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Athanasios "Thanos" Mikroutsikos (Greek: Θάνος Μικρούτσικος; 13 April 1947 – 28 December 2019) was a Greek composer and politician. He is considered one of the most important composers of the recent Greek musical scene.[1]
Thanos Mikroutsikos (*)
Biography
Personal life
He was born on 13 April 1947 in Patra. He was the older brother of Andreas Mikroutsikos, who is also a musician/composer and a television show host. His wife was children's author Maria Papagianni, whom he married in 1996. He died on 28 December 2019, after a long fight with cancer, at age 72.[2]
He blends a lot of musical traditions in his work, from popular to electronic. He has composed a lot of songs based on poems by Greek and foreign poets, such as Euripides, Aristophanes, Constantine P. Cavafy, Giorgos Seferis, Yannis Ritsos, Odysseas Elytis and Nikos Kavvadias as well as Bertolt Brecht, Nazim Hikmet, Wolf Biermann, Vladimir Mayakovsky and Maurice Maeterlinck. He has also written operas, symphonic music, chamber music and music for the theatre and cinema.
One of his most popular works was the setting to music of poems by Nikos Kavvadias in his albums Grammes Orizonton (Horizons' Lines) and Stavros tou Notou (Southern Cross). Some of the music was originally written for a TV series, the theme of which was marine. The songs were liked and he went on to the studio to record some more many of which were included in the aforementioned albums.
Thanos Mikroutsikos has also been involved in Greece's political life since the 60's. During the turbulent years of the military junta (1967–1974), he was persecuted by the regime for his anti-dictatorial activities and ideas. When the junta collapsed he continued being actively involved in politics as a member of the maoist EKKE, especially in the first years after the restoration of democracy.
After the elections of October 1993 he was appointed by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (v) which formed the new government, as Alternate-Minister of Culture with late Melina Mercouri as minister. In 1994 after the death of the latter he was appointed minister of culture. He remained at this position until 1996. His brother is the popular TV host and musician Andreas Mikroutsikos.
Discography
| Albums | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Greek Title | Transliteration | Translation | Label |
| 1972 | Είμαστε κάτι ξεχαρβαλωμένες κιθάρες / Οι Δων Κιχώτες | Eimaste kati xecharvalomenes kithares / Oi Don Kichotes | We are rickety guitars / The Don Quixotes | Minos |
| 1975 | Πολιτικά τραγούδια | Politika tragoudia | Political songs | Lyra |
| 1976 | Καντάτα για την Μακρόνησο | Kantata gia tin Makroniso | Cantata for Makronisos | Lyra |
| Σπουδή σε ποιήματα του Βλαδίμηρου Μαγιακόβσκη | Spoudi se poiimata tou Vladimirou Magiakovski | Study on the poems of Vladimir Mayakovsky | Lyra | |
| 1977 | Φουέντε Οβεχούνα | Fouente Ovechouna | Fuenteovejuna | Lyra |
| Τροπάρια για φονιάδες | Troparia gia foniades | Hymns for murderers | Lyra | |
| 1978 | Τραγούδια της λευτεριάς | Tragoudia tis lefterias | Songs of freedom | Lyra |
| Μουσική πράξη στον Μπέρτολτ Μπρέχτ | Mousiki praxi ston Bertolt Brecht | Musical practice on Bertolt Brecht | Lyra | |
| 1979 | Ο σταυρός του νότου | O stavros tou notou | The Southern Cross | Lyra |
| 1980 | Ευριπίδης IV | Evripidis IV | Euripides IV | Lyra |
| 1981 | Λεοντής-Μικρούτσικος: Συναυλίες 81 | Leondis-Mikroutsikos: Σynavlies 81 | Leondis-Mikroutsikos: Concerts 81 | CBS |
| 1982 | Εμπάργκο | Empargko | Embargo | CBS |
| 1983 | Ιχνογραφία – Ο γέρος της Αλεξάνδρειας | Ichnografia – O geros tis Alexandreias | Sketch - The old man from Alexandria | CBS |
