Past events

Niki Marangou by Dr Liana Giannakopoulou

The fourth and final lecture in the Greek Writers in English lecture series, by Dr Liana Giannakopoulou, teacher of Modern Greek Literature in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics of the University of Cambridge.

Organised by The Hellenic Centre and The Society for Modern Greek Studies

Aoide’s Wandering Ouzeri: Tip The Waiter, Online Livestream

Greek Fringe | Evritiki Zygia & Katerina Douka

Evritiki Zygia and Katerina Douka have teamed up to bring the ancient sounds of Greece to the world. This performance is filmed in Evros on a river that borders Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria and is a place of great geo-cultural significance to the folklore of Thrace.

This event will be on Facebook

Organised by Greek Fringe.  We have partnered with Greek Fringe an initiative founded in Australia now a global community, on a series of virtual events.

Jenny Mastoraki by Dr Sarah Ekdawi

The third lecture in the Greek Writers in English lecture series, by Dr Sarah Ekdawi, Faculty Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and the Reviews Editor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies.

Organised by The Hellenic Centre and The Society for Modern Greek Studies

On Demand : Junkermann

Junkermann is a true masterpiece of Greek literature and representative of the infamous generation of the ‘30s, written by the highly acclaimed Greek author, M. Karagatsis.

The theatrical adaptation of the novel made by the poet Stratis Paschalis is directed by Dimitris Tarlow and features award winning actor Yannis Stankoglou in the leading role.

Performance will be in Greek, English subtitles available

The Hellenic Centre is happy to be one of the media sponsors of Poreia Theatre, Athens, Greece for the livestreamed performances of Junkermann.

Kiki Dimoula by Dr Despoina Papastathi

The second lecture in the Greek Writers in English lecture series, by  Dr Despoina Papastathi, teacher of Modern Greek Literature at the Department of Philology of the University of Ioannina, Greece.

Organised by The Hellenic Centre and The Society for Modern Greek Studies

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra plays Mozart

The series finale of the four-part series of Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Online Concerts sees Associate Concertmaster Charlotte Scott perform Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major in an all-Mozart programme, which also includes the composer’s intimate Symphony No. 29 in A major.

Organised by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Recorded in the Great Hall at the Hellenic Centre.

Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke by Dr Liana Giannakopoulou

The first lecture in the Greek Writers in English lecture series, by Dr Liana Giannakopoulou, teacher of Modern Greek Literature in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics of the University of Cambridge.

This first lecture was initially presented in Summer 2020.

Organised by The Hellenic Centre and The Society for Modern Greek Studies

The Hellenic Centre’s New Year Online Concert

For the Hellenic Centre’s New Year Concert, the prizewinning British Cypriot soprano and pianist, Katerina Mina will be performing her one-artist operatic programme from the piano in an online concert! Although we will not cut our New Year’s cake to see which one of our guests will win the lucky coin there will be a lucky draw to see which one of the event’s attendees will win this year’s special prize!

Concert premiere Saturday 30 January, 7pm. Watch anytime until Monday 1 February, 10pm.

Yuri Zhislin directs Glazunov and Tchaikovsky

The 3rd in the four-part series of Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Online Concerts, Co-Concertmaster and violist Yuri Zhislin directs the Orchestra in the world premiere of Suite for Strings by Libby Croad. Zhislin also performs his own viola transcription of Glazunov’s Saxophone Concerto, and the programme closes with Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings.

Organised by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Recorded in the Great Hall at the Hellenic Centre.

Power and Impunity: What Donald Trump and Boris Didn’t Learn from the Ancient Greeks

As part of the collaborative events programme celebrating 1821 in 2021, the Hellenic Observatory at LSE is hosting an online panel discussion.

Organised by Hellenic Observatory at LSE as part of the project 21 in 21: Celebrating 2021 in 21 Encounters project.

Aoide’s Wandering Ouzeri: Amalgama, Online Live stream

All styles of Greek music, starting with the group Amalgama, performing traditional and Endehna, around a table with a drink.

Organised by Amalgama and Rebetiko Carnival

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra: Baroque favourites

The 2nd in the four-part series of Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Online Concerts is a concert of Baroque favourites, including Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and Vivaldi’s Concerto for 4 Violins in B minor featuring soloists from the Orchestra. Watch here from 7.30pm

Organised by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Recorded in the Great Hall at the Hellenic Centre.

Οργάνωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως – Organisation of Constantinople

Katerina Bouras will speak on the Οργάνωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως in which Dragoumis was involved and Dr Anastasia Aglaia Lemos, will speak about the Turkish Neo-Hellenism, a literary movement of the same period.

The presentation will be in Greek

Organised by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Live Streaming: Aristos (Αρίστος)

Based on the novel “Circle of death” by Thomas Korovinis
Directed by Giorgos Papageorgiou

The award-winning performance of George Papageorgiou, is coming to the Poreia Theatre, for one final live streaming screening on Sunday, January 10th.

Performance will be in Greek

The Hellenic Centre is happy to be one of the media sponsors for the livestreamed performance of Αρίστος from the Poreia Theatre Athens Greece. Find all of the sponsors here.

Dust – Σκόνη by Costas Papageorgiou

Live Streaming: Eurydice (Ευριδίκη)

Live streaming from Theatro Poreia, Athens, Greece

Written by Sarah Ruhl
Translated and directed by Dimitris Tarlow
Music by Katerina Polemi

Performance will be in Greek

The Hellenic Centre is happy to be one of the media sponsors for the livestreamed performance of Eurydice from the Poreia Theatre Athens Greece. Find all of the sponsors here.

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Online Concert

Following their concert in tribute to the Oxford Vaccine Teams, which included the world premiere of John Rutter’s Joseph’s Carol, the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra is kicking off 2021 with an online series of four concerts, streamed free to its audiences worldwide. The 1st in the four-part series is with star cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the world premiere of Sappho in Manchester: Interlude for String Quartet and Orchestra, composed by Mats Lidström, Solo Cello of the Orchestra.

Organised by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Recorded in the Great Hall at the Hellenic Centre.

Live streaming: Irene Skylakaki Trio

Live streaming from Theatro Poreia, Athens, Greece

The Hellenic Centre is happy to be one of the media sponsors for the livestreamed performance of Irene Skylakaki Trio from the Poreia Theatre Athens Greece. Find all of the sponsors here.

Live Streaming: The Great Chimera (Η Μεγάλη Χίμαιρα)

Live streaming from Theatro Poreia, Athens, Greece

The phenomenal theatrical play by M. Karagatsis, “The Great Chimera”, adapted by Stratis Paschalis and directed by Dimitri Tarlow has been sold out since it was first produced and more than 100,000 spectators have watched it in Athens, Thessaloniki, Corfu and Brussels.

The Hellenic Centre is happy to be one of the media sponsors for the livestreamed performance of Η Μεγάλη Χίμαιρα  from the Poreia Theatre Athens Greece. Find all of the sponsors here.