"There is surely no more impressive site in the world than the Temple of Apollo at Delphi on Mount Parnassus; of all the glorious holy places, this site of the Oracle of Delphi established the link between music and mystery.... The word music itself comes for the Greek word musiki, meaning all the arts of the nine Muses. Apollo, son of Zeus, was the leader of the Muses, as master athlete and warrior as well as master musician. Mount Parnassus came to be thought of as the home of music." Yehudi Menuhin, The Music of Man

Some intellectual purists classify music in two categories: a) “Classical Music” and b) “Noise”.

Classical Music

Composer

Francesco Londarit (Φραγκίσκος Λεονταρίτης) (c 1518 - c. 1572) Cretan composer , contralto˙

Konstantinos Agathaphron Nikopoulos (1786-1841)

Solomos and Mantzaros

Nikolaos Chalikiopoulos Mantzaros (Νικόλαος Χαλικιόπουλος Μάντζαρος) (26.10.1795 Corfu -12.4.1872 ), Greek National Anthem (music written first version in 1828 completed 1830, second improved version presented 5.2.1844 to Dionysios Solomos (who has written the text) (1823), official Greek anthem since 4.8.1865, decision by King George I who listened the work performed by the Philharmony of Corfu ) (before as National Anthem the Anthem of Bavaria/Germany was used) (AU Format, 377K) , President of the Philharmonic Company of Corfu from 1840 “ο συνθέτης της πρώτης σωζόμενης όπερας Έλληνα δημιουργού (Don Crepuscolo, 1815), του πρώτου γνωστού έργου σε ελληνική γλώσσα για φωνή και ορχήστρα (Aria Greca, 1827), των πρώτων γνωστών ελληνικών έργων για κουαρτέτο εγχόρδων (Partimenti, περίπου 1850), του πρώτου ελληνικού πιανιστικού ρεπερτορίου, του πρώτου ελληνικού έργου σε μορφή φούγκας, της πρώτης μνημονευόμενης ελληνικής συμφωνίας (χαμένη), καθώς και ο συγγραφέας του πρώτου δοκιμίου μουσικής ανάλυσης (Rapporto, 1851) και των πρώτων μουσικοπαιδαγωγικών συγγραμμάτων στην Ελλάδα.” Info in Greek

Frankiskos Domeneginis (1809-1874) , Zakynthos

Spyridon Xyndas (Σπυρίδων Ξύνδας ) (1812 -1896), Composer and Guitar Player O Hypopsiphios Bouleutis (Ο Υποψήφιος Βουλευτής), a student of Mantzaros

Iosif (or Iossif) Liveralis (or Limberalis) (Ιωσήφ Λιβεράλης)(1820-1890/9?)  

Leonidas Alvanas (Λεωνίδας Αλβάνας) (1823-1881)

Alexandros Katakouzinos (Αλέξανδρος Κατακουζηνός )(1824-1892) Aretousa ton Athinon, Antonio Foscari

Pavlos Karrer or Karreris (or Paolo Carrer) (Παύλος Καρρέρ) (12.5.1829 – 7.6.1896) Zakynthos, Composer, a student of Mantzaros, Info in Greek (some MP3 examples), Dante e Beatrice , Marathon Salamis, Fior di Maria ossìa I Misteri di Parigi , Marcos Botsaris , Maria Antonietta

Eduardos Labelet

Georgios Lambiris (Γεώργιος Λαμπίρης)(1833 Argostoli - 1889?)

Achilles Nikolayevich Alferaki (1846 Kharkov / Ukraine - 1919) (Image © TaganrogCity.Com)

Dionysios Lavrangas (Διονύσιος Λαυράγκας ) (17.10.1860 – 1941) Pentathlon (See some Info about Lavrangas and the first Olympic Games)

Dionysios Rodotheatos (Διονύσιος Ροδοθεάτος ) (1849 Ithaca-1892 Italy) A student of Mantzaros. He continued his studies in Italy, Conservatory San Pietro a Maiella Naples /Italy (1864-1871). He was the first to write a modern manual of Harmonics in Greek "Πραγματεία θεωρητική και πρακτική περί Αρμονίας" , published in Corfu 1886.

Spyridon Filiskos Samaras (Σπυρίδων Φιλίσκος Σαμάρας) (17.11.1861 - 25.3.1917) Greek-English composer , his mother was Fanny-Louise Courtenay , student of Alexandros Katakouzinos and Xyndas (Olympic Games Hymn text by Kostis Palamas) , Music and Musicians at the Olympic Games in Athens, 1896 , Ο Σαμάρας και ο Ολυμπιακός Ύμνος: τα πριν και τα μετά του 1896 (PDF in Greek)

Dimitris Lialios (Δημήτριος Λιάλιος) ( Nov. 1869 Patras -1940) son of Loukas and Ekaterini Lialios, student of Ludwig Thuille "Munich School' , Image from the CD "Ονειρο του Μεσονυκτίου" .

