* March 5 – Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves the Greek Communist Party.

** Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer ( Zorba the Greek )

* Αντιγόνη ( Antigone ), opera by Mikis Theodorakis ( b. 1925 )

The soundtrack, by Mikis Theodorakis, was also a record hit.

* British Academy of Film and Television Arts: Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, Mikis Theodorakis ; 1970.

* Elektra, by Mikis Theodorakis

* Phaedra, song cycle by Mikis Theodorakis

He was also one of the main prime movers of the " Éntekhno " song ( along with Mikis Theodorakis ).

Michael " Mikis " Theodorakis (, ) ( born July 29, 1925 ) is a Greek songwriter and famous composer.

Mikis Theodorakis was born on the Greek island of Chios and spent his childhood years in different provincial Greek cities such as Mytilene, Cephallonia, Patras, Pyrgos and Tripoli.

Mikis Theodorakis shortly after his return to Greece, 1961.

Mikis Theodorakis at a concert in Caesarea, Israel, in the 1970s.

After the fall of the Colonels, Mikis Theodorakis returned to Greece on 24 July 1974 to continue his work and his concert tours, both in Greece and abroad.

Alexia Vassiliou with Mikis Theodorakis For a period of 10 years, Internationally knows singer, Alexia Vassiliou teamed up with the legendary Mikis Theodorakis and his Popular Orchestra.

In December 1, 2010, Mikis Theodorakis founded " Spitha: People's Independent Movement ", a non-political movement which calls people to gather and express their political ideas.

On May 31, Mikis Theodorakis gave a speech attended by appropximately 10, 000 Greeks in the center of Athens, criticising the Greek government for the loan debt it has taken from the International Monetary Fund.

* 1981: Symphony No 2 (" The Song of the Earth "; text: Mikis Theodorakis ) for children's choir, piano, and orchestra

* 1982: Liturgy No 2 (" To children, killed in War "); texts: Tassos Livaditis, Mikis Theodorakis ) for choir

* 1992: Canto Olympico, for voice, solo piano, choir, and orchestra ( texts: Dimitra Manda, Mikis Theodorakis )

* 1960 – 61: To Tragoudi tou Nekrou Adelfou ( Ballad of the Dead Brother ), Musical Tragedy ( text: Mikis Theodorakis )

* 1963: Magiki Poli ( Enchanted City ), revue ( Mikis Theodorakis, Notis Pergialis, Michalis Katsaros )

He composed many well-known Greek songs and has co-operated with various important composers, singers and lyricists like Mikis Theodorakis, Haris Alexiou, George Dalaras, Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Christos Leontis, Fondas Ladis, Yannis Negrepontis, Manolis Rasoulis, Giannis Kalatzis, Nazim Hikmet and many others.

The poems (“ Epitaphios, Romiosini, Ta Dekaohto Lianotragouda tis Pikris Patridas, I Piites tou Kosmou ) were composed by Mikis Theodorakis.

* Canto General ( Theodorakis ) ( 1970 – 1981 ), oratorio by Mikis Theodorakis, recorded various times:

** Canto General ( 1988 album ), live recording from St. Paul, Minnesota ( USA ), first recording of the complete oratorio in the United States, conducted by Mikis Theodorakis and Stefan Sköld, soloists Mary Preus and Petros Pandis, produced by Patricia Porter and recorded by Ralph Karsten, from the July 27, 1986 performance in the O ' Shaughnessy Auditorium of the College of St. Catherine ( 13 movements )

She has collaborated with prominent Greek composers such as Mikis Theodorakis, who wrote the score for Pablo Neruda's Canto General, which Farantouri performed.

Canto General, an oratorio for two voices, mixed choir and orchestra by Mikis Theodorakis based on poems from Canto General by Pablo Neruda was recorded live on August 13, 1975, at the Karaiskakis-Stadium, Pireus and on August 16, 1975, at the Panathinaikos-Stadium, Athens.

* Mikis Theodorakis — Symphony No. 4 ( Intuition / Schott )

* George Giannaris: Mikis Theodorakis.

Music and Social Change, Foreword by Mikis Theodorakis.

* Mikis Theodorakis: Journals of Resistance.

* Guy Wagner: Mikis Theodorakis.

ISBN 960-402-008-0 ( The biography exists also in French: Mikis Theodorakis.

Editions Phi, Luxembourg, 2000 ; and in German: Mikis Theodorakis.

* George Logothetis: Mikis Theodorakis: the Greek soul, translated from the Greek by Phillipos Chatzopoulos, Agyra editions 2004, ISBN 960-422-095-0.

* Asteris Kutulas: Mikis Theodorakis.

* Nicolas Mottas, Mikis Theodorakis: A Legend for Greece-American Chronicle, July 28, 2009.

Musicians of stature are the composers Nikos Skalkottas, Iannis Xenakis, and Mikis Theodorakis ; the conductor Dmitri Mitropoulos ; and the soprano Maria Callas.

The soundtrack as released on LP and CD replaces Henry's song with a similar track written by Theodorakis named " Café Rock.

In 1960, Theodorakis returned to Greece and his roots in genuine Greek music: With his song cycle Epitaphios he started the third period of his composing and contributed to a cultural revolution in his country.

Following the 1964 elections, Theodorakis became a member of the Greek Parliament, associated with the left-wing party EDA.

M. Theodorakis ( 1971 )

Theodorakis himself was arrested on 21 August, and jailed for five months.

An international solidarity movement, headed by such personalities as Dmitri Shostakovich, Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Miller, and Harry Belafonte demanded to get Theodorakis freed.

On request of the French politician Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Theodorakis was allowed to go into exile to Paris on 13 April 1970.

Theodorakis arrived at Le Bourget Airport where he met Costa Gavras, Melina Mercouri and Jules Dassin.

Theodorakis was immediately hospitalized because he suffered from lung tuberculosis.

Myrto Theodorakis, Mikis's wife and two children joined him a week later in France.

While in exile, Theodorakis fought during four years for the overthrow of the colonels.

For millions of people, Theodorakis was the symbol of resistance against the Greek dictatorship.

Theodorakis on a visit in East Germany, May 1989.

From 1981, Theodorakis had started the fourth period of his musical writing, during which he returned to the symphonic music, while still going on to compose song-cycles.

This trilogy was complemented by his last opera Lysistrata, first performed in Athens ( 14 April 2002 ): a call for peace ... With his operas, and with his song cycles from 1974 to 2006, Theodorakis ushered in the period of his Lyrical Life.