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 In 1954 he travelled with his young wife Myrto Altinoglou to Paris where he entered the Conservatory and studied musical analysis under Olivier Messiaen<sup>[34]</sup> and conducting under Eugene Bigot.<sup>[35]</sup> His time in Paris, 1954–1959, was his second period of musical writing.
-His symphonic works: a Piano concerto, his first suite, his first symphony, and his scores for the ballet: ''Greek Carnival'', ''Le Feu aux Poudres'', ''Les Amants de Teruel'', received international acclaim. In 1957, he won the Gold Medal in the Moscow Music Festival, whose President of the Jury was [[Dmitri Shostakovitch]]. In 1959, after the successful performances of Theodorakis's ballet ''Antigone'' at Covent Garden in London, the French composer Darius Milhaud proposed him for the American Copley Music Prize - an award of the "William and Noma Copley Foundation",<sup>[36]</sup> which later changed its name to "Cassandra Foundation" - as the "Best European Composer of the Year". His first international scores for the film ''Ill Met by Moonlight'' and ''Luna de Miel'' by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger respectively, were also very successful: The Honeymoon title song became part of the repertoire of The Beatles.
+His symphonic works: a Piano concerto, his first suite, his first symphony, and his scores for the ballet: ''Greek Carnival'', ''Le Feu aux Poudres'', ''Les Amants de Teruel'', received international acclaim. In 1957, he won the Gold Medal in the Moscow Music Festival, whose President of the Jury was [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]. In 1959, after the successful performances of Theodorakis's ballet ''Antigone'' at Covent Garden in London, the French composer Darius Milhaud proposed him for the American Copley Music Prize - an award of the "William and Noma Copley Foundation",<sup>[36]</sup> which later changed its name to "Cassandra Foundation" - as the "Best European Composer of the Year". His first international scores for the film ''Ill Met by Moonlight'' and ''Luna de Miel'' by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger respectively, were also very successful: The Honeymoon title song became part of the repertoire of The Beatles.
 == Back to Greek roots ==

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 <youtube> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjnlcs-3xDM </youtube>
-== Work ==
+== Works ==
 His song cycles are based on poems by Greek authors, as well as by García Lorca and Neruda: ''Epitaphios'', ''Archipelagos'', ''Politia A-D'', ''Epiphania'', ''The Hostage'', ''Mykres Kyklades'', ''Mauthausen'', ''Romiossini'', ''Sun and Time'', ''Songs for Andreas'', ''Mythology'', ''Night of Death'', ''Ta Lyrika'', ''The Quarters of the World'', ''Dionysos'', ''Phaedra'', ''Mia Thalassa'', ''Os Archaios Anemos'', ''Ta Lyrikotera'', ''Ta Lyrikotata'', ''Erimia'', ''Odysseia''. Theodorakis released two albums of his songs and song cycles on Paredon Records and Folkways Records in the early seventies, including his ''Peoples' Music: The Struggles of the Greek People'' (1974).<sup>[71]</sup>
-== Symphonic works ==
+=== Symphonic works ===
 * 1952: Piano Concerto "Helikon"
 * 1953: First Symphony ("Proti Simfonia")
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 * 2010: "Andalusia" for Mezzo and Orchestra
-== Chamber music ==
+=== Chamber music ===
 * 1942: Sonatina for piano
 * 1945: Elegy No 1, for cello and piano
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 * 2007: East of the Aegean, for cello and piano
-== Cantatas and oratorios ==
+=== Cantatas and oratorios ===
 * 1960: Axion Esti (text: Odysseas Elytis)
 * 1969: The March of the Spirit (text: Angelos Sikelianos)
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 * 1999: Requiem (text: St. John Damascene)
-== Hymns ==
+=== Hymns ===
 * 1970: Hymn for Nasser
 * 1973: Hymn for the Socialist Movement in Venezuela
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-== Ballets ==
+=== Ballets ===
 * 1953: Greek Carnival (choreography: Rallou Manou)
 * 1958: Le Feu aux Poudres (choreography: Paul Goubé)
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 * 1987–88: Zorba il Greco (choreography: Lorca Massine)
-== Operas ==
+=== Operas ===
 * 1984–85: Kostas Karyotakis (The Metamorphosis of Dionysos)
 * 1988–90: Medea
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 * 2013: Recycling Medea (Director: Asteris Kutulas)
-== Scores ==
+=== Scores ===
 * Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
 * March of the spirit (Oratorio, Full Score)

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 * [http://en.mikis-theodorakis.net/index.php/article/articleview/87/1/58/ Complete discography]
 * [http://www.bruceduffie.com/theodorakis.html Interview with Mikis Theodorakis by Bruce Duffie, May 19, 1994]
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 Michael "Mikis" Theodorakis (Greek: Μιχαήλ (Μίκης) Θεοδωράκης [ˈmicis θeoðoˈɾacis]; born 29 July 1925) is a [[:Category:Greece|Greek]] politician, composer and lyricist who has contributed to contemporary Greek music with over 1000 works.<sup>[1][2][3][4][5]</sup>
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 == Studies in Paris ==
 In 1954 he travelled with his young wife Myrto Altinoglou to Paris where he entered the Conservatory and studied musical analysis under Olivier Messiaen<sup>[34]</sup> and conducting under Eugene Bigot.<sup>[35]</sup> His time in Paris, 1954–1959, was his second period of musical writing.
