Vangelis

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Biography

NOTE: If credited as Evangelos Papathanassiou or any other name with Papathanassiou, please use that entry! Born on March 29, 1943 in Volos, Greece, Vangelis started writing music when he was 4 and performed his first live concert at age 6. In the sixties, he was a founding member of Aphrodite's Child , along with Demis Roussos and Lucas Sideras. A talented composer and musician, Vangelis is famous for composing soundtracks to films such as 'Blade Runner', 'Chariots Of Fire' and '1492: Conquest Of Paradise'. To date, Vangelis has made over 30 albums, many of them collaborations.

  • Real name
  • Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου (Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou)
  • Name variations
  • \The Vangelis\·E. P. Vangelis·E. Vangelis·E.P. Vangelis·Evanghelos·Jon Vangelis·P. Vangelis·Van Gelis·Vangelis (Evangelos O. Papathanassiou)·Vangelis O.·Vangelis P·Vangelis P.·Vangellis·Vangells·Vnagelis·Вангелис·ヴァンゲリス
  • Aliases
  • Alpha Beta (4)·Evangelos Papathanassiou·Mama 'O·Odyssey (17)·Richard Broadbaker
  • Primary profession
  • Soundtrack·composer·music_department
  • Country
  • Greece
  • Nationality
  • Greek
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 29 March 1943
  • Place of birth
  • Agria
  • Death age
  • 79
  • Knows language
  • Modern Greek

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