Nikos Mamangakis

Biography

Nikos Mamagakis (Greek: Νίκος Μαμαγκάκης, Rethymno, 3 March 1929 − Athens, 24 July 2013) was a Greek composer. He began his studies at the Athens Conservatory and then, from 1957, he studied at the Munich Conservatory alongside Carl Orff and Harald Gendsmer. His initial research concerned the renewal of timbre and structural and rhythmic relationships based on numerical proportions, both based on Western standards and with references to our folk music, mainly from his homeland. He was, moreover, related to the lyre player Andreas Rodinos, while his father also played the bulgari. A consequence of this search was the use in his works of various folk instruments (Cretan lyre, santouri, etc.) o...