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Maria Farantouri (Greek: Μαρία Φαραντούρη), born in Athens on 14th January 1947 is a Greek singer. She has collaborated with prominent Greek music composers such as Mikis Theodorakis, who wrote the score for Pablo Neruda's Canto General, which Farantouri performed.

Maria Farantouri kept Theodorakis's music alive during the seven years of the military dictatorship when it was banned in Greece, playing an important role in the movement for the revival of Greek music. She is universally recognized as the ideal interpreter of Theodorakis's music. Her rich contralto voice, with its broad range and melodic quality, combined with a fine musical intelligence make her a superb exponent of the composer's wide range of musical styles.

She is married to the politician Tilemachos Chitiris.

Selection of CD,LP Recordings

  • 1966 I ballada tou Mauthausen (The Mauthausen Ballad) / Mikis Theodorakis - Iakovos Kambanellis
  • 1967 Enas Omiros (The Hostage) / Mikis Theodorakis - Brendan Behan
  • 1970 Pnevmatiko Emvatirio (Marche of Spirit)/ Mikis Theodorakis - Angelos Sikelianos
  • 1970 Katastasi Poliorkias (State of Siege) / Mikis Theodorakis - Rena Chatzidaki
  • 1971 Theodorakis diefthini Theodorakis 2 (Theodorakis Conducts Theodorakis 2) «Romancero Gitano» & «Mythology» / Mikis Theodorakis - Federico Garcia Lorca & George Seferis
  • 1971 John Williams & Maria Farantouri: Theodorakis Songs of Freedom «Romancero Gitano» / Mikis Theodorakis - Federico Garcia Lorca
  • 1974 Mikis Theodorakis & Maria Farantouri / Mikis Theodorakis - different
  • 1974 Greek popular music
  • 1974 Arkadia 6 & 8 / Mikis Theodorakis - Mikis Theodorakis & Manolis Anagnostakis
  • 1974 I Ellada tou Miki Theodoraki (Greece of Mikis Theodorakis) / Mikis Theodorakis - different
  • 1975 O ilios ke o Chronos (Sun and Time) / Mikis Theodorakis - Mikis Theodorakis
  • 1975 I megali agripnia / Eleni Karaindrou - K.H.Myris
  • 1975 Canto General / Mikis Theodorakis - Pablo Neruda
  • 1975 Ta negrika / Manos Loisos - Yannis Negrepontis
  • 1977 Tragoudia diamartirias / Victor Jara, Violetta Para, Carlos Puebla, Franco Corliano and others
  • 1979 Farantouri sings Bertolt Brecht / Hans Eisler & Kurt Weill - Bertolt Brecht
  • 1979 I gitonies tou kosmou / Mikis Theodorakis - Yannis Ritsos
  • 1979 Lieder aus Griechenland
  • 1979 Maria Farantouri Live
  • 1980 I agapi ine o fovos (The Love Is the Fear) / Michalis Grigoriou - Manolis Anagnostakis
  • 1980 I epochi tis Melissanthis / Manos Chatzidakis - Manos Chatzidakis
  • 1981 Canto General / Mikis Theodorakis - Pablo Neruda
  • 1981 O epivatis / Mikis Theodorakis - Kostas Tripolitis
  • 1982 Maria Farantouri sings Zülfü Livaneli / Zülfü Livaneli - Lefteris Papadopoulos & Nazim Hikmet
  • 1984 Maria Farantouri Söylüyor (Live) / Zülfü Livaneli - Lefteris Papadopoulos & Nazim Hikmet
  • 1985 Maria Farantouri Live in Olympia Paris
  • 1988 Skotini mitera / Manos Chatzidakis - Nikos Gatsos
  • 1990 Greatest Hits
  • 1991 17 Songs / Vangelis, Nicola Piovani, Michel Legrand, Lucio Dalla, Kurt Weill and others
  • 1994 Veatriki stin odo Miden (Beatrice on the Zero Street) / Mikis Theodorakis - Dionissis Karatzas
  • 1995 Maria Farantouri sings Lucio Dalla / Lucio Dalla - G. Spyropoulos
  • 1996 Poetica / Mikis Theodorakis - Dionissis Karatzas
  • 1997 Arkadies 1, 7 & 8 / Mikis Theodorakis - Mikis Theodorakis, Takis Sinopoulos, Manolis Anagnostakis
  • 1998 Asmata / Mikis Theodorakis - different
  • 1998 Serenates / Mikis Theodorakis - Lefteris Papadopoulos
  • 2000 I triti porta (The Third Door) / Lena Platonas - Thodoros Poala
  • 2000 Nostalgia / Different
  • 2001 Enas aionas Elliniko tragoudi (100 Years of Greek Songs) / Different


Maria Farantouri from Mikis Theodorakis Website

To gelasto pedi (Theodorakis, a song for Grigoris Lambrakis who died 27.5.1963 after an attack 5 days before by political opponents, V. Vasilikos writes the story known from the film Z ) MP3

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