The Labelet brothers

• Napoleon Labelet (Ναπολέων Λαμπελέτ ) ( 1864 - 1932)
• George Labelet (or Georgios Labelet) (Γεώργιος Λαμπελέτ ) (1875 Corfu - 1945 Athens), student of Mantzaros

Manolis Kalomiris (Μανώλης Καλομοίρης)((14 .12.1883 Smyrna–3 .4.1962 Athens) Greek National Music School, Konstantinos Palaiologos (.. Πιστεύω όμως πως με την μουσική μου στον Παλαιολόγο, εχάραξα μιά σελίδα στην ιστορία της Eλληνικής τέχνης) his last and his favorite work inspired by Nikos Kazantzakis work), (Ta NEA in Greek)

Marios Varvoglis (Μάριος Βάρβογλης) (1885 Brussels/Belgium – 1967 Athens/Greece)

Georgios Poniridis (Γιώργος Πονηρίδης ) (1887 ? - 1982) Info in Greek

Dimitrios Levidis (? 8.4.1886 Athens – 29.5.1951 Athens) Composer

Emilios (or Emile) Riadis (Αιμίλιος Ριάδης) (1886 – 1935)

Petros Petridis (Πέτρος Πετρίδης) (23.7.1892 Nigdi/Asia Minor -1977)

Nikos Skalkottas and Dimitris Mitropoulos

Dimitris Mitropoulos (Δημήτρης Mητρόπουλος ) ((18.2. or 1.3).1896 Athens – 2.11.1969 Milan/Italy died during a probe with the orchestra of Milan), Composer, Pianist and conductor (1949–57 New York Philharmonic and also 1954–-60 New York Metropolitan Opera)

Andreas Nezeritis (1897 Patra-1980)

Yannis Konstantinidis (Γιάννης Kωνσταντινίδης) (1903-1984)

Peloponnesian Dance

Nikos Skalkottas (Νίκος Σκαλκώτας) (8/21.3.1904 Chalkis – 19.9.1949 Athens ) student of Arnold Schönberg (Website) (Greek Site), Five Greek Dances Kleftikos , Ipirotikos , Kritikos (a Japanese version ?) Web site of the International Feinberg – Skalkottas Society

Leonidas Zoras (Λεωνίδας Ζώρας) (8.3.1905 Sparta -22.12.1987 Athens)

Antiochos Evangelatos (Αντίοχος Ευαγγελάτος) (1903 Lixouri/Greece – 1981)

Solon Michaelides (1905 – 1979) Composer and Conductor (The Music of Ancient Greece – An Encyclopedia), 1959 foundation of National Orchestra Thessaloniki

Georgios Kasassoglou (December 1, 1908-June 2, 1984)

Yiannis A. Papaioannou (Γιάννης Α. Παπαϊωάννου) (6.1.1910 Kavala -19.5.1989 Athens)

Alekos Xenos (Αλέκος Ξένος) (1912 Zakynthos– 1.9.1995) Composer and communist, ο συνθέτης της Αντίστασης ,“Κατηγορώτορεμπέτικο”

Menelaos Pallandios (Μενέλαος Παλλάντιος )(1914 Piraeus -1970) a teacher of Manos Hadjidakis, a student of F. Oikonomidis and D. Mitropoulos

Dimitris Dragatakis (Δημήτρης Δραγατάκης) (1914 Platanousa Epirus/Greece – 18.12.2001 Athens) Composer Info

Anestis Logothetis (27.10.1921 Pyrgos/Burgas(Bulgaria) – 6.1.1994 Wien/Austria) Composer German. A graphical Music notation pioneer.

Nikolaos Astrinidis (1921) Works: Agios Dimitrios, Kypriaki Rapsodia, Kyrillos kai Methodios, Neanika chronia tou Mega Alexandrou, Symfonia 1821, etc.

