IT IS QUITE possibly the most famous two-note phrase in post-war European music: a stepwise trip up the scale that sounds like a question. Repeated over and over, it invites you to stretch your arms ...
Mikis Theodorakis, the celebrated Greek composer of “Zorba the Greek,” “Z” and “Serpico” and among the most politically active of all 20th-century composers, died Thursday at his home in Athens. He ...
In one of the most memorable and meaningful scenes from the Academy Award-winning movie Zorba the Greek, the title character Alexis Zorba is asked by his uptight, existentially challenged boss, Basil, ...
Mikis Theodorakis, the celebrated Greek composer of “Zorba the Greek,” “Z” and “Serpico” and among the most politically active of all 20th-century composers, died Thursday at his home in Athens. He ...
His prolific career, which started at age 17, produced a hugely varied body of work that ranged from somber symphonies and an anthem for the Palestinian Liberation Organization to television and film ...
ATHENS — Mikis Theodorakis, the beloved Greek composer whose rousing music and life of political defiance won acclaim abroad and inspired millions at home, has died at his home in Athens. His death ...