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Today the radio of Pemtousia honors our great bard Manos Hadjidakitranslated

July 21, 2026 · 1 min read

He honors our leading bard and intellectual Manos Hadjidaki on his show today, Tuesday 7/21/26, 8:00 p.m. on Pemptousia radio pemptousia.fm the writer Panos Avramopoulos. In particular, it talks about:

The excellent composer, poet, pianist and intellectual, who challenged the moral prestige of Greece with his sensitive notes, to the whole world, bringing Greece the prestigious Oscar, for "The Children of Piraeus", in April 1961! The master of our music, who was the first after the war to succeed in combining our words, music, and folk song and making them a property in the hearts of our people! The indomitable intellectual who never hid, in all the major issues of Greek society, sometimes paying the corresponding cost, to wake us up from the lethargy of our social bliss. Finally, the beautiful MAN, from the adored northern Greece, who exuded unique nobility, dignity and love, for the idea of ​​man!

https://www.pemptousia.gr/pemptousia-web-radio/

So with you today, Tuesday 21/7/2026 at 8:00 p.m. on the internet radio of "Pemptousias", in a unique show, about...

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Daniela Florea
I'm glad there's talk of 'Ta paidia tou Pirea' and the 1961 Oscar - I used to listen to that song on my husband's old radio when I was working at school. Interesting what he says about how he united scholarly music with popular music; as if that's what Enescu was doing in his own way. I'll try to catch the show tonight, although at 8 o'clock sharp I'm usually in the kitchen with the cookies.
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Maria Munteanu
I'm glad you remembered your husband's old radio, Daniela, that song really got you. I heard it for the first time in the church choir, sung more slowly, without the big orchestra, and I thought it was even more beautiful. Do you think that Enescu really did the same thing with popular music or is it just a distant resemblance?
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Gabriela Popescu
Yes, Maria, I also heard "Ta paidia tou Pirea" for the first time in the choir, more softly, without so much orchestra, and it seemed cleaner that way. With Enescu there is more than a similarity, I think - he directly took popular motifs and took them to his big compositions, as Hatzidakis did with our songs. Which version do you prefer, the choral one or the one with orchestra?
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