'' of his musical writing, during which he returned to the symphonic music, while still going on to compose song-cycles. His most significant works written in these years are his ''Second, Third, Fourth'' and ''Seventh Symphony'', most of them being first performed in the former German Democratic Republic between 1982 and 1989. It was during this period that he received the Lenin Peace Prize. He composed his first opera Kostas Kariotakis (The Metamorphoses of Dionysus) and the ballet Zorba the Greek, premièred in the Arena of Verona during the Festival Verona 1988, a ballet which has a tremendous success worldwide. During this period, he also wrote the five volumes of his autobiography: ''The Ways of the Archangel'' (''Οι δρόμοι του αρχάγγελου'').

In 1989, he started the ''fifth period'', the last, of his musical writing: He composed three operas (lyric tragedies) ''Medea'', first performed in Bilbao (1 October 1981), ''Elektra'', first performed in Luxembourg (2 May 1995) and ''Antigone'', first performed in Athens' Megaron Moussikis (7 October 1999). This trilogy was complemented by his last opera ''Lysistrata'', first performed in Athens (14 April 2002): a call for peace... With his operas, and with his song cycles from 1974 to 2006, Theodorakis ushered in the period of his ''Lyrical Life''.

Theodorakis is Doctor honoris causa of several universities, including Montreal, Thessaloniki, and Crete, and was nominated by the Greek people for the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2000.

Now he lives in retirement, reading, writing, publishing arrangements of his scores, texts about culture and politics. On important occasions he still takes position: in 1999, opposing NATO's Kosovo war and in 2003 against the Iraq War. In 2005, he was awarded the ''Sorano Friendship and Peace Award'', the Russian ''International St.-Andrew-the-First-Called Prize'', the insignia of ''Grand Officer of the Order of Merit'' of Luxembourg, and the ''IMC UNESCO International Music Prize'', while already in 2002 he was honoured in Bonn with the ''Erich Wolfgang Korngold Prize'' for film music at the International Film Music Biennial in Bonn (cf also: Homepage of the Art and Exhibition Hall Bonn). In 2007, he received a ''Lifetime Achievement Award'' at the distribution of the ''World Soundtrack Awards'' in Ghent.

A final set of songs entitled: ''Odysseia'' was composed by utilizing poetry written by Costas Kartelias for lyrics. Created in 2007, Theodorakis achieved the distinction of producing one of the largest works by any composer of any time.

2010-2011: Calling for revolution

In December 1, 2010, Mikis Theodorakis founded "Spitha: People's Independent Movement", a non-political movement which calls people to gather and express their political ideas. The main goal of "Spitha" is to help Greece stay clear off it's economical crisis.

Anti-Semitism

According to the Los Angeles Times, "in the course of a (2011) television interview" Theodorakis "openly conceded that he was an anti-Semite."

In early 2011, Theodorakis made comments on Greek television that were reported as being antisemitic. According to the Jerusalem Post, Theodorakis said, that "[e]verything that happens today in the world has to do with the Zionists. American Jews are behind the world economic crisis that has hit Greece also." In addition, Theodorakis blasted Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou for establishing closer relations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was guilty, he said, of "war crimes in Lebanon and Gaza." On May 31, Mikis Theodorakis gave a speech among 10.000 Greeks in the centre of Athens, criticising the Greek government for the loan debt it has taken from the International Monetary Fund. It was also the first time he called everyone to revolutionize.

Main works after 1974

#Song cycles: Ta Lyrika; Dionysos; Phaedra; Beatrice in Zero Street; Radar; Chairetismoi (Greetings); Mia Thalassa (A Sea Full of Music); Os archaios Anemos (Like an Ancient Wind); Lyrikotera (The More-Than-Lyric Songs); Lyrikotata (The Most Lyric Songs); Erimia (Solitude); Odysseia; #Music for the Stage: ''Orestia'' (dir.: Spyros Evangelatos); ''Antigone'' (dir.: Minos Volanakis); ''Medea'' (dir.: Spyros Evangelatos) #Film scores: ''Iphigenia'' (M. Cacoyannis), ''The Man with the Carnation'' (Nikos Tzimas) #Oratorios: ''Liturgia 2; Missa Greca (Thia Liturgia); Requiem''; #Symphonic music and cantatas: Symphonies no 2, 3, 4, 7; According to the Sadducees; Canto Olympico; Guitar Rhapsody; Cello Rhapsody; Trumpet Rhapsody; #Operas: "The Metamorphosis of the Dionysus" (Kostas Karyotakis); Medea; Elektra; Antigone; Lysistrata.

