Antiochos Evangelatos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antiochos Evangelatos

Greek musician

Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1902

Place of Birth: Lixouri, Ionian Islands Region, Greece

Date of Death: 17-Dec-1981

Profession: composer, conductor

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Antiochos Evangelatos (sometimes spelled Evanghelatos) (Greek: ??t????? ??a??e??t??; 1903 – 1981) was a Greek composer and conductor.
He was born in Lixouri, Cefalonia on 25 December 1903.
He studied composition and conducting in Leipzig, Basel and Vienna with Max Ludwig, Kofler and Felix Weingartner.
From 1933 on he taught composition and counterpoint at the Hellenic Conservatory of Athens.
In 1957 he was elected president of the Union of Greek Composers in 1957.
Evangelatos' compositions are based thematically on folk music, their style is Romantic and their elaboration contrapuntal. He died in 1981 in Athens.