Marielli Sfakianaki

Marielli Sfakianaki-Manolidou (born 12 January 1945) is a Greek writer, singer and composer.

Biography

Marielli Sfakianaki was born in Athens, Greece, the daughter of Cretan pianist, composer and musicologist Kostas Sfakianakis. She studied vocal music and graduated from the Athens Conservatory in 1971.^[1] Her daughter is composer Tatiana Manolidou. ^[2]

Works

Sfakianaki composes opera, orchestral and sacred choral music. Selected works include:

• To mikro kai to megalo i kai t' antitheta
• The MINOS opera
• Cretan tale opera

She wrote the novel Echoes which received an award from the Society of Greek Writers in 1984.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Marielli Sfakianaki". http://62.103.41.180/default_eng_74_ENG_HTML.aspx?CreatorsFirstLetter=83. Retrieved 24 November 2010. 
2. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA421&dq=Marielli+Sfakianaki&hl=en&ei=USvtTKjpAoP6lwfO37SBAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&sqi=2&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBA. Retrieved 24 November 2010. 
3. ^ "About Me". http://marielli-sfakianaki.blogspot.com. Retrieved 24 November 2010. 

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Name	Sfakianaki, Marielli
Alternative names
Short description	Composer and singer
Date of birth	12 January 1945
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Date of death
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