1. Athanasios "Thanos" Mikroutsikos was a Greek composer and politician.
15 Facts About Thanos Mikroutsikos
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Thanos Mikroutsikos is considered one of the most important composers of the recent Greek musical scene.
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Thanos Mikroutsikos was born on 13 April 1947 in Patra.
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Thanos Mikroutsikos's wife was children's author Maria Papagianni, whom he married in 1996.
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Thanos Mikroutsikos died on 28 December 2019, after a long fight with cancer, at age 72.
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Thanos Mikroutsikos studied piano and composition in the Philharmonic Society of Patras, in the Hellenic Conservatory, and privately with Yiannis Papaioannou.
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Thanos Mikroutsikos began composing at the end of the 1960s but only officially debuted in 1975, with the release of his album Politika Tragoudia.
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In particular, the Cantata for Makronisos, a pioneering piece in which Mikroutsikos experimented with atonality was extremely well received in international music festivals and an interpretation of particular note was recorded by Maria Dimitriadi.
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Thanos Mikroutsikos has worked with many renowned singers such as Maria Dimitriadi, Haris Alexiou, Manolis Mitsias, Dimitris Mitropanos, George Dalaras, Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Christos Thibaios, Miltiadis Paschalidis, Rita Antonopoulou and Giannis Koutras, amongst others.
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Thanos Mikroutsikos's music has been particularly well received and recognised in Western Europe.
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Thanos Mikroutsikos experimented with the combination of tonal and atonal sounds and with morphological variation.
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Thanos Mikroutsikos was artistic director of the New Music Society and the Musical Analogion, whilst he worked with and directed the Patras International Festival.
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Thanos Mikroutsikos was involved in Greece's political life since the 1960s.
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Thanos Mikroutsikos was appointed to Mercouri's position when she died in 1994, a position he kept until 1996.
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Thanos Mikroutsikos was a supporter of the Communist Party of Greece.