Manos Hatzidakis meets jazz

Manos Hatzidakis, the greatest musical genius of Greece! His name has been written with golden letters in the music history of Greece since 1960. Hatzidakis created a personal style which no one can forget. He focused on the economy of expression, the deep traditional roots and the genuineness of emotion.

Gifted, melancholic, sensitive, wonderful... Manos Hatzidakis has marked Greek music with his work, leaving a huge legacy behind him. He was one of the most important Greek composers, the most romantic and soul-touching according to many people who still fall in love and daydream with his music.

A few months ago, I had the honor of enjoying the Athens Camerate orchestra performing along with some of the most distinguished Greek Jazz musicians, some of the best known melodies of Manos Hatzidakis, adapted in the language of jazz.

A vivid musical meeting arising spontaneously from free thinking and improvisation, in full harmony with Manos Hatzidakis’ work and his cosmopolitan way of thinking.

Enjoy!

Stepping forward : A hero's Journey

Dr Joseph Riggio describes himself: “First of all I would say I'm a transformational change artist, often working in the capacity of an applied mythologist, helping my clients to discover the myths they are organized around and that drive the perceptions, decisions and actions that produce the results they are getting (or sometimes the ones they aren't getting yet)”.
He is renown for the capacity of his insight to what motivates people to action, both personally and professionally, and his ability to organize the means to articulate the specific messages that will move these individuals to actually taking action.
I had the enormous luck to watch his inspirational speech during TEDx Academy “Step Forward” in Athens, in October.
And now, my friend Pantelis has sent me this amazing video!
In this video, Dr. Joseph Riggio explores the topic of how our stories shape the worlds we live in, as individual and collectively. He speaks to the way our education influences our ability to shape the stories we are living, what's missing from our schools - and how we can add back in what most essential to reshape the future we're creating. “If you don’t take control of the stories that you’re living, then you’ll be living someone else’s story…”