Songs from the Third Floor: A new live music sessions series by the Maria Callas Museum

In January 2026, the Maria Callas Museum launches “Songs from the Third Floor”, a monthly encounter with contemporary Greek musical creation, curated by radio producer George Florakis (ERT Third Programme, Kosmos 93.6).

Following their already successful collaboration through the hosting of the Christmas Listening Club in 2024 and 2025, the Maria Callas Museum and George Florakis join forces once again, welcoming artists and audiences to a new series of live music sessions. In a distinctive setting on the museum’s third floor, each session hosts a different artist and takes us into a different musical genre, turning every evening into an immersive, almost ritual-like experience: a dialogue around music, each creator’s personal story, and the immediacy of live performance.

This new initiative is part of the Museum’s artistic programme, which aspires not only to serve as a guardian of the art and legacy of the great soprano Maria Callas, but also as an open space for music and contemporary artistic dialogue.

Organised by: Maria Callas Museum
Concept – Idea: Morfi Galopoulou, George Florakis
Curated by: George Florakis

Information
Dates: Thursdays, 22 January, 19 February, 19 March, 16 April, 14 May, 11 June 2026. The monthly line-up will be announced here.
Doors Open: 20:00
Start Time: 20:30
Duration: 2 hours

The live music session will be conducted in Greek.
Ticket Price: €17 – Includes access to the museum’s permanent exhibition prior to the event.
A bar will be operating on site.
Advance booking required via more.com – Book your seat here

Biography / Giorgos Florakis

Giorgos Florakis has been working in radio since 1990, having broadcast on stations such as Jazz FM, Icho FM, and 902. For the past 22 years, he has presented “The Third Programme Mornings” on ERT’s Third Programme, and for the past five years, “Notes of a Monomaniac” on Kosmos.

He began writing in 1991 for Pop+Rock magazine and has since collaborated with publications such as Difono and Zoo, as well as newspapers including Eleftherotypia and Ta Nea. Today, he maintains the column “Notes of a Monomaniac” in Athens Voice, writing on music and literature.

Since 2003, he has coordinated workshops in Radio Production, Creative Writing, Story Writing and Storytelling, and Mixed Media. He also curates the Reading Club of the Shakespeare Book Café and has founded Greece’s first Listening Club.