List of Greek composers

This is a list of Greek composers.

List

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• Costas Andreou
• Nicolas Astrinidis (1921–2010)
• Athenaios Athenaiou (fl. 138–28 BC)
• Evripides Bekos (born 1991)
• Pavlos Carrer (1829–1896)
• Nikos Christodoulou (born 1959)
• Jani Christou (1926–1970), 20th-century classical and "meta-serialist" composer
• Dinos Constantinides (1929–2021), Greek-American composer
• Dimitris Dragatakis (1914–2001)
• Antiochos Evangelatos (1903–1981), 20th-century composer and conductor
• Yorgos Foudoulis (born 1964)
• Manos Hadjidakis (1925–1994), modern composer best known for Academy Award-winning song, "Never on Sunday", from the film Never on Sunday (1960)
• Christos Hatzis (born 1953)
• George Kallis
• Manolis Kalomiris (1883–1962), composer and founder of Hellenic Conservatory and National Conservatoire
• Eleni Karaindrou (born 1941)
• Panayiotis Kokoras (born 1974), contemporary composer
• Aristotelis Koundouroff (1896–1969), modern composer and musical theorist influenced by Sergei Prokofiev and Russian modernists
• Francisco Leontaritis (1518–1572)
• Dimitrios Levidis (1886–1951)
• Limenios (fl. 128 BC)
• Andreas Makris (1930–2005)
• Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795–1872), Romantic music composer from Corfu
• Yannis Markopoulos (1939–2023), world known for "Who pays the Ferryman" (BBC) and many songs and classical works
• Thanos Mikroutsikos (1947–2019), contemporary composer
• Dimitris Mitropoulos (1896–1960), 20th-century composer and conductor of the New York Philharmonic
• Takis Mousafiris (1936–2021), Greek Aromanian composer and songwriter
• Alexandros Mouzas (born 1962)
• Konstantinos Nikolopoulos (1786–1841)
• Lefteris Papadimitriou
• Giannis Papaioannou (1913–1972)
• Vangelis Papathanassiou (1943–2022), electronic music pioneer, film-score composer, best known for Academy Award-winning score for the film Chariots of Fire (1981), and scores for the films Blade Runner (1982) and 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
• Apostolos Paraskevas (born 1964) contemporary composer and classical guitarist
• Spyros Peristeris (1900–1966) Rebetiko composer
• Harilaos Perpessas (1907–1995), 20th-century composer
• Janus Plousiadenos (~1429–1500), Greek Renaissance composer and hymn writer
• Georgios Poniridis (1892–1982) ^[1]
• Spyridon Samaras (1861–1917), composer of operas, but widely known as for composition of the song "Olympic Hymn"
• Kyriakos Sfetsas (born 1945)
• Nikos Skalkottas (1904–1949), 20th-century composer
• Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965), contemporary composer
• Dimitri Terzakis (born 1938), contemporary microtonal composer
• Mikis Theodorakis (1925–2021), classical and film-score composer best known for symphonic works, oratorios and film scores for Zorba the Greek (1964), Serpico (1973) and Z (1969)
• Vassilis Tsabropoulos (born 1966)
• Marios Varvoglis (1885–1967), orchestral, piano and chamber-music composer incorporating a French influence
• Dimitri Voudouris (born 1961), 21st-century classical, new music and electroacoustic composer
• Haris Xanthoudakis (1950-2023)
• Nikos Xanthoulis (born 1962)
• Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001), 20th-century classical, experimental music and mathematical composer
• Spyridon Xyndas (1812–1896)

References

1. Maliaras, Nikos (31 July 2018). "Poniridis, Georgios". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.2280597.