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"Monogramma" has uniquely recorded the individuals who have marked the intellectual, cultural, and artistic trajectory of our country with their presence and work. It has been characterized as a "National Archive" by the press, and for the first time in 2012, the Academy of Athens recognized and awarded audiovisual work, awarding producers and directors George and Ero Sgourakis the Academy of Athens Award for their entire body of work, particularly for "Monogramma." The reasoning behind this was that "…their biographical programs constitute a valuable portrait of Greeks who acted in the past but also in our era and created, as it was characterized, a work "for the next generations".
The idea of creating this series came from producer-director George Sgourakis, to present the life, work, and worldview of individuals who act in the intellectual, cultural, artistic, social, and public spheres, in an autobiographical format so that there is no interference and the cinematic document is preserved in its purest form.
The format of each episode aims at presenting the autobiographical (visual and audio recording) of an individual who operates in the intellectual, artistic, cultural, political, social, and public life, in a way that engages the interest of contemporary viewers.
Today:
"Giorgos Papastefanou"
For over half a century, Giorgos Papastefanou has dedicated his life to radio and television studios. A particularly distinguished personality, he is the creator and producer of historic music programs.
He is considered one of the "legends" of Greek radio and television for the unique work he contributed—documents of historical memory for Greek music. He accompanied entire generations with his voice and his rare television shows, and also in another capacity, as a lyricist, whose songs created what we admire today as the "new wave" of Greek music. Who hasn't sung "Mia agapi gia to kalokairi" (A Love for the Summer), "Ki an s’agapo den s’orizo" (And If I Love You, I Don’t Define You), "Mia fora thimame" (I Remember Once) written with Giannis Spanos, or "Ena proino" (One Morning) with Stavros Xarchakos, "Stou Profiti Ilia ta sokakia" (In the Alleyways of Prophet Elias) with Dimitris Moutsis, and many other songs with various composers.
Giorgos Papastefanou studied at the Law School of Athens but devoted himself to radio from 1960. Some of his iconic radio programs include: "Stis 11 to vrady kathe Deftera" (At 11 PM Every Monday), where he aired all the significant music of the time, such as Hadjidakis, Theodorakis, Xarchakos, and Spanos, even before they were discovered by the Greek record industry, and the historic program "Kalimera kyrie Edison" (Good Evening Mr. Edison), which ran for about 17 years.
His television creations, including "I mousiki grafei istoria" (Music Writes History), "Mousiki vradia" (Music Night), "Oi palioi mas filoi" (Our Old Friends), "Diadromes me ton Giorgo Papastefanou" (Routes with Giorgos Papastefanou), and "Oi filoi mou" (My Friends), are considered the best music shows, for which he was awarded in 1993, 1999, and 2002.
In his autobiographical film, rare cinematic documents from his valuable archive are presented.
Introduction by: Giorgos Sgourakis
Directed by: Iro Sgouraki
Cinematography: Stathis Govas
Sound Recording: Nikos Panagoiopoulos
Editing: Stamatios Margetis
Production Management: Stelios Sgourakis
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