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Manos Hadjidakis

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Hadjidakis was born in Xanthi, Greece, on October 23, 1925. At the age of four, he started playing the piano. During 1940-43 he studied theory and harmony under MenelaosPalladios, an important composer of the Greek national school, and attended the School of Philopsophy of the Athens University.

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Due to the War, all his formal studies remained incomplete. Being essentially a self taught musician, he set out realise his visions about music and Song, while being nurtured in the company of artists and intellectuals of stature such as Seferis, Elytis, Tsarouhis, Gatsos, Sikelianos.

From 1945 on, starting his collaboration with the Greek National Theatre and the Art Theatre of Athens, he mainly composed music for ancient Greek drama, as well as incidental music for the contemporary repertory: Medea (1956)) WomeninEcclesia(1956), Birds (1959), Othello (1957), AStreetcarNamedDesire (1948), BloodWedding (1948), Euryd About Manos Hatzidakis – Manos Hadjidakis – Greek Oscar ...

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