A Special Amateur Radio Award event for the 94th birthday of composer Mikis Theodorakis, will take place between 20 to 29 July 2019
A dedicated award program will support this operation. The award program will be hosted at sx94mikis.hamlogs.net.
SPECIAL EVENT FOR THE 94TH BIRTHDAY OF COMPOSER
Mikis Theodorakis
From 20 to 29 July 2019
Attention: If you do not see your QSO, please try making the contact again with SX94MIKIS.
A dedicated award program will support this operation.The award program will be hosted at hamlogs.net
Awards: Αuthentic extract handwritten song sheets, courtesy of Mikis Theodorakis from his archive.
Mikis Theodorakis was born in Chios, on July 29, 1925. He studied at the Athens Conservatory and the Conservatoire of Paris. In 1957 he won the Gold Medal of Composition at the World Youth Festival in Moscow, in 1959 he was awarded the Copley prize and in 1963 the Sibelius prize.
He has received many awards for his contribution to democracy and culture and has been awarded an honorary hD from the Universities of Athens, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Crete and Thessalia. He worked on all styles of music and he extended into areas beyond his main art, such as poetry, prose, philosophy and politics.
His work is divided in three main periods: A) 1937-1960: He composes orchestral works and chamber music according to western forms and contemporary techniques. B) 1960-1980: He tries to combine the symphony orchestra with traditional instruments and creates new vocal forms and ensembles, which evolved to an artistic movement with a unique popular response. C) 1981-: He returns to symphonic forms and explores the operatic style.
He has received many awards for his contribution to democracy and culture and has been awarded an honorary hD from the Universities of Athens, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Crete and Thessalia. He worked on all styles of music and he extended into areas beyond his main art, such as poetry, prose, philosophy and politics.
His work is divided in three main periods: A) 1937-1960: He composes orchestral works and chamber music according to western forms and contemporary techniques. B) 1960-1980: He tries to combine the symphony orchestra with traditional instruments and creates new vocal forms and ensembles, which evolved to an artistic movement with a unique popular response. C) 1981-: He returns to symphonic forms and explores the operatic style.
He has composed the most recognizeable greek rhythm globally, the "syrtaki" Zorbas (1964). He has composed pieces for many movies, like "Phaedra", "Alexis Zorbas", "Serpico", "The Barefoot Battalion", "Electra", "Tactical Guerilla" (Hell River), "Battle of Sutjeska", "State of Siege", "Five Miles to Midnight" and many more. Further important works of his have to do with poetry set to music from verses of award winning poets, such as Giannis Ritsos (Lenin Peace prize 1976), Giorgos Seferis (Nobel prize 1963), Pablo Neruda (Nobel prize 1971) and Odysseas Elytis (Nobel prize 1979). In 2000, he was nominated for the Peace Nobel prize.
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