A lifetime's work: synopsis

Songs and song cycles

Theodorakis has written more than 1,000 songs and song-cycles, whose melodies have become part of the heritage of Greek music: Sto Perigiali, Kaimos, Aprilis, Doxa to Theo, Sotiris Petroulas, Lipotaktes, Stis Nichtas to Balkoni, Agapi mou, Pou petaxe t'agori mou, Anixe ligo to parathiro, O Ipnos se tilixe, To gelasto pedi, Dendro to dendro, Asma Asmaton, O Andonis... His song cycles are based on poems by famous Greek authors, as well as by Lorca and Neruda: Epitaphios, Archipelagos, Politia A-D, Epiphania, The Hostage, Mykres Kyklades, Mauthausen, Romiossini, Sun and Time, Songs for Andreas, Mythology, Night of Death, Ta Lyrika, The Quarters of the World, Dionysos, Phaedra, Mia Thalassa, Os Archaios Anemos, Ta Lyrikotera, Ta Lyrikotata, Erimia, Odysseia. Theodorakis released two albums of his songs and song cycles on Paredon Records and Folkways Records in the early seventies, including his ''Peoples' Music: The Struggles of the Greek People'' (1974). For a complete discography, see the Official Homepage of the composer.

Symphonic works

1952: Piano Concerto "Helikon"

1953: First Symphony ("Proti Simfonia")

1954–1959: 3 Orchestral Suites

1958: Piano Concerto

1981: Symphony No 2 ("The Song of the Earth"; text: Mikis Theodorakis) for children's choir, piano, and orchestra

1981: Symphony No 3 (texts: Dionysios Solomos; Constantine P. Cavafy; Byzantine hymns) for soprano, choir, and orchestra

1983: Symphony No 7 ("Spring-Symphony"; texts: Yannis Ritsos; Yorgos Kulukis) for four soloists, choir, and orchestra

1986–1987: Symphony No 4 ("Of Choirs") for soprano, mezzo, narrator, choir, and symphonic orchestra without strings

1995: Rhapsody for Guitar and Orchestra

1996: Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra

2008: Rhapsody for Trumpet and Orchestra (orchestrated by Robert Gulya)

2010: "Andalusia" for Mezzo and Orchestra

Chamber music

1942: Sonatina for piano

1945: Elegy No 1, for cello and piano

1945: Elegy No 2, for violin and piano

1946: To Kimitirio (The Cemetery), for string quartet

1946: String Quartet No 1

1946: Duetto, for two violins

1947: Trio, for violin, cello and piano

1947: 11 Preludes, for piano

1947: Sexteto, for piano, flute and string quartet

1949: Study for two violins and cello

1952: Syrtos Chaniotikos, for piano and percussion

1952: Sonatina No 1, for violin and piano

1955: Little Suite, for piano

1955: Passacaglia, for two pianos

1959: Sonatina No 2, for violin and piano

1989: Choros Assikikos, for violoncello solo

1996: Melos, for piano

2007: East of the Aegean, for cello and piano

Cantatas and oratorios

1960: Axion Esti (text: Odysseas Elytis)

1969: The March of the Spirit (text: Angelos Sikelianos)

1971–82: Canto General (text: Pablo Neruda)

1981–82: Kata Saddukaion Pathi (Sadducean-Passion; text: Michalis Katsaros) for tenor, baritone, bass, choir and orchestra

