Vangelis

NOTE: If credited as Evangelos Papathanassiou or any other name with Papathanassiou, please use that entry!
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 Paris, France (aged 79) from COVID-19

Vangelis started writing music when he was 4 and performed his first live concert at age 6.
He started his career as a member of The Forminx. In the sixties, he was a founding member of Aphrodite's Child along with Demis Roussos and Lucas Sideras. He also enjoyed succes as part of Jon & Vangelis 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.