Greek composer and lyricist, credited with over 1,000 works.
Greek name: Μίκης Θεοδωράκης (originally & formally Μιχαήλ, του Γεωργίου, Θεοδωράκης)
Son of Georgios "Giorgos" Theodorakis and Aspasia Theodoraki, née Poulaki.
The father was a civil servant, and because he was subjected to frequent transfers, Giorgos, Aspasia and their two sons lived in several towns in rural Greece.
Mikis Theodorakis had requested to be buried next to his parents and younger brother, Giannis, in his father's hometown of Galatas, Crete.
Renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, who scored the 1964 film "Zorba the Greek", and received a BAFTA Award for Best Original Music for the 1969 film "Z", was buried on Thursday 9th September 2021 in Crete where thousands converged to pay homage to the man who came to personify the country's modern music.
Adored in Greece for his inspirational music and defiance during the junta that ruled from 1967-74, Theodorakis died in Athens on 2nd September, aged 96.
Theodorakis's coffin arrived in Crete, where his family originated, on the Thursday morning from Athens where it had been on display for three days in the capital's cathedral. His coffin was laid out in the morning at the cathedral in Chania, where a stream of admirers came to pay their respects, before he was taken to Galatas Cemetery to be buried.
The family of the composer had wanted to have the burial in Vrachati, a village near Corinth, where their summer home is located.
However, the president of the Pan-Cretan Association of Friends of Mikis Theodorakis, Georgios Agorastakis, presented a notarial deed that the deceased had signed in 2020 expressing the will to be buried in Galatas village, Chania, Crete.
An Athens court decided that Theodorakis should be buried in Galatas, next to his parents and brother as was his wish.
The tomb had been built by the composer's friend, architect Manos Perakis, with the care of the Pancretan Association of Friends of Mikis Theodorakis and in complete accord to his instructions and had already been completed.
It is claimed that the composer wished to be buried near his family's grave, but separately because there was not enough room beside his mother, father and brother. There should be enough room only for him and his wife, Myrto. Should Myrto not wish to be buried beside him the space should be left empty.
Greek name: Μίκης Θεοδωράκης (originally & formally Μιχαήλ, του Γεωργίου, Θεοδωράκης)
Son of Georgios "Giorgos" Theodorakis and Aspasia Theodoraki, née Poulaki.
The father was a civil servant, and because he was subjected to frequent transfers, Giorgos, Aspasia and their two sons lived in several towns in rural Greece.
Mikis Theodorakis had requested to be buried next to his parents and younger brother, Giannis, in his father's hometown of Galatas, Crete.
Renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, who scored the 1964 film "Zorba the Greek", and received a BAFTA Award for Best Original Music for the 1969 film "Z", was buried on Thursday 9th September 2021 in Crete where thousands converged to pay homage to the man who came to personify the country's modern music.
Adored in Greece for his inspirational music and defiance during the junta that ruled from 1967-74, Theodorakis died in Athens on 2nd September, aged 96.
Theodorakis's coffin arrived in Crete, where his family originated, on the Thursday morning from Athens where it had been on display for three days in the capital's cathedral. His coffin was laid out in the morning at the cathedral in Chania, where a stream of admirers came to pay their respects, before he was taken to Galatas Cemetery to be buried.
The family of the composer had wanted to have the burial in Vrachati, a village near Corinth, where their summer home is located.
However, the president of the Pan-Cretan Association of Friends of Mikis Theodorakis, Georgios Agorastakis, presented a notarial deed that the deceased had signed in 2020 expressing the will to be buried in Galatas village, Chania, Crete.
An Athens court decided that Theodorakis should be buried in Galatas, next to his parents and brother as was his wish.
The tomb had been built by the composer's friend, architect Manos Perakis, with the care of the Pancretan Association of Friends of Mikis Theodorakis and in complete accord to his instructions and had already been completed.
It is claimed that the composer wished to be buried near his family's grave, but separately because there was not enough room beside his mother, father and brother. There should be enough room only for him and his wife, Myrto. Should Myrto not wish to be buried beside him the space should be left empty.
Greek composer and lyricist, credited with over 1,000 works.
