Vangelis

[b] NOTE: If credited as [a=Evangelos Papathanassiou] or any other name with Papathanassiou, please use that entry![/b]
Greek composer and arranger of electronic, progressive, ambient, and classical orchestral music.
Born: 29 March 1943 in Agria near Volos, Greece
Died: 17 May 2022 in a Paris, France (aged 79) from complications due to treatment of COVID-19

[a7027] started writing music when he was 4 and performed his first live concert at age 6.
He started his career as a member of [a1027104]. In the sixties, he was a founding member of [a=Aphrodite's Child] along with [a=Demis Roussos] and [a=Lucas Sideras]. He also enjoyed succes as part of [a95452] early in the eighties. A talented composer, producer and musician, Vangelis is famous for composing soundtracks to films such as 'Blade Runner', 'Chariots Of Fire' and '1492: Conquest of Paradise'. Vangelis has made over 60 albums, many of them collaborations.