Dimitris Mitropanos
Dimitris Mitropanos ( Greek : Δημήτρης Μητροπάνος, born April 2, 1948 near Trikala , Greece ; † April 17, 2012 in Athens ) was a Greek singer.
His style of music was the so-called Laïkó . He worked with the Greek composers Mikis Theodorakis , Stavros Xarchakos , Manos Hadjidakis and Thanos Mikroutsikos . Dimitris Mitropanos has been recognized as one of the finest Greek folk musicians since 1980.
Dimitris Mitropanos was born in Agia Moni , a small town outside Trikala, in 1948 . His mother was from Trikala, his father from a small town near Karditsa . He grew up without a father, whom he only met at the age of 29. Up to the age of 16 he assumed that his father had died as a resistance fighter in the war. Through a letter he received the information that the father was alive and living in Romania . As a little boy he helped out in his family's restaurant during the summer holidays. Like many children in Greece, he helped serve the guests. Before he left school, Mitropanos went to Athens in 1964. There he lived with an uncle in the Odos Acharnon. He finished school and started working as a singer.
Grigoris Bithikotsis , then a star in Greece, sang in his uncle's tavern . Mitropanos and Bithikotsis became friends. Through this friendship he met many other singers of Greek folk music. There was an intimate relationship with Giorgos Zambeta. Mitropanos referred to him as his second father. Mitropanos first met Mikis Theodorakis in 1966. He has performed in a number of concerts in Greece and Cyprus . In 1967 Mitropanos' first record appeared, which contained the title Thessaloniki . Mitropanos subsequently appeared with almost all known Greek folk music artists. Many of his songs are known throughout Greece and are often played on tourist folklore evenings. One of the most famous pieces is S'anazito sti saloniki from the 1980s. By 2011 Mitropanos had released 45 albums.
On April 17, 2012, Dimitris Mitropanos died of pulmonary edema in an Athens hospital. Two days later he was buried in the First Athens Cemetery.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Information about Mitropanos' life and career
- Article on the occasion of the funeral of Dimitris Mitropanos
- Dimitris Mitropanos in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mitropanos, Dimitris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek singer and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | near Trikala , Greece |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 2012 |
| Place of death | Athens , Greece |