(1947–2013) | Composer, musicologist, and researcher. Born in Chania, he studied advanced music theory, composition, and music history at the National Conservatoire of Athens. He worked extensively in theatre and cinema, composing music for more than twenty-five plays and thirty films, while also dedicating himself to the collection and documentation of ethnomusicological material related to Greek traditional music.
From 1975 he collaborated with newspapers and magazines, and from 2000 he was a regular contributor to “Istorika” and “Eleftherotypia”. From 1978 he collaborated with ERT as a musician, producer, and administrator; he served as director of the music department of the Second Programme (1981), entertainment consultant for ET-1 (1987), and programme director of ET-2 (1993–1997).
Between 1982 and 1999 he curated the traditional music recording programme of the Third Programme of ERA, gathering 3,650 recordings from around 200 soloists, part of which was also broadcast by Dutch National Radio. He edited numerous traditional and folk music releases, and in 1983 he published the book Traditional Folk Instrumentalists (Λαϊκοί Πρακτικοί Οργανοπαίχτες).
In 2002 he served as musical and scientific director of the Centre for the Study of Traditional Music of Thrace–Asia Minor–Pontus, and as music director of the Lykeion ton Ellinidon. He collaborated closely with Domna Samiou as a musical consultant for recordings and concerts.
Source: Domna Samiou Archive, Yiorgos E. Papadakis
