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Greek composer and conductor

Musical artist

Stavros Xarchakos, Greek: Σταύρος Ξαρχάκος [ˈstavrosksarˈxakos] (born 14 March ) is a Greek composer and conductor.

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Stavros Xarchakos was born in Athens, where he studied at the Athens Conservatoire. He has family origins from the Mani Peninsula. He emerged in the Greek music scene around , composing music for the theatre and cinema. Among his collaborators was lyricist Lefteris Papadopoulos and singer Nikos Xylouris.

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In he went to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger. He stayed in Paris for four years, and then studied with David Diamond at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. He served as director of the National Orchestra of Greek Music.^[1]

He was later involved in politics and was elected Member of the Greek Parliament twice, before beco