Jo Akepsimas

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Jo Akepsimas (* 1940 in Athens ) is a Greek-French chansonnier and composer .

He has lived in France since 1958. Akepsimas studied philosophy, literature and music and received his doctorate with a thesis on Plato. Out of an interest in the Catholic liturgy and the theology on which it is based, Akepsimas has devoted himself entirely to worship music and liturgy since he was 28 years old . He created a very personal style that is characterized by chorale , jazz , blues , chanson and folklore . In 1968 Akepsimas released his first album: the mass "People, clap your hands". In his liturgical work he collaborates with renowned poets: Didier Rimaud , Claude Bernard , Raoul Mutin and repeatedly with Michel Scouarnec . He is the author of numerous new spiritual songs and children's songs. They are an integral part of Francophone church hymn books.

A second focus of his work is music for children. The focus is on folk and catechetical songs and the liturgy - especially religious ones . With Marie-Annick Rétif alias Mannick, Akepsimas created around 500 songs.

Works

  • In the dark of our fears (Text: Michel Scouarnec; Transmission: Diethard Zils ) ( MG 296)
  • Nous avons vu les pas de notre Dieu (“We have found God's traces”; 1973; GL (diocesan part of Würzburg) 821; EG -West 648, EG-Baden-Alsace-Lorraine-Palatinate 665, EG-Württemberg 656, MG 406; Switzerland: Catholic hymn book 183, Christian Catholic prayer and hymn book 928)
  • Aube nouvelle dans notre nuit (Text: Michel Scouarnec, German "Search and ask", transmission: Diethard Zils , GL 457)
  • People on the way
  • New morning
  • Hallelujah, sing our God
  • Qui es-tu, roi d'humilité? (Text: Didier Rimaud; Arc-en-ciel 380)

Discography

(incomplete)

  • 1968: Peuples battez des mains
  • 1976: Jo Akepsima's chante pour les enfants
  • 1978: Lumière de midi
  • 1979: En lettres de lumière
  • 1979: La chanson de l'Évangile
  • 1985: Chante pour les enfants - 4 et 3 font 8
  • 1989: Sur les routes de l'Alliance. Signes par milliers. Fair de l'Alliance
  • 1991: Chants liturgiques. Messes et chants pour l'eucharistie.
  • 1993: La farandole des animaux
  • 1997: You côté de Noël
  • 1997: Il nous précède en Galilée
  • 1998: Anthologie des chants liturgiques
  • 2000: Mannick et Jo chantent Noël pour les enfants
  • 2000: Petit bonhomme - avec Jo Akepsimas
  • 2000: Cigales
  • 2000: Jo Akepsimas chante pour les enfants
  • 2004: La chanson de l'Évangile
  • 2004: Fair pour toute l'année, en famille, en Église
  • 2004: Fair “Pour un dernier adieu”, célébration des funérailles
  • 2004: Chants liturgiques: Anthology (5 CD)

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personal data
SURNAME Akepsimas, Jo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greco-French chansonnier and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens