Manos Hadjidakis

Manos Hadjidakis was born in Xanthi, Greece. He is widely considered one of the best and most recognized Greek composers. In 1947 he wrote his first composition for the piano. In 1960 he won the Oscar Award for Best Original Song for his song "Never on Sunday". In 1949 Hadjidakis created a Greek dance theater with dance instructor Ralu Manu. In 1966 he left to New York and stayed there. In 1972 he returned to Greece. From 1976 to 1982 he headed the Athens State Orchestra, National Opera, National Radio. In 1989 he founded "The Orchestra of flowers", a small symphonic orchestra . Hadjidakis died in Athens at the age of 68.