![]() ![]() ![]() He has also composed numerous symphonies and operas, as well as chamber, ballet and film music. Resistance fighter and cultural revolutionary Read more: Iconic Italian composer Ennio Morricone dies at 91 Mikis Theodorakis was born on the island of Chios in the Aegean Sea on July 29, 1925. Particularly fond of classical music, he wrote his first compositions at the age of 13, and gave his first concert at 17. ![]() The young Mikis dreamed of a career as a musician and enrolled as a student at the Athens Conservatory. But fate would soon derail his plans.ĭuring the occupation of Greece by German troops, Theodorakis fought in the resistance against the Nazis. During the Greek Civil War (1946-49), the budding composer was arrested several times as a communist opponent of the regime. He was tortured and was twice buried alive, being saved only by chance.Īfter his release from the Makronisos labor camp, Theodorakis was physically broken but his passion for music remained strong. Read more: Coronavirus pandemic sparks house-hunting frenzy in Greece among foreigners He completed his studies in Athens and later in Paris - with distinction. The Greek up-and-comer soon celebrated successes and won prizes as a classical composer. Internationally successful, banned at home But he increasingly focused on the folk music traditions of his homeland, setting the socially critical texts of the poet Yannis Ristos, among many others, to the sounds of a folk instrument that was frowned upon at the time: the bouzouki. The soundtrack to the Hollywood epic Zorba the Greek and The Ballad of Mauthausen, a series of arias about the Holocaust written by Greek poet and Mauthausen concentration camp survivor Iakovos Kambanellis, finally brought Mikis Theodorakis world fame. #MIKIS THEODORAKIS GUITAR PAOLA 11099 TABS SERIES# #MIKIS THEODORAKIS GUITAR PAOLA 11099 TABS SERIES#. ![]()
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