Antiochos Evangelatos

Antiochos Evangelatos studied at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Leipzig University and University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. Training under Felix Weingartner, Max Ludwig and Hermann Grabner is recorded. Eleni Karaindrou is recorded as having studied under Antiochos Evangelatos. The recorded working language is English, French and Italian. Employment is recorded with Hellenic Conservatory, Greek National Opera and National Radio Foundation. Distinctions recorded are Gold Cross of the Order of George I and Commander of the Order of the Phoenix.

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.

• Sinfonietta (1927) • Symphony no.1 (1930) • Larghetto and Scherzo (1932) • Suite (1934) • Byzantine Melody (1936) • Overture to a drama (1937) • Variations and Fugue on a Greek Folksong (1949) • The Death and the Maiden (1941) • 5 Songs (A. Sikelianos) (1941-3) • String Quartet (1930) • String Sextet (1932) • Coasts and Mountains of Attica