Vangelis wikipedia
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Vangelis
Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou (Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου[eˈvaɲɟelos oðiˈseas papaθanaˈsi.u]; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis (vang-GHEL-iss; Greek: Βαγγέλης[vaɲˈɟelis]), was a Greek musician and composer. His music was electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, and orchestral.[1] He was best known for his Academy Award-winning score to Chariots of Fire (1981), as well as for composing scores to the movies Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), The Bounty (1984), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004).
He also composed music for documentaries such as Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan.[1] He was born in Agria, a coastal town in Magnesia, Thessaly of the Hellenic State (present-day Greece) and raised in Athens.[2] His career began in 1963.
Vangelis died on 17 May 2022 at a hospital in Paris, France from heart failure while receiving treatment for COVID-19, aged 79.[3][4]
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Vangelis
Greek composer and musician (1943–2022)
For other uses, see Vangelis (disambiguation).
Musical artist
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου, pronounced[eˈvaɲɟelosoðiˈseaspapaθanaˈsi.u]; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis (vang-GHEL-iss; Greek: Βαγγέλης, pronounced[vaɲˈɟelis]), was a Greek musician, composer, and producer of electronic, progressive, ambient, and classical orchestral music. He composed the Academy Award-winning score to Chariots of Fire (1981), as well as for the films Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), The Bounty (1984), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004), and the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan.[1][2]
Born in Agria and raised in Athens, Vangelis began his career in the 1960s as a member of the rock bands the Forminx and Aphrodite's Child; the latter's album 666 (1972) is recognised as a progressive-psychedelic rock classic.[1][3]
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Who was Vangelis ?
Evanghelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, widely recognized by his first name ‘Vangelis’, was a Greek musician and composer who has left an indelible mark on the world of electronic and ambient music. Born on the 29th of March 1943 in Agria, a small town near Volos in Greece, Vangelis displayed a passion for music from an early age, eventually becoming one of the most influential and revered composers of our time. Vangelis sadly passed away on the 17th of May 2022 in Paris, France.
Although best known for his musical compositions, Vangelis did not limit himself to the art of music, he also liked to express himself through painting and sculpting. While growing up in Volos, Vangelis was raised together with his brother Niko, when his family moved to Athens where his father worked in property. According to his own memories Vangelis was always fascinated by sound and music, ever since his earliest childhood. He vividly remembered that as a kid he was always banging on things to see what kind of sound it would produce, and he already staged a pu
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