Date: Tues 12 May

Time: 6.30pm for 7pm

Venue: Museum of Sydney,
Cnr Phillip and Bridge St Sydney

Cost: Free entry
(Booking essential), refreshments served.

Contact: 02 9750 0440

Language: Greek with English Subtitles

Up close and personal video biography

Acclaimed as Greece’s ‘greatest living composer’ Mikis Theodorakis’ life reads like afilm script. A child prodigy, Theodorakis taught himself to write songs without access to musical instruments. His is a journey of great proportions: changing the face of Greek music, alongside a backdrop of political turmoil during which he was tortured and thrown into exile. Now a statesman, Theodorakis has become almost as well known for his impact on politics as on the international music scene.

Producers Russell Goodrick and Eleni Evangel capture the life of this extraordinary man in a 60 minute program.

A special thanks to Nikolaos Oikonomidis Counsellor for Communication Consulate General of Greece in Sydney.