Composer, musician and radio producer Notis Mavroudis has died

Notis Mavroudis, award-winning composer and guitarist with more than half a century of uninterrupted presence in Greek music, died at the age of 77. The artist was fatally injured on the evening of January 3, 2023 at his home in Koukourava, Pelion, when he fell from a height of three meters.

“If something characterized our father Noti Mavroudis as a person, it was his kindness, his morals and his modesty. In the same modest way we announce his sudden death. His civil funeral will take place in Chalandri in the next few days. The woman of Vasos, the children of Rodis and Haris and the grandchildren of Jason, Ariadne, Elli and Odysseus”, wrote the son of Haris Mavroudis on Facebook.

Notis Mavroudis was born in 1945. He spent the first two years of his life in prison next to his mother, who was a political prisoner. In 1958 he started guitar lessons at the National Conservatory with teacher Dimitris Faba and got his diploma in 1969 with ‘Arista’. In 1970 he settled in Italy, where he was assigned the chair of classical guitar at the Scuola Ciciva di Milano, where he taught until 1975. In 1970 he also attended the courses of the Santiago de Compostella Academy in Spain with Jose Tomas. In 1975 he permanently settled in Athens and from that year he taught classical guitar at the National Conservatory. As a composer and soloist he has given many recitals in many countries (Greece, Italy, Finland, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Cuba). As a professor at the National Conservatory of Athens, he had several popular artists as students, such as Manolis Androulidakis, Sokratis Malamas, Panagiotis Margaris, Giorgos Melas, Lambros Dousikos, Dimitris Sotiropoulos, etc.

In 1965 he was honored with the A prize at the Thessaloniki Song Festival, in 1969 with the A prize at the international guitar competition in Milan, while in 1990 he was awarded his own song at the international children’s song competition in Lisbon. In the same year, the Embassy of Brazil in Greece awarded him the “Heitor Villa-Lobbos” award for his contribution to the dissemination of the work of the Brazilian composer in Greece. From 1983 to 1987 he published and edited the only guitar magazine, Tar, and organized important concerts of world popular guitarists. His rich discography (25 personal records) includes works for classical guitar and his compositions with popular singers. From 2000 he started (with his partner, Panagiotis Margaris) the recording series in the form of a guitar duo “Café de l’art”, arranging and recording various musical genres and eras, reaching six records. In 2005 and 2006 he was awarded the “Arion” award for the albums Cafe de l’art – Cinema and Cafe de l’art – Tsitsanis – Vamvakaris. From 2002 to 2006 he founded and was the artistic director of the record label “Corifeo” of the company “Eros music” which was distinguished for its excellent alternative releases in diverse musical avenues.

In February 2008 his first book of texts about music and culture, entitled “Echologima” (published by Nefeli), is published. From October 2006, under his direction, the TaR magazine was reactivated in an online format, on the website http://www.tar.gr, as well as the TaR radio which is located at: http://www.tar -radio.com. Notis Mavroudis entered the discography in 1964 with the songs “‘Akri den hei o valas” and “Ta yortina sou forese”, with lyrics by Yiannis Kakoulidis and performed by Giorgos Zografos. In 1966 he wrote music for theater and cinema. In 1968 he set to music the work of Odysseus Elytis “‘Heroic and mourning song for the lost Lieutenant of Albania'” and in 1976 he released the album “Paintings by Theofilos” with lyrics by Akos Daskalopoulos, inspired by the paintings of Theophilos. In 1977, he set poems by Manos Hadjidakis to music on the album “Child of the Earth” and in 1985 he released the album “Eros anikate mahan” with poetry by Ilias Petropoulos. From 1990 he wrote songs for the Children’s Choir and collaborated with the Dimitris Typaldou Children’s Choir.

Notis Mavroudis had collaborated with great poets such as Odysseas Elytis, Yiannis Kakoulidis, Ilias Petropoulos, ‘Akos Daskalopoulos, with Manos Hatzidaki, and singers such as Thanasis Gaiphyllia, Giorgos Zografos, Arleta, Popi Asteriadis, Eleni Vitali, Giorgos Moufluzeli, Yiannis Samsiaris, Nena Venetsanou, Petro Pandi, Costa Thomaidis, Stamati Kraunaki, Tania Tsanaklidou, Manoli Mitsia, Haris Alexiou, George Dalara, Glykeria, Panteli Thalassino, Elli Paspala, Anastasia Moutsatsou, etc. As a performer we meet him in a single song, in “City of Constantinople” from the album “Ealo i Polis”, where the composers perform their songs, as well as with second voices in five songs in the album “Little Night Musics”.

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