Center for Hellenic Music and Culture

• Creating archives that ensure the preservation of Greece’s rich musical and cultural heritage.
• Conducting research, documentation, cataloging, digitization, and restoration of invaluable musical, dance, poetic, and cultural traditions that risk being lost to time.
• Disseminating collected materials on a global scale through digital and print publications, media productions, exhibitions, concerts, workshops, and unique interdisciplinary collaborations.
• Curating pioneering multimedia performances that faithfully embody the stylistic intricacies, historical authenticity, and artistic excellence of Hellenic music and dance across the ages.
• Exploring new artistic avenues that reimagine and reinterpret Greece’s cultural history through fresh, and innovative representations.

The Center for Hellenic Music and Culture was founded on the conviction that preserving, celebrating, and showcasing cultural heritage is paramount to safeguarding Greek ethnic and cultural identity—both within Greece and throughout the global diaspora—in the 21st century and beyond. Ultimately, the Center’s mission is to preserve and transmit Hellenic cultural memory, ensuring that its invaluable legacy remains vibrant for future generations.

• The Center for Hellenic Music and Culture aims to serve as the preeminent ambassador of Hellenic music and culture in North America and internationally.
• The Center is governed by a Board of Trustees, composed of esteemed individuals of Greek heritage and devoted Philhellenes who are committed to the Center’s mission and long-term vision.
• The Center’s programs are supported through private contributions, corporate sponsorships, foundation grants, and revenue generated from its initiatives.
• The Center will collaborate with national and international cultural institutions, the Greek Ministry of Culture, Greek consular authorities in the U.S., Hellenic and Hellenic-American cultural organizations, universities, and other educational entities.

The Center’s primary activities are structured around three core domains:

• Research – Collecting, transcribing, editing, archiving, and publishing Hellenic musical and cultural artifacts to ensure their preservation, legacy, and scholarly accessibility.
• Scholarly & Cultural Initiatives – Organizing symposia, seminars, multimedia exhibitions, and other educational and cultural programs designed to foster intellectual engagement and public appreciation.
• Performances – Showcasing multimedia productions that highlight the rich spectrum of Hellenic musical, poetic, dance, and cultural traditions, bridging historical authenticity with contemporary artistic sensibilities.

Above all, the Center for Hellenic Music and Culture is dedicated to the promotion and perpetuation of the Greek language, recognizing its intrinsic connection to music, poetry, and literature. The Center’s mission and initiatives are rooted in the unbreakable unity of language and the arts, ensuring that Greece’s cultural heritage remains a living, evolving force in the global artistic and academic landscape.