Typaldos D. children's choir
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Typaldos D. children's choir is a Greek children's choir.
History
[edit]In 1980 Dimitris Typaldos created an orchestra of classical guitars composed by children aged (between 8 and 16 years old). It had a wide repertoire including Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Mozart etc.
The thought and inner need to make guitars sing in a human voice and thus accompany works of great composers such as Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Hatzidakis etc., led him to the foundation of a choir which reached its peak in 1985 when 50 children played with their guitars and sang classic works and songs by Mikis Theodorakis as a dedication to his 60 years.
Awards
[edit]In 1990 the choir won the first prize at the International contest of children's choir in Portugal with the songs "Doxastikon" of M. Theodorakis and "the clown" of N. Mavroudis.
Followed a series of concerts of the maestro and his children: at the Herodium ancient theatre, at the Athens Concert Hall "Megaron", and many concerts in Melbourne and Sydney in Australia.