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Manos Hadjidakis (as his name is usually spelled in English) is perhaps modern Greece's greatest composer and songwriter, rivaled only by  Mikis Theodorakis  for the title. Hadjidakis helped usher in a new era of Greek music in the post-WWII era, elevating the earthiest strains of Greek folk and popular song into respected art forms. In the process, he found tremendous popular success in his home country, chiefly through his work as a pop songwriter, and became

Born in Kozani, Christos Raphaelides  lives and works  as a vibraphonist in New York. Soon after finishing his MA, he started his career in jazz music and celebrated his first personal milestone in 2002 starting up the jazz band  Manhattan Vibes . Sometime

 

Actress Kakia Igerinou recently wrote about the sad news of the death of Mikis Theodorakis Greece is in mourning, as internationally acclaimed Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has passed away at the age of The tragic news of the death of Mikis Theodorakis broke a few minutes ago. The huge, perhaps the most important Greek composer of all time passed into immortality at the age of 96. Actress Kakia Igerinou recently wrote about the sad

A great composer, politician and writer, one of the most important modern Greek composers and one of the most discussed personalities of modern Greece. Michael (Mikis) Theodorakis was born in Chios on July 29, 1925, with a father of origin from Galata, Crete, and a mother from Cesme of Asia Minor. Due to the professional status

Thanos Mikroutsikos one of the most influential Greek composers of recent decades has died on Saturday at the age of 72. Mikroutsikos died at the Athens’ Metropolitan hospital where he was treated for cancer. He was born on the 13 April 1947 in Patra. He studied piano in the Philharmonic Society of Patras and in the Hellenic Conservatory. In addition, he studied Mathematics in the University of Athens. He began composing at the end of