1982: Liturgy No 2 ("To children, killed in War"); texts: Tassos Livaditis, Mikis Theodorakis) for choir

1982–83: Lorca, for voice, solo guitar, choir, and orchestra (based on ''Romancero Gitano'', text: Federico Garcia Lorca, translated by Odysseas Elytis)

1992: Canto Olympico, for voice, solo piano, choir, and orchestra (texts: Dimitra Manda, Mikis Theodorakis)

Hymns

1970: Hymn for Nasser

1973: Hymn for the Socialist Movement in Venezuela

1973: Hymn for the Students. dedicated to the victims of Polytechnical School in Athens (18.11.)

1977: Hymn of the French Socialist Party

1978: Hymn for Malta

1982: Hymn of P.L.O.

1991: Hymn of the Mediterranean Games

1992: "Hellenism" (Greek Hymn for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games of Barcelona)

Ballets

1953: Greek Carnival (choreography: Rallou Manou)

1958: Le Feu aux Poudres (choreography: Paul Goubé)

1958: Les Amants de Teruel (choreography: Milko Sparembleck)

1959: Antigone (choreography: John Cranko)

1972: Antigone in Jail (choreography: Micha van Hoecke)

1979: Elektra (choreography: Serge Kenten)

1983: Sept Danses Grecques (choreography: Maurice Béjart)

1987–88: Zorba il Greco (choreography: Lorca Massine)

Operas

1984–85: Kostas Karyotakis (The Metamorphosis of Dionysos)

1988–90: Medea

1992–93: Elektra

1995–96: Antigone

1999–01: Lysistrata

Music for the stage

Classical tragedies

1959–60: Phoenician Women (Euripides)

1960–61: Ajax (Sophocles)

1965: Trojan Women (Euripides)

1966–67: Lysistrata (Aristophanes)

1977: The Suppliants (Aeschylus)

1979: The Knights (Aristophanes)

1986–88: Oresteia: Agamemnon, Choephorae, Eumenides (Aeschylus)

1987: Hecuba (Euripides)

1990: Antigone (Sophocles)

1992: Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus)

1996: Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)

2001: Medea (Euripides)

Modern plays

1960–61: To Tragoudi tou Nekrou Adelfou (Ballad of the Dead Brother), Musical Tragedy (text: Mikis Theodorakis)

1961–62: Omorphi Poli (Beautiful City), revue (Bost, Dimitris Christodoulou, Christofelis, et al.)

1963: I Gitonia ton Angelon (The Quarter of Angels), Music-drama (Iakovos Kambanelis)

1963: Magiki Poli (Enchanted City), revue (Mikis Theodorakis, Notis Pergialis, Michalis Katsaros)

1971: Antigoni stin Filaki (Antigone in Jail), drama

1974: Prodomenos Laos (Betrayed People), music for the theatre (Vangelis Goufas)

1975: Echtros Laos (Enemy People), drama (Iakovos Kambanelis)

1975: Christophorus Kolumbus, drama (Nikos Kazantzakis)

1976: Kapodistrias, drama (Nikos Kazantzakis)

1977: O Allos Alexandros ("The Other Alexander"), drama (Margarita Limberaki)

1979: Papflessas, play (Spiros Melas)

International theatre

1961: Enas Omiros (The Hostage), drama (Brendan Behan)

1963: The Chinese Wall, drama (Max Frisch)

1975: Das Sauspiel, tragicomedy (Martin Walser)

1979: Caligula, drama (Albert Camus)

1978: Polites B' Katigorias (Second-Class Citizens), drama (Brian Friel)

1980: Perikles, tragedy, (William Shakespeare)

1994: Macbeth, tragedy (William Shakespeare)

Principal film scores

1960: Ill Met by Moonlight (Director: Michael Powell)

1960: Honeymoon (Luna de miel) (Director: Michael Powell, Choreography: Leonide Massine)

1960: Faces in the Dark (Director: David Eady)

1961: Shadow of the Cat (Director: John Gilling)

1961: Phaedra (Director: Jules Dassin)