Greek name: Μίκης Θεοδωράκης (originally & formally Μιχαήλ, του Γεωργίου, Θεοδωράκης)
Son of Georgios "Giorgos" Theodorakis and Aspasia Theodoraki, née Poulaki.
The father was a civil servant, and because he was subjected to frequent transfers, Giorgos, Aspasia and their two sons lived in several towns in rural Greece.
Mikis Theodorakis had requested to be buried next to his parents and younger brother, Giannis, in his father's hometown of Galatas, Crete.
Renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, who scored the 1964 film "Zorba the Greek", and received a BAFTA Award for Best Original Music for the 1969 film "Z", was buried on Thursday 9th September 2021 in Crete where thousands converged to pay homage to the man who came to personify the country's modern music.
Adored in Greece for his inspirational music and defiance during the junta that ruled from 1967-74, Theodorakis died in Athens on 2nd September, aged 96.
Theodorakis's coffin arrived in Crete, where his family originated, on the Thursday morning from Athens where it had been on display for three days in the capital's cathedral. His coffin was laid out in the morning at the cathedral in Chania, where a stream of admirers came to pay their respects, before he was taken to Galatas Cemetery to be buried.
The family of the composer had wanted to have the burial in Vrachati, a village near Corinth, where their summer home is located.
However, the president of the Pan-Cretan Association of Friends of Mikis Theodorakis, Georgios Agorastakis, presented a notarial deed that the deceased had signed in 2020 expressing the will to be buried in Galatas village, Chania, Crete.
An Athens court decided that Theodorakis should be buried in Galatas, next to his parents and brother as was his wish.
The tomb had been built by the composer's friend, architect Manos Perakis, with the care of the Pancretan Association of Friends of Mikis Theodorakis and in complete accord to his instructions and had already been completed.
It is claimed that the composer wished to be buried near his family's grave, but separately because there was not enough room beside his mother, father and brother. There should be enough room only for him and his wife, Myrto. Should Myrto not wish to be buried beside him the space should be left empty.
Greek name: Μίκης Θεοδωράκης (originally & formally Μιχαήλ, του Γεωργίου, Θεοδωράκης)
Son of Georgios "Giorgos" Theodorakis and Aspasia Theodoraki, née Poulaki.
The father was a civil servant, and because he was subjected to frequent transfers, Giorgos, Aspasia and their two sons lived in several towns in rural Greece.
Mikis Theodorakis had requested to be buried next to his parents and younger brother, Giannis, in his father's hometown of Galatas, Crete.
Renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, who scored the 1964 film "Zorba the Greek", and received a BAFTA Award for Best Original Music for the 1969 film "Z", was buried on Thursday 9th September 2021 in Crete where thousands converged to pay homage to the man who came to personify the country's modern music.
Adored in Greece for his inspirational music and defiance during the junta that ruled from 1967-74, Theodorakis died in Athens on 2nd September, aged 96.
Theodorakis's coffin arrived in Crete, where his family originated, on the Thursday morning from Athens where it had been on display for three days in the capital's cathedral. His coffin was laid out in the morning at the cathedral in Chania, where a stream of admirers came to pay their respects, before he was taken to Galatas Cemetery to be buried.
The family of the composer had wanted to have the burial in Vrachati, a village near Corinth, where their summer home is located.
However, the president of the Pan-Cretan Association of Friends of Mikis Theodorakis, Georgios Agorastakis, presented a notarial deed that the deceased had signed in 2020 expressing the will to be buried in Galatas village, Chania, Crete.
An Athens court decided that Theodorakis should be buried in Galatas, next to his parents and brother as was his wish.
The tomb had been built by the composer's friend, architect Manos Perakis, with the care of the Pancretan Association of Friends of Mikis Theodorakis and in complete accord to his instructions and had already been completed.
It is claimed that the composer wished to be buried near his family's grave, but separately because there was not enough room beside his mother, father and brother. There should be enough room only for him and his wife, Myrto. Should Myrto not wish to be buried beside him the space should be left empty.
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ΘΕΟΔΩΡΑΚΗΣ
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Inscribed is ΜΙΚΗΣ ΘΕΟΔΩΡΑΚΗΣ, the name by which he was known, rather than the formal ΜΙΧΑΗΛ Γ. ΘΕΟΔΩΡΑΚΗΣ.
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