About Dimitris Dragatakis
Lived 1914 – 2001 (aged 87). Dimitris Dragatakis was a Greek composer, violinist and violist.
Dimitris Dragatakis (Greek: Δημήτρης Δραγατάκης; 22 January 1914 – 18 December 2001) was a Greek composer of classical music and Greek art music.
He was born in Platanoussa, Epirus in 1914 and studied the violin from 1930 to 1939 at the Greek National Conservatory in Athens. Later on, he switched to the viola and from 1949 started composition lessons with Leonidas Zoras and Manolis Kalomiris, receiving his diploma in 1955.
Chamber music for mixed ensembles Sources: ) Dragatakis: Piano Works (complete) (Naxos 8.570789 ) Dimitris Dragatakis: Chamber Music I (Irida Classical: IRIDA 001 ) Ballades for saxophone and orchestra (along with works by Tomasi, Ravel, Piazzola and Iturralde) (Naxos 8.557454 )
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Greek classical composer, violist and teacher of mid and late 20th century (1914–2001)
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Dimitris Dragatakis was born on 4 February 1914 in Platanoussa.
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Dimitris Dragatakis died on 18 December 2001 in Athens.
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Dimitris Dragatakis was a composer, violinist and violist.
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Dimitris Dragatakis was Greek.
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