1961–62: Les Amants de Teruel (Director: Raymond Rouleau)

1961–62: Five Miles to Midnight (Director: Anatole Litvak)

1961–62: Electra (Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis)

1964: Zorba the Greek (Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis)

1967: The Day the Fish Came Out (Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis)

1969: Z (Director: Constantin Costa-Gavras)

1971: Biribi (Director: Daniel Moosman)

1972: State of Siege (Director: Constantin Costa-Gavras)

1973: Serpico (Director: Sidney Lumet)

1974: The Rehearsal (Director: Jules Dassin)

1976: Actas de Marousia (Director: Miguel Littin)

1977–78 Iphigenia (Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis)

1980: The Man with the Carnation (Director: Nikos Tzimas)

See the complete list on the Official Homepage of Mikis Theodorakis

Reference: Guy Wagner. Chairman of the International Theodorakis Foundation FILIKI. List of works based on the research of Asteris Koutoulas, published in ''O Mousikos Theodorakis''.

Scores

Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra

March of the spirit (Oratorio, Full Score)

Axion esti (Oratorio Full Score)

Zorbas Ballet (Suite - Ballet, Full Score)

Carnaval (Suite - Ballet Full, Score)

Adagio (Full Score) & Sinfonietta (Full Score)

Epiphania Averof (Cantata)

Canto Olympico (Oratorio)

Les Eluard

Ο κύκλος

20 τραγούδια για πιάνο και αρμόνιο

Η Βεατρίκη στην οδό Μηδέν

Μια θάλασσα γεμάτη μουσική

Τα λυρικώτερα

Τα λυρικώτατα

Τα πρόσωπα του Ήλιου

Φαίδρα

Λιποτάκτες

Θαλασσινά φεγγάρια

Ασίκικο πουλάκη

Romancero Gitano (για πιάνο - φωνή)

Τα Λυρικά

Ταξίδι μέσα στη νύχτα

Μικρές Κυκλάδες

Διόνυσος

Επιφάνια

Επιτάφιος

Μπαλάντες. Κύκλος τραγουδιών για πιάνο και φωνή

Χαιρετισμοί. Κύκλος τραγουδιών για πιάνο και φωνή

Ένα όμηρος

(for the whole list see Schott Music)

See also

Zorbas

Eimaste dyo, eimaste treis, eimaste xilioi dekatreis!

Important international available CD releases

Mikis Theodorakis & Zülfü Livaneli - Together (Tropical)

Mikis Theodorakis - First Symphony & Adagio (Intuition/Schott)

Maria Farantouri - Poetica/ Songs by Theodorakis (Peregrina)

Mikis Theodorakis - Mikis (Peregrina)

Mikis Theodorakis - Symphony No. 4 (Intuition/Schott)

Maria Farantouri - Asmata/ Songs by Theodorakis (Peregrina)

Mikis Theodorakis - Requiem/ For soloists, choir and symphonic orchestra (Intuition/Schott)

Mikis Theodorakis - Symphonietta & Etat de siege (Intuition/Schott)

Maria Farantouri & Rainer Kirchmann - Sun & Time/ Songs by Theodorakis (Lyra)

Mikis Theodorakis - Mauthausen Trilogy/ In Greek, Hebrew and English (Plaene)

Mikis Theodorakis - Carnaval & Raven/ For mezzo and symphonic orchestra (Intuition/Schott)

Mikis Theodorakis - Resistance/ Historic recordings (Intuition/Schott)

Mikis Theodorakis - First Songs (Intuition/Schott)

Mikis Theodorakis - Antigone, Medea, Electra/ 3 Opera Box (Intuition/Schott)

Mikis Theodorakis - The Metamorphosis of Dionysus/ Opera (Intuition/Schott)

Mikis Theodorakis - Rhapsodies for Cello and Guitar (Intuition/Schott)

Mikis Theodorakis - East of the Aegean/ For Cello and Piano (Intuition/Schott)

Mikis Theodorakis & Francesco Diaz - Timeless (Wormland White)

