- Nacimiento
- Fallecimiento17 de mayo de 2022 · París, Francia (complicaciones por covid-19)
- Nombre de nacimientoEvangelos Odysseus Papathanassiou
- Vangelis nació el 29 de marzo de 1943 en Grecia. Fue un compositor y actor, conocido por Blade Runner (1982), Carros de fuego (1981) y Alejandro Magno (2004). Murió el 17 de mayo de 2022 en París, Francia.
- Electronic music in an orchestral style
- A self taught musician, Vangelis began composing at the age of four, but could not read or write musical notation.
- Contrary to popular opinion, the "g" in Vangelis is hard, (as in the word, "angle") and not soft (as in "angel")
- He has composed The Official FIFA World Cup 2002 Anthem.
- Was asked by his collaborator to replace Rick Wakeman on keyboards in Anderson's band Yes. Vangelis refused, perhaps for the better, citing that becoming a supporting member of a band would stifle his creativity and style.
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 44th Cannes International Film Festival in 1991.
- "I function as a channel through which music emerges from the chaos of noise." - September, 1988, "Direct" liner notes.
- Well I think that technology and music have always been together and I think music is science anyway.
- When asked why he had not had children: Because of the amount of travelling I do and the nonsense of the music business, I couldn't take care of a child in the way I think it should be taken care of.
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