Greek composer and conductor (born 1924)
Mimis Plessas
Born Dimitrios Plessas
(1924-10-12 ) 12 October 1924 (age 99) Citizenship Education NKUA (BS )Occupations Musician composer conductor pianist Years active 1952–present Spouse
Loukila Carrer
(
m. 2002)
Children Parents Antonis Plessas (father) Eleni Plessas (mother) Relatives Stefanos Korkolis (nephew )Awards Website https://www.plessas.org/
Dimitrios "Mimis" Plessas (Greek : Δημήτριος «Μίμης» Πλέσσας ; born 12 October 1924) is a Greek musician, composer, conductor and pianist.[ 1]
Life and career
Plessas was born in Athens . He began his career in 1952 and has written music for over 100 films, television and radio programs, and theatrical events. He has worked with such notable Greek singers as Nana Mouskouri , Vicky Leandros , Giannis Poulopoulos , Marinella , Rena Koumioti and lyricist Lefteris Papadopoulos .
Plessas combined the traditions of entehno and laïkó with considerable success, notably making it his own style. His composition work O Dromos in 1969 (The Street ) still remains the work with the most sales in the history of the Greek discography.
In 2001 he was honored with the Gold Cross of the Order of the Phoenix .
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International National Artists