Selected Bibliography

Jean Boivin, ''Messiaen's Teaching at the Paris Conservatoire: A Humanist Legacy'', in Siglind Bruhn, ''Messiaen's Language of Mystical Love'' (New York, Garland, 1998), 5-31: 10

George Giannaris: ''Mikis Theodorakis. Music and Social Change'', Foreword by Mikis Theodorakis. G. Allen, London, 1972

Gail Holst: ''Myth & Politics in Modern Greek Music'', Adolf M. Hakkert, Amsterdam, 1980

Mikis Theodorakis: ''Journals of Resistance''. Translated from the French by Graham Webb, Hart-Davis MacGibbon, London, 1973

Mikis Theodorakis: ''Music and Theater'', Translated by George Giannaris, Athens, 1983

Asteris Koutoulas: ''O Mousikos Theodorakis'' / Theodorakis the Musician (in Greek). "Nea Synora - A. A. Livami, 1998. ISBN 960-296-216-7

Guy Wagner: ''Mikis Theodorakis. Mia Zoi yia tin Ellada''. Typothito - Giorgos Dardanos, 2002. ISBN 960-402-008-0 (The biography exists also in French: ''Mikis Theodorakis. Une Vie pour la Grèce''. Editions Phi, Luxembourg, 2000; and in German: ''Mikis Theodorakis. Ein Leben für Griechenland''. Editions Phi, Luxembourg, 1995)

George Logothetis: ''Mikis Theodorakis: the Greek soul'', translated from the Greek by Phillipos Chatzopoulos, Agyra editions 2004, ISBN 960-422-095-0. The Chinese version has been published by Shanghai Baijia Publishing House in 2008, ISBN 978-7807038610.

Asteris Kutulas: ''Mikis Theodorakis. A Life in pictures'' (in German), Coffee-table book with 1 DVD & 2 CDs. Schott Music, Mainz 2010, ISBN 978-3-7957-0713-2

Bibliography - published written works by Theodorakis

Books in Greek by Theodorakis

Για την ελληνική μουσική (About Greek music)

Το τραγούδι του νεκρού αδελφού

Το μανιφέστο των Λαμπράκηδων

Ζητείται αριστερά

Δημοκρατική και συγκεντρωτική αριστερά

Οι μνηστήρες της Πηνελόπης

Περί τέχνης (Essays and articles about art)

Πού πάμε; (Where are we going?, Gnosis Publishing House, Athens 1988)

Ανατομία της μουσικής (Anatomy of the Music, 1983)

Οι δρόμοι του αρχάγγελου Ι-V (Mikis Theodorakis, Paths of the Archangel (Autobiography), Kedros Publishing House, Athens 1986-88)

Αντιμανιφέστο (Antimanifest, Gnosis Publishing House, Athens 1998)

Μελοποιημένη Ποίηση Ι -III (Poetry & textes of his musical works)

Πού να βρω την ψυχή μου... A' - Γ' (Where can I find my soul (Essays & Articles), Livanis Publishing House, Athens 2002)

Να μαγευτώ και να μεθύσω

Μάνου Χατζιδάκι εγκώμιον (About Manos Hatzidakis, Ianos Publishing House, Thessaloniki 2004)

I had three lives (Poetry by Mikis Theodorakis in English, Translated by Gail Holst)

References

External links

Official Web Site

Official Site (Schott Music) with non-proprietary audio files, discography, recent performances and news

Lilian Voudouri Library

Alexia - Mikis Theodorakis MySpace page

Nicolas Mottas, ''Mikis Theodorakis: A Legend for Greece'' - ''American Chronicle'', July 28, 2009.

Mikis Theodorakis speech against International Monetary Fund and greek government, May 31 2011

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genre	Pop
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Eva Rivas (, ; born Valeria Alexandrovna Reshetnikova-Tsaturyan, on 13 July 1987) is a Russian-Armenian singer.

