Maria Farantouri

Person · Open Library

Works

2

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Film & TV

Athens, Greece

Maria Farantouri or Farandouri (Greek: Μαρία Φαραντούρη; born 28 November 1947 in Athens) is a Greek singer and also a political and cultural activist. She has collaborated with Greek composers such as Mikis Theodorakis, who wrote the score for Pablo Neruda's Canto General, which Farantouri performed all over the world. During the Greek military junta of 1967–1974, Maria Farantouri recorded…

Known for

• Savvopoulos Long Play — Self - Interviewee2026
• Fuck the Polis — Self2025
• An Buachaill Geal Gáireach/The Laughing Boy — Herself2023
• Songs of Fire — Self1975
• Evidence — Self1975
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
• The Trojan Women — Singer1971
• Samedi soir — Self1971
• Athens after midnight1968

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

GR

Active from

1947-11-28

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

12,389

Total plays

98,356

Maria Farantouri (Greek: Μαρία Φαραντούρη), born in Athens on 28 November 1947 is a Greek singer. She has collaborated with prominent Greek music composers such as Mikis Theodorakis (Μίκης Θεοδωράκης), who wrote the score for Pablo Neruda's Canto General, which Farantouri performed. During the military junta which ruled Greece until 1975 she colloborated with Mikis Theodorakis by recording protest songs in Europe. She has recorded songs in Spanish ('Hasta Siempre Comandante Che Guevara') <a hre

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Maria

Gender

female

Citizenship

Greece

Place of birth

Athens

Occupation

politician

Political party

Panhellenic Socialist Movement

Languages spoken

Greek

Native language

Greek

Instrument

voice

Record label

Polydor

Official website

www.farantouri.gr

Image

Maria Farantouri 2022 (cropped).jpg

Residence

London

Voice type

contralto

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