Giannes Zouganeles

Yannis Zouganelis lahir di Athena pada tanggal 3 Februari 1956 dan berasal dari Mykonos dan Naxos. Ia menikah dengan Isidora Sideris dan bersama-sama mereka memiliki seorang putri, Eleonora Zouganelis. Fakta bahwa kedua orang tuanya tunarungu mempunyai pengaruh yang besar terhadap perjalanan hidupnya di kemudian hari. Dia memulai studi musiknya pada usia prasekolah di Agios Nikolaos Acharnon dengan profesor penyanyi Th. Theodorakopoulos dalam musik Bizantium. Di Hellenic Conservatory dia belajar gitar dengan profesor X. Ekmektsoglou dan Costas Triandos dan teori dengan Antiochos Evaggelatos. Dia meneruskan di Konservatori Nasional Athens dengan harmoni, teori maju dan piano di bawah pengajaran Patrikidis dan Vokos. Komposer Nikos Mamagakis memainkan peran penting dalam pengembangan studi musiknya, yang mengajarinya orkestrasi dan ritme. Pada tahun 1975, dengan beasiswa dari Kementerian Kebudayaan (untuk karyanya "Sepuluh Esai Bizantium" ansambel simfoni kecil dan paduan suara campuran), ia belajar komposisi, orkestrasi, dan opera di Akademi Seni Munich, dan lulus dengan pujian.

Yannis Zouganelis was born in Athens on February 3, 1956 and comes from Mykonos and Naxos. He is married to Isidora Sideris and together they have a daughter, Eleonora Zouganelis. The fact that both his parents were deaf had a great influence on his later course. He began his musical studies at preschool age in Agios Nikolaos Acharnon with the cantor professor Th. Theodorakopoulos in Byzantine music. At the Hellenic Conservatory he studied guitar with professors X. Ekmektsoglou and Costas Triandos and theory with Antiochos Evaggelatos. He continued at the National Conservatory of Athens with harmony, advanced theory and piano under the teaching of Patrikidis and Vokos. Composer Nikos Mamagakis played a decisive role in the development of his musical studies, who taught him orchestration and rhythm. In 1975, with a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture (for his work "Ten Byzantine Essays" small symphonic ensemble and mixed choir), he studied composition, orchestration and opera at the Munich Academy of Arts, from which he graduated with honors.