Past Events

Previous Diaries

Below are past diaries in Adobe Acrobat format. To view the diaries, click either the image or the date underneath the image.


Jan-Mar 2013


Sep-Dec 2012


Mar-Aug 2012


Jan-Mar 2012

DiarySeptember to December 2011

Sep-Dec 2011

Diary April to August 2011

Apr-Aug 2011

Diary Jan to Mar 2011

Jan-Mar 2011

Diary Sep to Dec 2010

Sep-Dec 2010

Diary April to August 2010

Apr-Aug 2010

Diary Jan to Mar 2010

Jan-Mar 2010

Diary Sep to Dec 2009

Sep-Dec 2009

Diary Apr to Aug 2009

Apr-Aug 2009

Diary Jan to Mar 2009

Jan-Mar 2009

Diary Sep to Dec 2008

Sep-Dec 2008

Diary Apr to Aug 2008

Apr-Aug 2008

Diary Jan to Mar 2008

Jan-Mar 2008

Diary Sep to Dec 2007

Sep-Dec 2007

Diary Apr to Aug 2007

Apr-Aug 2007

Diary Jan to Mar 2007

Jan-Mar 2007

Diary Sep to Dec 2006

Sep-Dec 2006

 

 


 Andreas A David Biennial Memorial Lecture
 

 

 


The Sixth Andreas A David
Biennial Memorial Lecture
(8th November 2012)

The Fifth Andreas A David Biennial Memorial Lecture
(16th October 2010)

 


Recent Events
 

Byzantine Chant Recital

Tuesday 14 May, 7.30pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Recital with Cappella Romana and the Choir of the School of Byzantine Music, Archdiocese of Thyateira.   Read more...

Byzantine Chant Symposium

Tuesday 14 May, 5pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Leading scholars discuss The Musical Form of the Divine    Liturgy in a short series of papers and a panel discussion aimed to reach a broad spectrum of the public, from early music enthusiasts, to liturgy scholars and enthusiasts, to students and practitioners of Byzantine chant.   Read more...

Easter Celebration

Tuesday 7 May, 7pm to 10pm - Bar, Hellenic Centre Come and crack red eggs with us! Enjoy another Greek tradition and an evening of live Greek music.  Read more...

From Antiphon to Autocue: Speechwriting Ancient and Modern

Thursday 25 April & Friday 26 April, 10am to 5pm - Boardroom, Hellenic Centre An international      conference examining the practice of employing speechwriters in political and forensic          contexts from Classical antiquity to the 21st Century.   Read more...

Moonlight Sonata

Saturday 20 April, 7.30pm and 8.45pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Moonlgiht Sonata by Yannis Ritsos devised and performed in English and Greek by Dimitra Kreps, supported by TheatreLab.  Performance in English at 7.30pm; performance in Greek at 8.45pm; duration of each performance 50 minutes.  Dimitra Kreps, who recently completed her Master’s in Physical  Read more...

Piano Recital by Costas Fotopoulos

Saturday 6 April 2013, 7pm - Great Hall , Hellenic Centre Following on from the success of his homage to Chopin in 2011, Costas returns to the Hellenic Centre to celebrate the music of two other giants of the 19th century: Brahms and Liszt.  Read more...

Jazz Concert

Saturday 23 March, 7pm to 8.30pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Jazz Concert with Diminuita (www.diminuita.com); Giorgos Papadogiannis (lead guitar), Effie Saranti (rhythm guitar), Kostas Arsenis (double bass).  Read more...

Kathara Deftera Lunch

Monday 18 March, 12.30pm to 3.30pm - Hellenic Centre A traditional vegetarian lunch to celebrate the beginning of Lent.  Read more...

Children’s Carnival Party

Sunday 17 March, 3pm to 5pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Entertainment for children up to 10 years old. Tickets at £5 (for adults and children over 3) include one drink (juice, coffee, tea) and cake. Adults admitted only if accompanying children.  Read more...

Carnival Greek Evening

Saturday 9 March, 7pm to 11pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Greek food, live Greek music, fancy dress (optional).  Read more...

Tsiknopemti

Thursday 7 March, 7.30pm Read more...

Lysistrata

Wednesday 6 March to Sunday 24 March – Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, London W6 9RL A hilarious, naughty musical adaptation of Aristophanes' comedy by Theatre Lab Company (www.theatrelab.co.uk) set against the backdrop of the European crisis with live music by Daemonia Nymphe.  Read more...

What Can We Learn from the Ancient Greeks Today

Wednesday 27 February, 7pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Two short illustrated lectures followed by discussion by scholars from the University of Exeter, bringing out key insights from ancient Greece for modern society and illuminating the background of the current finan-cial crisis and the contemporary usefulness of ancient Greek healthcare methods.  Read more...

Unmythable

Sunday 24 February, 6pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre A fantastic show that’s all set to write its very own legend (The Public Reviews). Join Jason onboard the Argo for an unforgettable journey through all the greatest Greek myths ever told. Read more...

Nikos Kazantzakis - International Symposium

Monday 18 February, 9am to 8pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre The Kazantzakis Publications, the Press Office and the Education Office of the Embassy of Greece in the United Kingdom present an international Symposium entitled Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957): The Luminous Interval on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the birth of the ecumenical Greek author, Nikos Kazantzakis. Read more...