2024-03-10 15:17:27
More than 150 Greek composers, lyricists, singers and performers, who are in favor of his bill for the protection and enhancement of Greek-language song and orchestral music performance, sent an open letter.
In this letter, they emphasize that the legislative initiative of the Minister of Culture, Linas Mendoni, to have a 45% quota for the Greek song that will be played in public spaces, e.g. hotels etc., is a ray of light.
The letter
Today, all of us Greek song people, composers, lyricists, performers and musical performers are seriously worried about the future of Greek song, the ‘heart’ of the country’s modern cultural heritage.
In a few years, the landscape of Greek music production will look bombarded, having been battered, not only by the imported song supported by organized and stable funding and promotion, but also by the repertoire that will be mass-produced through Artificial Intelligence, which as cheaper, it will compete directly with ours in all genres and distribution channels.
At the same time, in the year 2024, we are still vigorously negotiating our self-evident fees for the use of our works by television stations, radio stations and audio-visual productions. We demand fairer fees from the major digital music platforms. And we continue to explain to Greek businessmen who refuse to pay intellectual and relative rights, that our works are not ‘common property’, but our own property, the result of time, investment and labor, on which our livelihood, our future depends.
The legislative initiative of the Minister of Culture is for the first time a ray of light and hope after the difficult and gloomy years of the pandemic. For the first time, they treat us, the Greek creators, performers and performers, as well as the national musical repertoire, as an equal link in the modern cultural heritage, which, together with the ancient monuments, must be saved and highlighted, even more, especially today.
For a long time we have considered support from the state imperative. We can no longer face all these challenges alone. It is not a question of talent or artistic vision, but who will last until the final fall. We don’t want that day to come when we will be shown behind the window of a museum with the inscription “songwriter”, “singer”, “instrumentalist”.
The Greek song, its creators and contributors have a long, wonderful journey that makes Greece proud. Greek poetry set to music is over 2,000 years old. It is not certain, however, that it can survive another day, if drastic and coordinated measures are not taken now to protect Greek song and Greek music.
The co-signers are composers, lyricists, performers, performers
(The list is constantly updated)
ALEXANDRAKI IRINI
ALEXIOU DIONYSIS
ALEXIOU HARIS
ABAZIS PANTELIS
ANASTASIOU MYRTO
ANTYPA EMMANUELA, CLERK OF RIGHTS NIKOY ANTYPA
APOSTOLOPOULOU KONSTANTINA
ARGYROPOULOU SOFIA
VAXAVANELIS GRIGORIS
VAXAVANELIS NIKOS
VAXAVANELI-TSIALTA PIZZA
BELIVASAKI GEORGIA
THUNDER OF GRACE
GABRIILIDES VASILIS
GAITANOS PETROS
GEROTHODOROU VIKY
