A performance with music by Evelyn DeBoeck, Richard Einhorn, and Stavros Xarchakos, supported by Dance Theatre Workshop, Inc.

Photograph from Stavros Xarchakos’ first concert at the Kentrikon Theatre in 1963, attended by the then Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou. Mikis Theodorakis and the singers Bithikotsis and Moscholiou are also visible.

…Continue to sing. Marry your spontaneity with wisdom. Already, your small orchestra serves you absolutely and uniquely. I find that you are truly in a position to grant us the powerful melodies that you abundantly carry within you. Thank God, you have already had your fill of bravos and cheers, of brilliant successes and the great crowds. Today, try to communicate with the hidden and secret moments of people, disregarding their habits. …with “Ignacio” I became your friend… Manos Hatzidakis

An article from "Eleftherotypia" (1978) discusses how well bouzoukia pair with Vivaldi. The article includes a reference to the calasvione, a three-stringed instrument identical to the bouzouki, which was played in Italy during the Middle Ages and up to a century after Vivaldi’s death. As noted, the composers themselves made adaptations of concertos for other instruments.

The lyric poem “Cyrano and Roxane” by Stavros Xarchakos is presented at the Greek National Opera. The work, a co-production with the Imperial Theatre of Compiègne, France, draws its content from the play “Cyrano de Bergerac” (1897) by Edmond Rostand.

In March 1989, Stavros Xarchakos presented works by Ariel Ramirez with Giorgos Dalaras, in the presence of the composer himself, who praised the effort. A recording followed in April, at the Catholic Church of Saint Dionysius. In 1995, at a concert dedicated to the work of ELEPAP, the same piece was chosen once again as the most suitable for conveying messages of love and tenderness, as a gift to the children of ELEPAP.

“Concerto ’73,” the legendary concert by Stavros Xarchakos at Leoforos Stadium, the voice of an entire era with Nikos Xylouris. A musical evening that became a symbol and the prelude to a new era.

Scores, handwritten notes, and stage directions aimed at highlighting the plot. "Musical reflections" on the play "Le visiteur" and its presentation to the audience (excerpt from: part 1, 2, 3).

Stavros Xarchakos’ music masterfully follows the atmosphere of Lorca’s poem, creating a folk lyrical tragedy in which the Andalusian element is uniquely interwoven with the Greek.

A musical interweaving of Stavros Xarchakos, Markos Vamvakaris, and Vassilis Tsitsanis, in an evening dedicated to Stavros Xarchakos.

Stavros Xarchakos’ music is performed with a “wild rhythm” at a spectacular festival of pirouettes and figures, earning rapturous acclaim!

Scores for the music of Aristophanes’ Ekklesiazousai (National Theatre of Greece, 1993).

A newspaper clipping presents, in part of the article, a review of Stavros Xarchakos’ concert at the “Kotopouli” Theatre. It includes references to the contributors and makes special mention of the performer Flery Papadantonaki, as well as of the combination of pop music and traditional motifs in the work of Stavros Xarchakos.

An article in the newspaper “Ta Nea” presents “the youngest of the composers, Stavros Xarchakos,” his creations, and his future melodic paths.

Article in the newspaper “Apogevmatini” (25 June 1968) about a concert by Stavros Xarchakos, with emphasis on the song composed by the maestro for Robert Kennedy, with lyrics by Lefteris Papadopoulos and performed by Grigoris Bithikotsis.

33rd TIF 15–16 September 1968 Stavros Xarchakos conducts a concert of folk music with Grigoris Bithikotsis, Vicky Moscholiou and Giannis Kalatzis at the Palais des Sports in Thessaloniki.

A rare musical journey into the “secret encounters of the young man from Trikala,” as well as the “painful encounters” in the city of Thessaloniki, toward the magical songs of his first period, the most primal and innocent phase of his life, expressed in such a distinctive musical style as to articulate the “shared language of Music.” Brilliant and original dialogues: great songs by Tsitsanis in conversation with classical creators, music from every corner of the globe, tradition, and contemporary musical idioms… “I admire, value, and love Tsitsanis’s work in its entirety. Yet I have always been especially captivated and deeply moved by his first period, up to 1940, that is, the songs he wrote up to the age of 25 […] I began to engage with this period almost instinctively. I had nothing specific in mind—or rather, what I initially had was varied and so different from one another that, in reality, they left me free, open to the unexpected…” Stavros Xarchakos

The performance of Mozart’s "Requiem" with the National Symphony Orchestra of Vilnius took place beneath the cliffs of Meteora on a singular evening, under the artistic direction of Stavros Xarchakos. The "Azouliokas" Youth Choir from Vilnius, the Plovdiv Youth Choir, and the "Branko Krasmanovic" Men's Choir from Belgrade also participated.

“For me, rebetiko songs are songs of vision—of longing for a better life. Yet at the same time, they are the songs of dreams betrayed. They carry within them an eternal nostalgia for beauty; they speak of the sacredness of desire, of that longing which keeps you standing even when everything around you collapses. They are the rebetika of defying terror, the songs that look hardship straight in the eye and do not turn away, but transform it into melody. They are the rebetika that dare to challenge fate, a calm, almost serene confrontation with death itself. And somewhere within all of this, the ‘aman’ that rises like music from the depths of my soul meets the ‘amen’ of a prayer. As if they become one: pain, hope, protest, and acceptance. This, for me, is the truth of rebetiko.” Music and direction by S. Xarchakos