Early life

Rivas was born and raised in Rostov-on-Don to an Armenian mother and a father of Russian, Armenian and Greek descent. She took the stage name Eva Rivas from her Greek great-grandmother. Growing up in Rostov she sang in the Armenian "Arevik" ensemble. Eva is very very tall and is 6 foot 5.

Eurovision Song Contest 2010

On 14 February 2010, Rivas won the Armenian National Final and went on to represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Apricot Stone". Composer Yakup Mutlu was said to have interpreted the lyrics of Apricot Stone to be a political message about the Armenian Genocide. However, according to Rivas' PR manager, Hayk Markosyan, composer Karen Kavaleryan didn't intend it. Kavaleryan stated it had nothing to do with the genocide.

Rivas will continue travelling around Europe promoting her song. She wishes to represent Armenia again in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.

See also

Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

References

External links

Official Website

Blog Live Journal

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birth date	1866
birth place	Larnaca, Cyprus
death date	1937
death place	Nicosia, Cyprus
occupation	poet
nationality	Cypriot
period	1890-1937
movement	Cypriot dialect
influences	Vasilis Michaelides
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Dimitris Theophani Lipertis () (1866–1937) is a Cypriot born Greek poet and is considered as one of the most prominent poets of the island.

Biography

Lipertis was born in Larnaca in 1866 (exact date disputed–either 22 September or 26 October). His father, Theofanis Lipertis hailed from Kyrenia, but moved to Larnaca where he set up a trading company. His mother was Kokonou Modinos.

He received his basic education from various literary figures of Larnaca. He then furthered his studies in Beirut (from 1880–1884) where he studied languages at the American University of Beirut and the Jesuit Université Saint-Joseph specialising in English and French. On his return to Cyprus, he first took up a clerical post (1885–1890) at Larnaca legal courts. For the next decade he worked in various governmental departments such as payroll officer in the public works department, inspector of vineyard diseases, coastguard official etc. Through his various jobs he came into contact with the Cypriot countryside and its genuine inhabitants, along with getting to know the various dialects spoken in the different regions of Cyprus.

In 1900 he left Cyprus for Naples where he studied philosophy and then to Athens for theology studies. He also travelled to Egypt in search of employment. On his return he began working as a teacher in the capital Nicosia. He first worked at the Pancyprian Gymnasium from 1910–1912 as a French language teacher and then at The English School. He also served as the first headmaster of the ''Mitsis commercial academy'' in the village of Lemythou.

Lipertis died in Nicosia in 1937.

In 1978, his portrait was depicted on one of two stamps in a commemorative issue themed on Cypriot poets. The other stamp depicted Vasilis Michaelides.

Works

He wrote and published some poetry in katharevousa but the main body of his work is in the Cypriot Dialect. Some of his poems have been set to music by Cypriot composer Achilleas Lymbouridis and Greek composer Dimitris Layios. He is considered as one of the most prominent modern Cypriot poets and has been the theme of stamps issued by the Cyprus Post Office.

He published 3 collections of poems:

1891 - The relaxed harp ''(Halaromeni Lira - Χαλαρωμένη Λύρα)''

1898 - Stoni ''(Στόνοι)''

1923 - The Cypriot Songs ''(Tzipriotika Tragoudia - Τζ'υπριώτικα Τραούδκια)''

In addition his private letters to various people were characterised by a vivid and intelligent content with clever humour and literary merit.

External links

Cyprus Stamp Issue: Cypriot Poets: Demetrios Libertis and Vasilis Michaelides

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Nathan Morley (born 14 January 1974) is a multi award winning television presenter, columnist and journalist based in Finland and Cyprus.

He is best known to international audiences for his live radio broadcasts on Talksport, LBC and the BBC to the United Kingdom. He is also a familiar voice to worldwide listeners for his CBS and Voice of America reports.

Eurovision Song Contest

A high profile TV and media campaign announced he had been appointed the English language Eurovision Song Contest 2009 radio commentator for the Cypriot state broadcaster, CyBC. The commentary in English marked a first for a non-English language EBU member. He also hosted national radio commentary the 2010 and 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.