GEROYANNI GIOTA
GEORGOULAS THANOS
GIANNATSOULIA ELENI
YANNOPOULOS VASILIS
YANNOPOULOS GIORGOS
GLEZOS YANNIS
CUTE MISS
DOUGLAS GEORGE
DARAMOUSKAS VASILIS
DIMITRIADIS GIORGOS
DIMITRIOU ELPIDA
DIMITROUKA AGATHIS, LYRICS, CLERK OF RIGHTS OF NICO GATSOU
LINA DIMOPOULOU
DOUROU FOTEINI
STATUS DRUG
DRUTSA EVI
ALEXANDROS ELEFTHERIADIS
EUSTATHIA
AIKATERINI ZAMPETA, CLERK OF RIGHTS OF GIORGOS ZAMPETA
ZAFIRELIS DIMITRIS
ZOGA ELENI
SEAFOOD PANTELIS
THEODOROU FONTAS
THEOPHANOUS GIORGOS
IATROPOULOS DIMITRIS
IMBRIOS PETROS
KALANZOPOULOS PANAGIOTIS
KARAVELIS GRIGORIS
KARATZANOS VANGELIS
KARIKOU DESPINA
KATSIGIANNIS ANDREAS
KATSOULI KATERINI, CLERK/MOST OF RIGHTS ILIA KATSOULI
KERMANIDIS IOANNIS
KIFOKERIS KOSMAS
RED VIRTUE
COCK LINEN
KOLLINIATI IOANNA
KOLOKYTHAS GIORGOS
COMPOSIS ANDREAS
KONTOGIORGOS GIORGOS
KORKOLIS STEFANOS
KOUTSOUKIS YIANNIS
KONSTANTINIDES VANGELIS
LALIOTI MARIA
LEKKAS VASILIS
YIANNIS LEKOPOULOS
LENTZOS DIMITRIS
LEONTIS CHRISTOS
LIOUGOS ILIAS
LITINA EVA
ELONGATED ANGELIKI
MALLIAS YIANNIS
MAMAGAKIS MINOS, CLERK OF RIGHTS OF NIKO MAMAGAKIS
MARAVEGIAS KONSTANTINOS
ELENI MARKOPOULOU, CLERK OF RIGHTS YIANNI MARKOPOULOU
MARRA ELENA
MARTOS GEORGE
MAVRIDES TONY
MEGALOUDI MARIA, CLERK OF RIGHTS ILIA MEGALOUDI
METALLINOS IOANNIS
YANNIS MELIOKAS
KONSTANTINOS MILIOTAKIS
ALEXANDROS MICHELOUDAKIS
MOUKIDIS GIORGOS
THOMAS GROCERY
BABALI ANDRIANA
BRAKOULIAS PANAGIOTIS
MYLONAS MUNICIPALITY
MORAITIS NIKOS
NIKOLAOU YIANNIS
NIKOPOULOS THANASIS
OLD CROSS
XYDAKIS NIKOS
PANTZIS KONSTANTINOS
PAPAGELIS ANTONIS
PAPADIMITRIOU DIMITRIS
PAPADOPOULOS KYRIAKOS
PAPATHANASIOU GIORGOS
PAPAIOANNOU CHRYSAS, CLERK OF RIGHTS YIANNI PAPAIOANNOU
PAPAKONSTANTINOU ILIAS
PAPAKOSTAS NIKOS
PRIORITSAS KONSTANTINOS
PAULOS IORDANIS
100. PAURIANOS GIORGOS
101. PESKOU LENKA
102. PITLOGOU NIKOS
103. PLATYRACHOS NIKOS
104. PLIATSIKAS PHILIPPOS
105. POLYKANDRIOTIS THANASIS
106. HUSBAND OF ORANGE
107. PYLARINOS GERASIMOS
108. REBYTHI AGATHI
109. RUSSIAN REBECKA
110. SALOS ANTONIS
111. SAMBANIS GIORGOS
112. SANTIKAI CHRISTOS
113. SARANTIS SALEAS
114. SARRIS NIKOS
115. SERKOS ALEXIS
116. HARD NATALIE
117. SCONDRAS STATHIS
118. SUKAS IAKOVOS
119. SPANOUDAKIS STAMATIS
120. STAMATELATOS SOTIRIS
121. STARRAS MICHALIS
122. STASSINOPOULOU CHRISTIS
123. STAVRINOUDAKIS MICHALIS
124. STEFANAKIS GIORGOS
125. STYLIANOU CHRISTOS
126. SHYRAKIS NEKTARIOS
127. TARNANAS ANDREAS
128. TASSOPOULOS PHIBOS
129. TERZAKIS KOSTAS
130. TERZIS NIKOS
131. HERO TRIANGLE
132. TRYPIAS MANOS
133. TSAGOURNOS (MANIS) KONSTANTINOS, CREATOR
134. TSAGOURNOS (MANIS) KONSTANTINOS, CLERK OF RIGHTS TAKI BOUGA
135. TSAFAS DIMITRIS
136. FALARAS PANOS
137. FABAS VANGELIS
138. FASOULAS KOSTAS
139. PHILIPPOU ELIAS
140. CUSTODIAN HUSBAND
141. HALARI ELENI, CLERK OF RIGHTS OF CHRISTODOULOU HALARI
142. COPPER LACQUER
143. HATZIDIAKOS DIMITRIS
144. HATZINASIOS GIORGOS
145. HIONIS CHRISTOS
146. CHIOTIS SPYROS
147. CHRISTOFOROU KONSTANTINOS
148. CHRYSOVERGIS ALEKOS
149. CHRYSOVERGIS ALEXANDROS
150. PSIMOPOULOS MARIOS
151. SUPREME SONGS GREECE
Greek music
LINA MENDONI
Ministry of Culture