Vangelis Papathanasiou, who is mostly known through just his first name, has made a remarkable career in music composition.
Nana Mouschouri's singing talent has been recognized internationally. </spaShe was born in Hania, Crete, and studied music at the National Conservatory of Greece.
Manos Hatzidakis was one of the most popular Greek composers. Born in the town of Xanthi, he was the composer of many musical pieces of popular nature among them the famous "Piraeus' Children "(Ta Pedia tou Pirea), sung by Melina Merkouri.
Kalomiris is one of the most famous Greek composers and most important representative of the Greek National School.
Theodorakis was born in the island of Hios, visited many places Greece and got acquainted with both folk music and the music of Greek Orthodoxy.
If it had not been for Mitropoulos' decision to quit priesthood education and follow a brilliant career in music, we would not have celebrated the most important contemporary musician of Greece.
If it had not been for Mitropoulos' decision to quit priesthood education and follow a brilliant career in music, we would not have celebrated the most important contemporary musician of Greece.
One of the Greeks, who became successful in Hollywood, is the composer Basil Poledouris. Son of Greek immigrants, Poledouris was born in Kansas City, Missouri
Yannis Markopoulos was born in Crete, Heraklion in 1939. He is married to Vassiliki Lavina and has a daughter, Eleni.
Stavros Xarchakos could be characterized as a phenomenon in the history of Greek composers and conductors. He was born on March 14, 1939 in Athens, Greece.
Nikos Skalkotas is considered as one of the most influential Greek composers of the 20th century. His musical background was rooted to the classical repertoire and Greek traditional music.
Manos Loizos is considered as one of the most important Greek music composers of the 20th century. He was born in Aleksandreia (Egypt) on October 22, 1937 and died in Moscow on Septemer 17, 1982.
Dionysis Savvopoulos is a Greek, self-taught singer and composer that was born in Thessaloniki (the second city of Greece) in 1944.
Dimitris Papadimitriou is one of the most important composers in Greece. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1958.
When Greeks hear of his name an individual phenomenon comes to their minds. An unique individual who managed to build and maintain a low profile career at a very early age.
Giorgos Aperghis is a Greek composer that acquires a unique position in the field of experimental music theatre, non-programmatic chamber music and opera.
Lina (Evaggelia) Nikolakopoulou is a widely recognized lyricist. She was born in Methana – Greece on June 30, 1958 . Her mother was a teacher and her father worked in the military.
What does a Caribbean island have in common with an Aegean island? Besides their wonderful beaches they share the same lightheartedness and why not? the same rhythm.
Monika is a Greek composer and singer. At five, she started playing the piano & at ten bought her first guitar. Then later, she joined an orchestra in order to take saxophone lessons that lasted 5 years.
Nikos Papazoglou was a Greek singer, musician and producer. His was a gifted person in the sense of acquiring a unique, crystal-clear voice.
Stamatis Kraounakis is one of the most important contemporary music figures in Greece. He is a composer, lyricist, singer, producer and writer.
Thanassis Papakonstantinou is a highly acclaimed Greek musician who composes songs and music inspired by the traditional Greek music.
One of the great stars of opera today, Agnes Baltsa has made a great reputation and has sung in major opera houses all over the world.
He was born in 1922 into a Greek family residing in Braila, Romania. At the age of five, his mother died and he was forced to attend boarding school on the island of Spetses.
Zagori is an area of great natural beauty and unique architecture in the Pindus Mountains in Epirus in Northwestern Greece. The area is of about 1.000 square kilometers and contains 46 villages. Zagoria villages is called by Greeks “Zagorochoria” meaning the villages behind the mountain.
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In 1989, Professor of Byzantine Studies, Helen Ahrweiler is appointed Chairman of the Cultural Centre Pompidou in Paris