Biography
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Born
18 March 1939
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Born In
Heraklion, Heraklion, Kriti, Greece
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Died
10 June 2023 (aged 84)
Please see Γιάννης Μαρκόπουλος.
Giannis Markopoulos (also spelled as Yannis Markopoulos, Greek: Γιάννης Μαρκόπουλος) (born on 18 March 1939) is a Greek composer.
He lived in Ierapetra, Crete, until he left high school in 1956 to study music in Athens, and to begin a career in composition. His compositions have been significant in shaping modern classical music in Crete.
He had an international hit with the theme music from the British TV series Who Pays the Ferryman. His compositions frequently appear in compilations with other famous Greek and Cretian composers such as Mikis Theodorakis, Nikos Xsilouris, Vasilis Skoulas, Manos Hatzidakis, Psarantonis, Haralambos Garganourakis and Stavros Xarchakos.
Markopoulos was responsible for discovering singer Lizetta Nikolaou in the 1970s. In 1974 they recorded the "Thessalian Cycle" and "Songs of my Father" together, in 1975 "Independently" and "The Dedication" and in 1976 "Oropedio" which received much acclaim in Greece.
Markopoulos was signed to Universal Records for some time.
In 1998/99 he produced a series of concerts in the Athens Concert Hall (known as the Megaron), in the Peace and Friendship Stadium and in Patras.
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