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Because τη στιγμή is in the accusative, not the nominative.
In this sentence, τη στιγμή που... is a fixed time expression meaning something like at the moment when / while. Greek often uses the accusative in adverbial expressions of time.
So:
- η στιγμή = the moment as a subject
- τη στιγμή = at the moment / the moment when in this structure
Compare:
- Η στιγμή είναι σημαντική. = The moment is important.
- Τη στιγμή που μπήκε, όλοι σηκώθηκαν. = The moment he entered, everyone stood up.
Here που links the noun phrase τη στιγμή with the clause αλλάζει το σκηνικό.
So τη στιγμή που αλλάζει το σκηνικό means:
- the moment when the set changes
- or more naturally in English, when the set changes / while the set is changing
In this kind of sentence, που often works like when or that after a time expression.
Examples:
- την ώρα που μιλάω = while I’m speaking
- τη μέρα που έφυγε = the day he left
So it is not just the basic who/which/that you may have learned first; it is also very common after time expressions.