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EVangelis
Ó·˜ ·fi ÙÔ˘˜ ÂÏ¿¯ÈÛÙÔ˘˜ ŒÏÏËÓ˜ ÌÔ˘-
ÛÈÎÔ‡˜ Ô˘ ¤Î·Ó·Ó ‰ÈÂıÓ‹ ηÚȤڷ ÌÂ
‰È¿ÚÎÂÈ·, ·Ó·ÁÓÒÚÈÛË Î·È ·Ô‰Ô¯‹.
°ÓˆÛÙfi˜ ϤÔÓ ˆ˜ Vangelis, Ì ¿Óˆ
·fi Û·Ú¿ÓÙ· ‰ÈÛÎÔÁÚ·ÊÈο ¤ÚÁ· ÛÂ
΢ÎÏÔÊÔÚ›·, ÌÔ˘ÛÈΤ˜ ÂÂÓ‰‡ÛÂȘ ÛÂ
ÎÈÓËÌ·ÙÔÁÚ·ÊÈΤ˜ Ù·Èӛ˜, ̷Ϥٷ ηÈ
ı·ÙÚÈο ¤ÚÁ·, ‰‡Ô ¯ÔÚˆ‰È·Î¤˜ Û˘Ìʈ-
ӛ˜, ÌÂÁ¿Ï· ÔÙÈÎÔ·ÎÔ˘ÛÙÈο ı¿̷ٷ,
ÔÏ˘¿ÚÈı̘ ÙÈ̤˜, ‚Ú·‚›·, Î·È Ù›ÙÏÔ˘˜
ÛÙÔ ÂÓÂÚÁËÙÈÎfi ÙÔ˘, ¤Ó· ŸÛÎ·Ú Î·È
Û˘ÓÂÚÁ·Û›Â˜ Ì ÙËÓ Montserrat Caballé,
ÙËÓ Kathleen Battle, ÙËÓ Jessye Norman,
ÙÔÓ JÔn Anderson ÙˆÓ Yes, ÙËÓ ∂ÈÚ‹ÓË
·¿ Î·È ÔÏÏÔ‡˜ ¿ÏÏÔ˘˜ ηÏÏÈÙ¤¯Ó˜,
¤¯ÂÈ ·Ó·ÁÓˆÚÈÛÙ› ˆ˜ ¤Ó·˜ ·fi ÙÔ˘˜
ÚˆÙÂÚÁ¿Ù˜ ÙÔ˘ ËÏÂÎÙÚÔÓÈÎÔ‡ ‹¯Ô˘ Ô˘ ÚÔÛ‰ÈÔÚ›ÛÙËÎÂ
·fi ÙÔ˘˜ ¯·Ú·ÎÙËÚÈÛÌÔ‡˜ new age, space, progressive ‹
ambient. «∆Ô fiÚ·Ì¿ ÌÔ˘», ı· ÂÈ, «Û fi,ÙÈ ·ÊÔÚ¿ ÙË ÌÔ˘-
ÛÈ΋ Â›Ó·È Ôχ Ù·ÂÈÓfi, ÁÈ’ ·˘Ùfi Î·È ‰Â ı¤Ïˆ Ó· ÛΤÊÙÔ-
Ì·È Ôχ fiÙ·Ó Î¿Óˆ ÌÔ˘ÛÈ΋. ÚÔÛ·ıÒ Ó· Â›Ì·È fiÛÔ ÙÔ
‰˘Ó·ÙfiÓ ÈÔ ‰È·ı¤ÛÈÌÔ˜».
