Mikis Theodorakis
Greek composer (1925–2021)
- Audience21.9K
- Fame73.6
- Momentum7.4
- Audience21.9K
- Fame73.6
- Momentum7.4
- Wikipedia14.6K
He wrote the score for Zorba the Greek — and the junta that ruled Greece banned his music, threw him in prison, and made his name synonymous with resistance. A thousand works, a BAFTA for Z, and a career that moved between concert halls and parliament benches.
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Michail "Mikis" Theodorakis was born 29 July 1925 and spent six decades turning Greek sound into something the world recognized: the bouzouki pulse under Zorba's Dance, the tension coiled into Z, the Grammy-nominated menace of Serpico. He composed the "Mauthausen Trilogy" — called the most beautiful musical work ever written about the Holocaust — and over a thousand other pieces. The 1967 junta imprisoned him and banned his songs, which made both more powerful. He served as an MP for the Communist Party from 1981 to 1990, then crossed the aisle to help pull Greece out of scandal, joining a coa…
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- Ως Αρχαίος Άνεμος2018
- Feld / Weinberg / Theodorakis2017
- Ιππείς Του Αριστοφάνη - 20 Λαϊκά Χορικά2010
- Οδύσσεια2007
- Symphonic Works I Carnaval Ballet Suite / Συμφωνικη Μουσική Ι Ελληνική Αποκριά Σουίτα Μπαλέτου2007
- Κατά Σαδδουκαίων Πάθη - Καντάτα2006
- Ερημιά2006
- Τα εκκλησιαστικά2006
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