Jani Christou (Γιάννης Χρήστου)(8.1.1926–-8.1.1970 died after a car accident) Six Eliot Songs (1955), Anaparastasis III

Dinos Constantinides (Ντίνος Κωνσταντινίδης) (1929 Ioannina ) Greek-American Composer

Giorgos Tsougiopoulos (1930)

Maria Kerestetzi

Nicolas Roussakis (1934 – 1994) Composer

Theodore (Theodoros) Antoniou (Θεόδωρος Αντωνίου) (10.2.1935 Athens) Composer

Dimitris Terzakis (Δημήτρης Τερζάκης) (12.3.1938 Athens)

George Couroupos (1942 Athens)

Kyriakos Sfetsas (Κυριάκος Σφέτσας) (29.9.1945 Amphilochia/Greece) Composer

George Aperghis (23.12.1945 Athens)

George (Georgios) Zervos (Γιώργος Ζερβός) (1947 Cairo/Egypt) Composer

Kiriakos Giorginakis (1950-1989 ) composer, guitarist,

Demis Visvikis (Ντέμης Βισβίκης ) (1951 Cairo)

Christos Hatzis (21.3.1953 Volos/Greece) Greek–Canadian Composer

Christodoulos Halaris (Χριστόδουλος Χάλαρης)(?), Music of Ancient Greece

Minas Bourboudakis Composer

F. DiArta–Angeli (Gerasimos Nicholas Tsandoulas) (b. Arta Epirus/Greece) Composer

Nickos Harizanos (21.1.1969 Athens) Composer

Aris Carastathis (25.5.1957 Athens) Greek Canadian Composer

Steven Karidoyanes (11.5.1957) Greek-American composer, conductor

Kalogeras Alexandros (Αλέξανδρος Καλογεράς) (1961 Athens)

Leonidas Kourmadas (1958 Greece) Greek–Australian Composer

Alexander Mouzas (1962 Constantinople/Instanbul) Composer

Dimitri Nicolau (Δημήτρης Νικολάου)(1946 Keratea) Greece–Italy, Composer and also an artist: Paintings

Sfetsas Kyriakos (29.9.1945 Amfilochia/Greece)

Manos Tsangaris (1956 Düsseldorf /Germany)

Louis Demetrius Alvanis ( 21 .12 1960)

Dimitris Sykias (1962 Athens/Greece)

Orestis Toufektsis (1966, Tashkent/Uzbekistan) Greek Composer resident in Austria

Ekaterini Karamessini (1967)(Κατερίνα Καραμεσίνη)

Yannis Kyriakides (1969 Limassol/Cyprus ) Cyprus–The Netherlands Composer

Antonis Anissegos (Αντώνης Ανισέγκος )(1970 Thessaloniki Greece)

Athanasia Tzanou ( June 25.6.1971 Athens) Greek–born French Composer

Dimitris Andrikopoulos (Δημήτρης Ανδρικόπουλος) (1971 Larissa)

Minas Borboudakis (19.4.1974 Herakleion/Crete) Archegonon, Chorochronos

Marios Joannou Elia (b. 1978, Paphos). Cypriot Composer ( chamber, choral, electroacoustic, piano, vocal ) various prizes and awards.

Vangelis Petsalis (1965 Corfu) Composer

Michael Travlos (1950)

Alexis Agrafiotis (Αλέξης Αγραφιώτης) (1970 Salzburg Austria)

Maria Karaferi (1972 Athens) Composer, Pianist

Aspasia Nasopoulou ( 11.10.1972 Athens)

Joseph Papadatos (?) Composer and Pianist

Eugenia Manolidou (1975 Athens) Composer , Conductor, "Greek Goddess in the Viennese concerthall"

Panayoti Karousos ( Παναγιώτης Καρούσος), Alexander the Great Opera

Conductor

Filoktitis Oikonomidis (Φιλοκτήτης Οικονομίδης)(1889–-1957) a teacher of Theodorakis

Herbert von Karajan (5.4.1908 Salzburg – 16.7.1989 Salzburg) (Greek Origin) Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, His origin is Greek, Georgios Karajannis from Kozani migrated 1767 to Austria, his son was Theodor von Karajan (historian and politician), the grandfather of Herbert von Karajan

Marios Papadopoulos, (?) Pianist, Conductor Oxford Philomusica

Panagiotis Diamantis (?) Conductor,

Miltiades Caridis (1923-1997) German-Greek Conductor, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.

Constantine Kitsopoulos (?) Conductor

Alexandros (Alexandre) Myrat (1950 Volos)

Vassilis (or Vasilis) Christopoulos (1975 Munich Germany) a new young conductor in Germany “Ο μαέστρος είναι κάτι σαν τον Χάρυ Πόττερ”

Odysseas Dimitriadis, ( Oδυσσέας Δημητριάδης) (1908-2005) Greek-Russian conductor, I Kathimerini

Byron (or Vyron) Fidetzis (Thessaloniki) musical director of the Greek National Opera, since 1987 conductor of the Philatmonic Orchestra of Ekaterinbourg at Urals, Russia

Theodoros Kourentzis (Θεόδωρος Κουρεντζής) (b. 1972 Athens) one of Russia’s most popular young conductors