Broadcasting

His recent notable interviews include former US President Jimmy Carter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, Tassos Papadopoulos, Glafkos Klerides, George Vassiliou, Terry Waite, Sir David Hannay, Rafik Hariri, Mehmet Ali Talat, Bülent Ecevit, Álvaro de Soto, Ingrid Betancourt and Rauf Denktaş. He took leave from daily radio in 2003 and was based in the Middle East where he collaborated with such notables as the late Tareq Ayyoub who was killed by US gunfire, during the Iraq War of 2003.

A vast library of his interviews are housed at the British Library Sound Archive in London.

Television and Radio

Morley is a national radio and television presenter with Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (PIK/ CyBC), where he presents the Weekend Evening News on television and a weekday radio programme on CyBC Radio 2 called 'Round and About' which includes news interviews, interspersed with music and comments from listeners.

His weekly nostalgia programme Nicosia Calling on Radio 2 features the greatest songs and performances from Hollywood, Broadway and Tin Pan Alley and includes live weekly interviews with notables including Andy Williams, Vera Lynn, Martha Reeves, Cleo Laine, Max Bygraves and other entertainers from the last century.

He is the only LBC radio personality to have maintained a weekly uninterrupted live feature, which has broadcast continuously over 10 years at 5.30 on Thursday mornings, making it the longest running live slot since the station's launch in 1973.

In addition to domestic television, he reports for the international German TV and radio network Deutsche Welle and DWTV.

He is one of the main presenters on Home and Travel TV on Sky Digital in the United Kingdom, where he hosts several travel related programmes and chat shows.

Morley is the Cyprus correspondent for the Voice of America, Vatican Radio and ORF Radio Austria (Radioprogramme des Österreichischen Rundfunks).

During the 2003 US invasion of Iraq he was a presenter with the USA Radio Network (reporting from the Iraqi border), co-hosting and reporting for all of the networks news programs. The USA Radio Network coverage won a prestigious Katie Award in 2004, and Morley anchored several US national news shows which were transmitted live across the USA.

He has also been heard reporting for the network radio division of CBS News from Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Israel.

Morley has been a regular voice on LBC radio in London since 2001, where he joins Steve Allen on Thursday mornings; he also reports for other LBC programmes. In late 2006 he joined Talksport as a reporter on the night time show with Ian Collins.

During the mid-1990s he was regular voice on Chris Tarrant's Capital FM breakfast news filing stories from Cyprus and the Middle East.

He broadcasts a weekly segment on BBC Radio Berkshire called ''Euro News'', from the BBC studios in Cyprus, with Phil Kennedy.

Family

Morley is the son-in law of the former Finland national team star goal keeper Lars Nasman and grandson of Grimsby Town supporters' club chairman Bernard Morley.

Awards

Morley was awarded the highly coveted New York Festival's Silver World Medal award for broadcasting in 2001 at a ceremony in Manhattan in New York. He was presented with the gong by legendary broadcaster Cousin Brucie from WABC. He also won the IPAR award in Italy for his presentation of The World This Week in 2005.

Newspapers

Morley is a feature writer and journalist at the leading English language daily Cyprus Mail newspaper. He writes a weekly column for the Cyprus Observer newspaper. He is an occasional writer for the Daily Express in the United Kingdom.

Trivia

He is the long - running American voiced daily compere on the Nick Ferrari breakfast show on LBC Radio in London.

He was a trainee with BFBS, the British Forces Broadcasting Service in Germany in 1989.

As a teenager he spent time as a presenter on the Voice of Peace radio station in Israel, where he presented ''Twilight Time'' and ''The Classical Music Programme''.

External links

Morley to do Eurovision - Cyprus Mail

LBC 97.3

Sky TV Home & Travel Channel Biography

CyBC Eurovision clip from You Tube

Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation

VOA Report

Radio Journal Deutschland 1999 feature

Uri Geller stunt

ABC Australia 2002 report

BBC Newsround 2002 report

USA Radio Network

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