| Αραπιά για λίγο πάψε να χτυπάς με το σπαθί | Arapia gia ligo papse na chtypas me to spathi | Arab lands stop hitting with your sword for a while | CBS | |
| 1984 | Βίκτωρ-Βικτωρία | Victor-Victoria | Victor/Victoria | CBS |
| 1985 | Αντιθέσεις | Anditheseis | Contrasts | ΕΤ.ΝΕ.Μ. |
| Ντούο για άλτο σαξόφωνο και ηλεκτρικό μπάσο | Douo gia alto saxofono kai ilektriko baso | Duet for alto saxophone and electric bass | ΕΤ.ΝΕ.Μ. | |
| 1986 | Η αγάπη είναι ζάλη | I agapi einai zali | Love is dizzy | Μinos |
| 1987 | Στον Μάνο Λοϊζο-Νύχτα με σκιές χρωματιστές | Ston Mano Loizo-Nychta me skies chromatistes | (Dedication) To Manos Loizos-Night with coloured shadows | Μinos |
| 1988 | Όλα από χέρι καμένα | Ola apo cheri kamena | All from a burnt hand | Μinos |
| 1989 | Ελλάς κατόπιν αορτής | Ellas katopin aortis | Greece after an aneurysm | CBS |
| Όσο κρατάει ένας καφές | Oso krataei enas kafes | As long as a coffee lasts | Minos | |
| 1990 | Για πιάνο και φωνή | Gia piano kai foni | For piano and voice | Minos |
| Κρατάει χρόνια αυτή η κολώνια | Krataei chronia afti i kolonia | This cologne lasts for years | Minos | |
| 1991 | Γραμμές των οριζόντων | Grammes ton orizondon | Lines of the horizon | Minos |
| 1992 | Συγνώμη για την άμυνα | Sygnomi gia tin amyna | Sorry for the defence | Minos |
| Music for Two | Minos | |||
| 1994 | Volpe d'amore | EMI | ||
| 1996 | Τα παραμύθια της γαλάζιας γραμμής | Ta paramythia tis galazias grammis | The fairytales of the blue line | Minos |
| Στου αιώνα την παράγκα | Stou aiona tin paragka | In the shanty house of the century | Minos | |
| 1997 | Ποίηση με μουσική | Poiisi me mousiki | Poetry with music | EMI |
| Η ιστορία της Λούλου | I istoria tis Loulou | The story of Lulu | EMI | |
| Ψάξε στ'όνειρο μας | Psaxe st'oneiro mas | Search in our dreams | Minos | |
| 1998 | Στην αγκαλιά της άκρης | Stin agkalia tis akris | In the embrace of the edge | EMI |
| Ο Θάνος Μικρούτσικος τραγουδά Θάνο Μικρούτσικο | O Thanos Mikroutsikos tragouda Thano Mikroutsiko | Thanos Mikroutsikos sings Thanos Mikroutsiko | EMI | |
| For sax and strings and love and dreams | Agora | |||
| Slow motion | EMI | |||
| 1999 | The return of Helen | EMI | ||
| Θάλασσα στη σκάλα | Thalassa sti skala | Sea on the stairs | Minos | |
| 2000 | Σφεντόνα Live | Sfendona Live | Slingshot Live | |
| Ο Θάνος Μικρούτσικος στη Λύρα | O Thanos Mikroutsikos sti Lyra | Thanos Mikroutsikos at Lyra | ||
| Live Στη Σφεντόνα | Live Sti Sfendona | Live at Slingshot | Minos/EMI | |
| 2001 | Του Απείρου Εραστής | Tou Apeirou Erastis | Lover of infinity | |
| Dance and Memories | EMI Classics | |||
| Οι Κυρίες Του Θάνου Μικρούτσικου | Oi Kyries Tou Thanou Mikroutsikou | Thanos Mikroutsikos's ladies | Minos/EMI | |
| Στον Τόπο Μου Είμαι Τέλεια Ξένος | Ston Topo Mou Eimai Teleia Xenos | I am a perfect stranger in my place | Minos/EMI | |
| 2002 | Αυτά Που Τραγουδήσαμε | Afta Pou Tragoudisame | Those (songs) which we sang | Minos/EMI |
| Ολα Τα Πρόσωπα | Ola Ta Prosopa | All the people | Minos/EMI | |
| Ο Άμλετ Της Σελήνης | O Amlet Tis Selinis | Hamlet of the moon | Minos/EMI | |
| 2004 | Σχοινοβάτης | Schoinovatis | Tightrope walker | Minos/EMI |
| 2006 | Υπέροχα Μονάχοι | Yperocha Monachoi | Perfectly alone | Legend |
| 2007 | Παράξενο δεν είναι; | Paraxeno den einai? | Isn't it weird? | |
| 2009 | Επέστρεφε (Καβάφης) | Epestrefe (Kavafis) | He came back (Cavafy) | |
| Τους Έχω Βαρεθεί / Θάνος Μικρούτσικος Σε Συνεργασία με τα Υπόγεια Ρεύματα | Tous Echo Varethei/ Thanos Mikroutsikos Se Synergasia me ta Ypogeia Revmata | I am bored of them / Thanos Mikroutsikos in collaboration with undercurrents | Legend | |
References
https://www.huffingtonpost.gr/entry/thanos-mikroetsikos-eimai-oristika-me-to-kke_gr_5b968680e4b0511db3e4ad33
External links
Official website
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