19 Facts About Stavros Xarchakos

Stavros Xarchakos was born in Athens, where he studied at the Athens Conservatoire.

Stavros Xarchakos emerged in the Greek music scene around 1963, composing music for the theatre and cinema.

Stavros Xarchakos stayed in Paris for four years, and then studied with David Diamond at the Juilliard School of Music in New York.

Stavros Xarchakos served as director of the National Orchestra of Greek Music.

Stavros Xarchakos was later involved in politics and was elected Member of the Greek Parliament twice, before becoming a Member of the European Parliament from 2000 to 2004.

Stavros Xarchakos was again a candidate for the European Parliament with New Democracy, in the elections of 25 May 2014, but was not elected.

Stavros Xarchakos was born on March 14,1939, in the centre of Athens, where he lives to this day.

Stavros Xarchakos received musical inspiration from his grandmother, who played the guitar and sang along with arias from operas and cantadas.

Stavros Xarchakos was taught score analysis under Bernstein for two years and conducted many concerts.

Stavros Xarchakos's music had accompanied the documentary of the same title by Angelos Lambros.

Stavros Xarchakos composed five of the songs included in Nana Mouschouri's album "Spiti mou Spitaki mou", with lyrics by Nikos Gatsos.

Stavros Xarchakos conducted the orchestra for a large part of the concert, with Mikis Theodorakis performing popular songs.

Stavros Xarchakos was elected as a Member of Parliament in Athens from 1989 to 1990, when he resigned.

Stavros Xarchakos was awarded as Doctor of Fine Arts at Adelphi University of New York.

Stavros Xarchakos conducted the National Symphony Orchestra of Lithuania, while the choirs of Philippopolis, Lithuania and Belgrade participated.

Stavros Xarchakos presented three major concerts in Cyprus in 2017, while in 2018, he held an opening concert at the international Oud artistic festival in Jerusalem.

Stavros Xarchakos's presence is intense and in a creative way and mood, he approaches Greek music by preparing performances, which are presented throughout the country, at festivals, archaeological monuments, emblematic theatres and places of historical value and importance.

Stavros Xarchakos has orchestrated many of his own songs, especially when they are going to be presented in concerts and performances, as well as other leading composers' music in order to approach songs from his own perspective, bring out their identity and scope and breathe new life into them.

Stavros Xarchakos's music has been recorded to 42 albums, has been used in 21 movies and for 15 TV productions.