Mikis Theodorakis lived his life with passion, loved people, and was dedicated to music. He was the great composer, the great peace fighter who marked modern Greek history with his works and struggles. The 50 years of Greek democracy are inextricably linked with his musical creations.

In the final years of his life, Mikis entrusted Stefanos Korkolis with his “new begin- ning,” calling him “the ideal interpreter and ambassador of his music to the Greek and international audience.” According to Mikis, Sofia Manousaki was the “great, new revelation, both vocally and interpretatively.” “[Sofia] fully captured the in- genious interpretative concept of Stefanos Korkolis, who, with a piano, creates a musical-sound universe, the result of a large symphony orchestra with thousands of colors and rhythms,” Mikis mentioned in a handwritten message.

The Korkolis – Manousaki duo has recorded three gold albums featuring Mikis’s works and has given sold-out concerts in Greece and abroad. To celebrate the 50 years of Greek democracy, lyrical songs by the great Greek composer as well as excerpts from his works “Axion Esti,” “Mauthausen,” and “Epitaph” are to be performed by Stefanos (piano) and Sofia (voice).