Vangelis' Introduction

Vangelis Papathanassiou

Vangelis is best known for his music, but next to that he paints and sculpts. In 2003 an exhibition of his painted art started to travel around the globe. His music is known all over the planet: it is used for documentaries, films, televisionshows, ballets, stageplays, solo albums, co-operatively made music... He was bandleader of The Forminx, a very popular Greek highschoolband in the early and middle sixties. After that came the time of an international breaktrough with Aphrodite's Child. Vangelis has lived in Greece, France, UK... Being a multi-linguist, Vangelis is not only able to play synthesizer or piano, he plays almost every instrument you hear on his albums. So he is a multi-talented artist.

You may have heard music made by him and not knowing his name. Lots of music for television, theaterplays, films and advertisements are uncredited. Explore his story, welcome to vangelishistory.com

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