°ÂÓÓ‹ıËΠÛÙÔ µfiÏÔ ÛÙȘ 29 ª·ÚÙ›Ô˘ ÙÔ˘ 1943 Î·È ·fi ÙË
ÓËȷ΋ ËÏÈΛ· ¤‰ÂÈÍ ÙËÓ ·Á¿Ë ÙÔ˘ ÛÙËÓ Ù¤¯ÓË Î·È ÙË
‰ËÌÈÔ˘ÚÁÈ΋ ¤ÎÊÚ·ÛË. ªfiÏȘ ÙÂÛÛ¿ÚˆÓ ÂÙÒÓ ¿Ú¯ÈÛ ӷ
Û˘Óı¤ÙÂÈ ÌÔ˘ÛÈ΋ Ì ÙÔ ÔÈÎÔÁÂÓÂÈ·Îfi È¿ÓÔ Î·È ÛÙ· ¤ÍÈ
ÙÔ˘ ¯ÚfiÓÈ· ¤Î·Ó ÙËÓ ·ÚıÂÓÈ΋ ÙÔ˘ ÂÌÊ¿ÓÈÛË ÛÙÔ ÎÔÈÓfi
Ì ÙȘ ‰ÈΤ˜ ÙÔ˘ Û˘Óı¤ÛÂȘ. ŸÙ·Ó ÂΉfiıËÎ·Ó Ì¿ÏÈÛÙ· ÙÔ
1956 Ù· Ù·ÍȉȈÙÈο ·ÊËÁ‹Ì·Ù· ÙÔ˘ ÙÚ·Ù‹ ª˘ÚÈ‚‹ÏË
«∞fi ÙËÓ ∂ÏÏ¿‰·» (ÂΉ. ∂ÛÙ›·), ¤Ó· ·fi Ù· Ï›Á· ÚfiÛˆ-
· Ô˘ ÂÚÈÁÚ¿ÊÔÓÙ·È Û ¤Ó· ·fi Ù· Ù·Í›‰È· ÙÔ˘, Ï›ÁÔ
ÚÈÓ ÙÔ 1950, ÛÙÔ µfiÏÔ, Â›Ó·È Ô ÌÈÎÚfi˜ Ù·Ï·ÓÙÔ‡¯Ô˜
µ·ÁÁ¤Ï˘: «∞Ó¿ÌÂÛ· ÛÙȘ ¢¯¿ÚÈÛÙ˜ ÂÎÏ‹ÍÂȘ Ô˘ ÌÂ
ÂÚ›ÌÂÓ·Ó ÛÙÔÓ µfiÏÔ, ‹Ù·Ó Î·È ¤Ó· ·È‰¿ÎÈ ¤ÍÈ ‹ ÂÍ›ÌÈÛÈ
¯ÚÔÓÒÓ, Ô˘ ·Ó·Î¿Ï˘„· ÚÔÈÎÈṲ̂ÓÔ Ì ÙÔ ıÂ›Ô ‰ÒÚÔ
ÙÔ˘ ٷϤÓÙÔ˘. √ ÌÈÎÚfi˜ ·˘Ùfi˜ Ì ÙȘ Ô‰›ÙÛ˜ Ù˘ ÚÒ-
Ù˘ ‰ËÌÔÙÈÎÔ‡, Î·È Ì ٷ ÁÎÚ›˙· ÁÂÏ·ÛÙ¿ Ì·Ù¿ÎÈ· ÙÔ˘,
Â›Ó·È ·fi ÙÒÚ· ¤Ó·˜ ·˘ÙÔ‰›‰·ÎÙÔ˜ ÌÈÎÚÔÛÎÔÈÎfi˜ Û˘Óı¤-
Ù˘. ªÔ˘ ¤·ÈÍ ÛÙÔ È¿ÓÔ ‰˘Ô Û˘Óı¤ÛÂȘ ÙÔ˘ Ô˘ ÌÂ
η٤ÏËÍ·Ó. ªÈ· ÙËÓ ¤ÏÂÁ «√È Î·Ì¿Ó˜» Î·È ÙËÓ ¿ÏÏË
«√ ¯ÔÚfi˜». Ú¤ÂÈ Ó· ‰ÂÈ Î·Ó›˜ Ù· ÌÈÎÚÔÛÎÔÈο ‰·¯Ù˘-
Ï¿ÎÈ· ÙÔ˘ Ó· ·ÁˆÓ›˙ÔÓÙ·È Ó· È¿ÛÔ˘Ó ÙȘ ı·˘Ì¿ÛȘ Û˘Á-
¯ÔÚ‰›Â˜ Ô˘ ηÓ›˜ ‰ÂÓ ÙÔ˘ ‰›‰·ÍÂ, Ú¤ÂÈ Ó· ·ÎÔ‡ÛÂÈ
ÙÔ˘˜ ¯ÚˆÌ·ÙÈÛÌÔ‡˜ Î·È Ù· ¯·ÚÈو̤ӷ Â˘Ú‹Ì·Ù¿ ÙÔ˘, ÁÈ·
Ó· ηٷϿ‚ÂÈ ÙÔ ÓfiËÌ· ÙÔ˘ ∂˘·ÁÁÂÏÈÛÙÔ‡ Ô˘ ›Â:
«Ó‡̷ Ô £Âfi˜ Î·È fiÔ˘ ı¤ÏÂÈ ÓÂÈ». °È· Ó· ‰Ô‡Ì ÙÈ
ÂÈÊ˘Ï¿ÛÛÂÈ Ë ÌÔ›Ú· Û ÙÔ‡ÙÔ ÙÔ µÔÏȈٿÎÈ».
