Along with Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Hatzidakis was Greece's greatest composer and his music was the soundtrack of 20th century Greece.
Manos Hatzidakis (also spelled Hadjidakis; Greek: Μάνος Χατζιδάκις; 23 October 1925 – 15 June 1994) was a..
Manos Hadjidakis (23/10/1925 - 15/06/1994)
Manos Hadjidakiswas a very important composer and poet.He is considered to be the first to have merged art music and Greek musical tradition.
He was born in Xanthiin 1925. His education in music began when he was four years old, learning to play the piano, as well as the violin and the accordion.
After his parents divorced, he moved with his mother to Athensin 1932.
Manos Hadjidakis (1925-1994) has left his mark on contemporary music, in Greece and abroad.Six years later, his father died at an airplane crash, and in combination with the start of World War II, Hadjidakis’ family suffered financially; so, he started working as a docker, ice seller, photographer and nurse assistant.
Meanwhile, he also continued his musical studies, attending theory lessons, while he also enrolled at the Philosophy School of University of Athens; he never completed his studies there. During the German Occupation, he participated in the National Resistance movement, and he met Mikis Theodorakis, with whom they formed a close friendship.
In 1944,