Manolis Mitsias (
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: Μανώλης Μητσιάς, ; born 26 February 1946) is a Greek singer. He has been a significant artistic presence in the
laïko
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, light laïko and
entekhno genres of modern Greek music.
Early life
Mitsias was born in the village of Doumpia, close to the town of
Polygyros
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. From an early age, he was interested in
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and
folk
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music and was a
cantor
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for a time period. Later, studying in Thessaloniki, he joined the 'Arts and Letters Club of Northern Greece' while at the same time founded a nightclub (boîte) where he began his career as a solo singer.
His first record came in 1969, with the song 'Στην Ελευσίνα μια φορά' ('In
Elefsina
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Once'), written by
Dimos Moutsis
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Biography
Moutsis was born in Piraeus. He was a student of the violin at the Athens Conservatoire from the age of seven and gradu ...
.
Collaborations
In nearly five decades of his career, Mitsias has worked with almost all of Greece (and Cyprus's) most well-known contemporary composers, such as the aforementioned Dimos Moutsis,
Mikis Theodorakis
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He Film score, scored for the films ''Zorba the Greek (film) ...
,
Loukianos Kilaidonis
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Kilaidonis was born at Kypseli, Athens. He studied at the Lycée Léonin of Patissia. He then studied architecture at the Aristotle U ...
,
Manos Hatzidakis
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,
Stavros Xarchakos
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Stavros Xarchakos was born in Athens, where he studied at the Athens Conservatoire. He has family origins from the Man ...
,
Vassilis Tsitsanis
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,
Marios Tokas
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,
Giorgos Hatzinasios
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Hatzinasios was born in Thessaloniki. His father was Agapios Hatzinasios, a na ...
,
Thanos Mikroutsikos
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,
Yannis Markopoulos
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Early life and education
Yannis Markopoulos was born in 1939 in Heraklion, Crete. From one of the old families of the island— ...
,
Giannis Spanos
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and
Stamatis Kraounakis
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, to name but a few. He has sung lyrics by many Greek poets and lyricists and even Spanish writer
Federico García Lorca
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.
In terms of fellow singers, he has worked with
Maria Farantouri
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,
Dimitra Galani
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Galani was born 1952 in Athens and began her musical career at the age of 16 providing vocals on several tracks of Dimos Moutsis and Nikos Gatsos on the album "A ...
,
Vicky Moscholiou
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,
Babis Stokas
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,
Sotiria Bellou
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and others.
He has appeared in concert around Greece and Cyprus and for Greek audiences abroad (London, New York and other cities). During the summer of 2009, he celebrated forty years of his career.
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1946 births
20th-century Greek male singers
Greek laïko singers
Living people
People from Chalkidiki