Vangelis is a composer that made an international career
and achieved widespread recognition. He boasts over forty
published albums, many film scores, music compositions for
ballets and theatrical plays, two choral symphonies, great
audiovisual spectacles, numerous distinctions, awards, and
honors, one Oscar award and famous collaborations, such
as with Montserrat Caballé, Kathleen Battle, Jessye
Norman, JÔn Anderson, the lead singer of the band Yes,
Irene Papas and many other artists. He has been
distinguished as one of the pioneers of electronic music, and
his style has been characterized as new age, space,
progressive and ambient. “My approach”, he says,
“concerning my music, is very humble and this is why I
leave music to lead when Icompose: I try to be as
‘available’ as possible”.
He was born in Volos on the 29th of March 1943, and
expressed his love for art and creative expression since he
was still a child. He was just 4 years old when he started
composing music on the family piano, and he was 6 years
old when he made his first public appearance presenting his
own music compositions. In 1956, when the travel stories of
Stratis Myrivilis “From Greece” were published, one of the
few personalities described in one of the author’s travels in
Volos, around 1950, was the young talented Vangelis: “one
of the pleasant surprises that awaited for me in Volos was a
little child six or six and a half years old, privileged with the
divine gift of talent. This child, dressed with the school
uniform and with grey smiley eyes, he is now one selftaught
tiny composer. He played two music pieces in the
piano that astounded me. The first was called ‘Bells’ and the
second ‘the Dance’. One must view his tiny fingers trying to
play chords that no one taught him in order to understand
what the Evangelist meant when he said, “God is spirit and
breaths where He pleases”. Let’s see what destiny has
planned for this young boy from Volos”.
The muse of music, Euterpe, blessed this “young boy from
Volos” since his birth and destined him to become one of
Society
teaches
people how
to demand
and not how
to offer.
∏ ªÔ‡Û· Ù˘ ÌÔ˘ÛÈ΋˜ ∂˘Ù¤ÚË Î·È ÙÔ ¿ıÔ˜ ·ÁοÏÈ·-
Û·Ó «ÙÔ‡ÙÔ ÙÔ µÔÏȈٿÎÈ» ۯ‰fiÓ ·fi Ù· ÁÂÓÓÔÊ¿ÛÎÈ·
ÙÔ˘ ÁÈ· Ó· ·ÔÙÂÏ› Û‹ÌÂÚ· ¤Ó· ·fi Ù· ÌÂÁ·Ï‡ÙÂÚ· ÎÂÊ¿-
Ï·È· Ù˘ ·ÁÎfiÛÌÈ·˜ ÌÔ˘ÛÈ΋˜.  ·˘Ù‹ ÙË Ó·ڋ ËÏÈΛ·
¿Ú¯ÈÛ ӷ ·Ó·‰ÂÈÎÓ‡ÂÙ·È Î·È ÙÔ ¤ÌÊ˘ÙÔ Ù·Ï¤ÓÙÔ ÙÔ˘ ÛÙÔ
Û¯¤‰ÈÔ Î·È ÙË ˙ˆÁÚ·ÊÈ΋, ·Ó Î·È ı· ÂÚÓÔ‡Û·Ó ÔÏÏ¿
¯ÚfiÓÈ· ̤¯ÚÈ Ó· ÌÔÚ¤ÛÂÈ Î¿ÔÈÔ˜ ÂÎÙfi˜ ÙÔ˘ ÛÙÂÓÔ‡ ÙÔ˘
ÂÚÈ‚¿ÏÏÔÓÙÔ˜ Ó· ‰ÂÈ ÙÔ ¤ÚÁÔ ÙÔ˘.
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·fi ÙÔ ÔÏ˘Ù¯ÓÂ›Ô ÙÔ˘˜ ºÔÚÌÈÁÍ fiÓÔÌ· ·Ṳ́ÓÔ ·fi ÙÔ
·Ú¯·›Ô ÂÏÏËÓÈÎfi ¤Á¯ÔÚ‰Ô. ∆Ô Û˘ÁÎÚfiÙËÌ· Á›ÓÂÙ·È ÙÔ
‰ËÌÔÊÈϤÛÙÂÚÔ ÂÏÏËÓÈÎfi Û˘ÁÎÚfiÙËÌ· ÂΛӢ Ù˘ ÂÔ¯‹˜.
∞ÚÁfiÙÂÚ· ÂÁηٷÛÙ¿ıËΠÛÙË °·ÏÏ›· ‰ËÌÈÔ˘ÚÁÒÓÙ·˜ ÌÂ
ÙÔÓ ¡Ù¤ÌË ƒÔ‡ÛÔ Î·È ÙÔÓ §Ô˘Î¿ ȉÂÚ¿ ÙÔ˘˜ Aphrodite's
the greatest artists in the international music scene. His
natural talent in painting was also evident since his early
years, although many years had to pass to have his work be
known outside his family circle.
In the wild decade of the ‘60s, he forms the pop band
“Forminx”, named after the ancient Greek stringed
instrument, together with his friends from the Technical