Michael Adamis

Born in May 1929 in Piraeus, Michael Adamis studied both Western and Byzantine Music and Theology before pursuing postgraduate studied in Electroacoustic music and Byzantine music palaeography at Brandeis University in Boston. Having founded Greece’s first electronic music laboratory in 1965, he was a forerunner during the first contemporary electroacoustic music era (1964-1980) and played a key role in helping establish contemporary music in Greece. Moreover, as a key exponent of Greek contemporary music for over forty years, Adamis has successfully married innovation and tradition. His oeuvre to date includes over 300 works for orchestra, instrumental ensembles, solo instruments, voice, choir and multiple media as well as electronic music. He has also written works for the church as well as for the theatre and television. Michael Adamis passed away on 21 January 2013. Father of George Adamis.