Greek composer, pianist and conductor

Manos Hatzidakis

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Greek composer, pianist and conductor
Awards Received
Herder Prize
Academy Award for Best Original Song
Member of, past and present

United Panhellenic Organization of Youth

Manos Hatzidakis (also spelled Hadjidakis; Greek: Μάνος Χατζιδάκις; 23 October 1925 – 15 June 1994) was a Greek composer and theorist of Greek music. His legacy and contribution is widespread among the works of contemporary Greek music, through the second half of the 20th and into the 21st century. He was also one of the main proponents of the "Éntekhno" form of music (along with Mikis Theodorakis). In 1960, he received an Academy Award for Best Original Song for his song Never on Sunday from the film of the same name.