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At his 1975 piano recital debut, Marios Papadopoulos, pianist, founder and music director of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, at the University of Oxford, was described by The Times newspaper as "having all the attributes of one of the world's greatest players". On the occasion of his concert on October 30th, 2018, at Kaufman Music Center in New York, Dr. Papadopoulos spoke with New Greek TV's journalist, Despina Afentouli, about his international career as both pianist and conductor.

She let her music talent be her leader and, before she realized she was a ...professional. This is, in a few words, the story of Yuli Asimakopoulou, who entered the "heart" of the Greek musical scene step-by-step, or perhaps we should say song-by-song. From the youthful song "Love me/ "Na me agapas", which turned out to be her first hit song, until today, young Yuli developed and evolved, being able to perform equally well Greek as well as English songs. In fact, she does not hide her desire to be able to sing soon for the Greeks of North America with whom she also has family ties.

The Karpouzi Trio is performing an evening of traditional Greek music in the nation's capital, titled "Conversation in Culture", this Thursday, January 29th.