Famous People with Name Michalis

Michalis Andronikou            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Michalis Andronikou: is a Greek composer. He graduated from the Department of Music Studies, University of Athens, Greece. He also holds a Diploma in Classic Guitar, Clarinet and Music Theory from Trinity College London, and the Royal Academy of Music, and a Diploma in Byzantine Music from the Argyroupolis Municipal Conservatory. Michalis gained a degree in Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue, and Music Composition from the Hellenic Conservatory. Moreover, he studied Greek folk instruments such as Constantinople lute, tampoura, bouzouki, tzoura, baglama. Currently, he is a PhD candidate (ABD) at the Music Department of the University of Athens, and a PhD student in composition at the Music Department of the University of Calgary. [1]

Michalis Kounelis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Michalis Kounelis: was a popular Cretan violinist (see Cretan folk music). He started playing violin when he was ten years old. It is known that when he was in the elementary school, he was usually playing his violin with his cousin, Manolis Katsonakis, another popular Cretan musician. He and Manolis Kartsonakis were one of the most popular musical duets during the 1950s in Chania. They were also known as "Kounelakia" which in Greek means "little bunnies" (as "Kounelis" means "bunny" in Greek).