Jewish Music from the Hellenic Region
Cantor Assaf Levitin is joined by pianist Naaman Wagner for an evening of deeply moving and timeless music. This concert journeys through the rich tapestry of […]
Cantor Assaf Levitin is joined by pianist Naaman Wagner for an evening of deeply moving and timeless music. This concert journeys through the rich tapestry of […]
Join singer and actress Elena Hadjiafxendi and pianist Christos Fountos for a captivating performance that blends Hellenic musical heritage, classical influences, and theatrical storytelling. This newly […]
Following their sold-out performance in 2023, the Waldstein Trio return to the Hellenic Centre with a powerful programme celebrating the often overlooked, yet extraordinary legacy of […]
Celebrate the Greek Carnival at the Hellenic Centre! Asterakia returns with an afternoon of games, singing and dancing, including the traditional gaitanaki, and more creative activities. A favourite annual event introducing families to […]
Hailed as the “Voice of Greece”, Sofia Vembo was a leading Greek singer and actress, known for her passionate love songs and famous for her performances for the Greek troops during World War […]
“A fascinating, as well as moving film, bound to be a revelation for many people” – Marie-Aude Roux, Le Monde Join us for the UK premiere of Mary, Marianna, […]
Following last year’s sold-out performance at the Hellenic Centre, Kourelou and the Greek Collective return, for a proper panigiri night with live music and dances from all over Greece and Cyprus, including songs from Thrace, Epirus, Macedonia, […]
Cinema Paradiso is a music concert that celebrates the timeless beauty of film music, presented by guitarist Dimitris Soukaras together with current and former Athena Scholars. This special concert highlights the […]
Join us for the book launch and discussion on the book Kalamoti: A Medieval Village of Chios. Kalamoti combines architecture with history, highlighting current issues surrounding the preservation of […]
Join the book launch and discussion of Athens Tales, an anthology of one hundred and fifty years of Greek short fiction about Athens, compiled and translated into English […]
Join us for the presentation of Modern Poetry in Translation’s latest issue, The Antidote to Agony: Focus on the Poetry of Greece and Cyprus, featuring 30 contemporary […]
Join us for an exclusive premiere screening of the newly restored film Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value (1986), celebrating 40 years since its release. Directed by […]
Third Person (Plural) is Aikaterini Gegisian’s feature-length cinematic essay, built from over 200 postwar U.S. informational films and newsreels drawn from the Library of Congress and the National Archives. What […]
‘A large wildfire has a very distinctive sound. No one can tell you unless they have been in one. It is a sound that can haunt […]
Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons (1974) is a defining work of the radical filmmaking of the 1970s. The first collaboration between Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, the film interrogates […]
What is humour? What does it do for us and for society? From the way the ancient Greeks thought of laughter to contemporary philosophy, it is […]