ERT honors Dionysis Savvopoulos with concert and tribute

To mark the one-year anniversary of the passing of renowned Greek songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos, ERT will broadcast a special tribute on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.

ERT1 will air the concert ‘I Was Born in Thessaloniki’ at 23:50. Originally performed at the Athens Concert Hall in January 2023, the two-hour program features symphonic arrangements of Savvopoulos’s works, performed by the ERT National Symphony Orchestra and the Athens Municipal Choir, conducted by Miltos Logiadis and hosted by Katerina Polemi and Fotis Siotas.

Additionally, the digital platform ERTFLIX will host a dedicated tribute titled ‘Dionysis Savvopoulos’. This includes a legendary documentary by Lakis Papastathis, featuring musical footage from albums such as ‘To Perivoli tou Trelou’, ‘Ballos’, and ‘Vromiko Psomi’, alongside personal interviews and archival material.