 His symphonic works: a Piano concerto, his first suite, his first symphony, and his scores for the ballet: ''Greek Carnival'', ''Le Feu aux Poudres'', ''Les Amants de Teruel'', received international acclaim. In 1957, he won the Gold Medal in the Moscow Music Festival, whose President of the Jury was [[Dmitri Shostakovitch]]. In 1959, after the successful performances of Theodorakis's ballet ''Antigone'' at Covent Garden in London, the French composer Darius Milhaud proposed him for the American Copley Music Prize - an award of the "William and Noma Copley Foundation",<sup>[36]</sup> which later changed its name to "Cassandra Foundation" - as the "Best European Composer of the Year". His first international scores for the film ''Ill Met by Moonlight'' and ''Luna de Miel'' by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger respectively, were also very successful: The Honeymoon title song became part of the repertoire of The Beatles.
 == Back to Greek roots ==
 In 1960, Theodorakis returned to Greece and his roots in Greek music: With his song cycle ''Epitaphios'' he started his third compositional period and contributed to a cultural revolution in his country.<sup>[37]</sup> His most significant and influential works are based on Greek and world poetry (''Epiphania'' (Giorgos Seferis), ''Little Kyklades'' (Odysseas Elytis), ''Axion Esti'' (Odysseas Elytis), ''Mauthausen'' (Iakovos Kambanellis), ''Romiossini'' (Yannis Ritsos), and ''Romancero Gitano'' (Federico García Lorca)), and represented his attempt to give back to Greek music a dignity which, in his perception, it had lost. He developed his concept of "metasymphonic music" (symphonic compositions that go beyond the "classical" status and mix symphonic elements with popular songs, Western symphonic orchestra and Greek popular instruments).
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 == During the dictatorship ==
 On 21 April 1967 a right wing junta (the Regime of the Colonels) took power in a putsch. Theodorakis went underground and founded the "Patriotic Front" (PAM). On 1 June, the Colonels published the "Army decree No 13", which banned playing, and even listening to his music. Theodorakis himself was arrested on 21 August,<sup>[44]</sup> and jailed for five months. Following his release end of January 1968, he was banished in August to Zatouna with his wife Myrto and their two children, Margarita and Yorgos.<sup>[45]</sup> Later he was interned in the concentration camp of Oropos.<sup>[46]</sup>
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 == Resistance in exile ==
 While in exile, Theodorakis fought for the overthrowing of the colonels for four years. He began his world tours and gave thousands of concerts on all continents as part of his struggle for the restoration of democracy in Greece.
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 == Return to Greece ==
 After the fall of the Colonels, Mikis Theodorakis returned to Greece on July 24th 1974 to continue his work and his concert tours, both in Greece and abroad.<sup>[52]</sup> At the same time he participated in public affairs. In 1978, through his article ''For a United Left Wing'', he "stirred up Greek political life. His proposal for the unification of the three parties of the former United Left – which had grown out of the National Liberation Front (N.L.F.) – had been accepted by the Greek Communist Party, which later proposed him as the candidate for mayor of Athens during the 1978 elections." (Andreas Brandes)<sup>[53]</sup> He was later elected several times to the Greek Parliament (1981–1986 and 1989–1993) and for two years, from 1990 to 1992, he was a minister in the government of Constantine Mitsotakis. After his resignation as a member of Greek parliament, he was appointed General Musical Director of the Choir and the two Orchestras of the Hellenic State Radio (ERT), which he reorganised and with which he undertook successful concert tours abroad.<sup>[54]</sup>
 He was committed to raise international awareness of human rights, of environmental issues and of the need for peace and, for this reason, he initiated, along with the Turkish author, musician, singer, and filmmaker Zülfü Livaneli, the Greek–Turkish Friendship Society.<sup>[55]</sup>
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 On February 26th, 2019, Theodorakis was hospitalized due to heart problems,<sup>[60]</sup> and on March 8th, 2019, Theodorakis he underwent surgery to place a pacemaker at an undisclosed Athens hospital.<sup>[61]</sup>
+<youtube> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjnlcs-3xDM </youtube>
 == Work ==
 His song cycles are based on poems by Greek authors, as well as by García Lorca and Neruda: ''Epitaphios'', ''Archipelagos'', ''Politia A-D'', ''Epiphania'', ''The Hostage'', ''Mykres Kyklades'', ''Mauthausen'', ''Romiossini'', ''Sun and Time'', ''Songs for Andreas'', ''Mythology'', ''Night of Death'', ''Ta Lyrika'', ''The Quarters of the World'', ''Dionysos'', ''Phaedra'', ''Mia Thalassa'', ''Os Archaios Anemos'', ''Ta Lyrikotera'', ''Ta Lyrikotata'', ''Erimia'', ''Odysseia''. Theodorakis released two albums of his songs and song cycles on Paredon Records and Folkways Records in the early seventies, including his ''Peoples' Music: The Struggles of the Greek People'' (1974).<sup>[71]</sup>