Ifigeneia Giannopoulou

Template:Short description Template:Notability Template:Infobox musical artist Ifigeneia Giannopoulou (Greek: Ιφιγένεια Γιαννοπούλου; 1964 – June 24, 2004) was a Greek songwriter. She also wrote books for children. Giannopoulou worked with great names of Greek music.

Personal life and education

Giannopoulou studied Law at the Athens Law School and journalism at the Journalism Workshop of Hayios. she spent twelve years at the National Conservatory and the Hellenic Conservatory.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

She had rheumatoid arthritis.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

Writing

While in university, she began working as a children's television presenter on ERT.<ref name=":0" />

Giannopoulou began writing children's books in the 1980s, writing 13 in total.<ref name=":0" /> She also wrote at least three children's plays,<ref name=":0" /> and around 500 scripts for television.<ref name=":0" />

From 1987, Giannopoulou worked as a journalist and editor.<ref name=":0" />

Music

She began working as a lyricist in 1985, contributing to around 700 songs.<ref name=":0" /> She collaborated with artists such as Manto, Marinella, Manolis Mitsias, Christos Nikolopoulos, Antonis Kalogiannis, Pizza Papadopoulou, Mimis Plessas, Thanasis Polykandrioti, and the OMU.

Some songs she contributed to were "Stou fengariou tin agalaki", "Me mia agalaki tradiou", "Kati gentiena", "Stous pente anemous", "Giaiti kirki kirki", "Treis i ora", "Th eksetas", "Ti sou chrostao", and "Stis alykes tou komsomo".<ref name=":0" />

In 1991, she wrote the lyrics for Nadir, a song cycle composed by Stamos Semsis and sung by Tania Tsanaklidou.<ref name=":0" />

In 1997, UNESCO commissioned her to write the 1998 Official Song of UNESCO.<ref name=":0" />

Awards

In 1991, she received an award for the lyrics of her song “Stous pente anemous,” which was composed by Stefanos Korkolis.<ref name=":0" />

Death

Giannopoulou died suddenly on June 24, 2004 as a result of suspected allergic reaction.<ref name=":0" /> She had visited an edinocrinology office shortly before her death, and the doctor was later taken to trial for manslaughter; in June 2009 the doctor was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.<ref name=":0" />

Her funeral took place at Nea Erythraia Cemetery on June 26, 2004.<ref name=":0" />

References

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