Born: January 9th, 1968, Larnaca (Cyprus)
Nationality: Cypriot
In due course, the short impression below will be replaced with a more extensive career overview
BIOGRAPHY
George Theophanous (Γιώργος Θεοφάνους) studied the guitar, piano, and music theory at the National Conservatory in Agios Demetios, Cyprus; subsequently, he majored in arranging at the Berklee School of Music, Boston Mass. Since 1990, he has lived in Athens, Greece, where he rapidly established himself as one of the country’s most important composers and arrangers of pop material; Theophanous worked with the likes of Marinella, George Dalaras, Nana Mouskouri, and Sakis Rouvas. In 1999, he founded the boy band One, which was highly successful in both Greece and Cyprus. Moreover, he wrote music for theatrical performances and was a jury member in the Greek version of X Factor. In 2008, Theophanous published a novel, ‘Aionios Supper’.
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
In 1992, when he was twenty-four years of age, Theophanous composed ‘Teriazoume’, the song which represented Cyprus in that year’s Eurovision Song Contest. It was sung by Evridiki, who was his fiancée at that time, and Theophanous himself conducted the orchestra. Two years later, the same collaboration of Evridiki with Theophanous as her composer and conductor resulted in ‘Ime anthropos ke ego’. Both these Cypriot entries finished eleventh. In 1993 and 1995, Theophanous arranged and conducted the Cypriot entries ‘Mi stamatas’ and ‘Sti fotia’. In 2002, at the request of Cypriot broadcaster CyBC, he composed a song for the contest again, ‘Gimme’, which was performed by the group he had formed himself, One. This upbeat dance song – very dissimilar from the sensitive ballads Theophanous had written for Evridiki in the 1990s – came sixth.
EUROVISION INVOLVEMENT YEAR BY YEAR
Country – Cyprus
Song title – “Teriazoume”
Rendition – Evridiki Theoclous
Lyrics – George Theophanous / Leonidas Malenis
Composition – George Theophanous
Studio arrangement – George Theophanous
Live orchestration – George Theophanous
Conductor – George Theophanous
Score – 11th place (57 votes)
Country – Cyprus
Song title – “Mi stamatas”
Rendition – Cyriacos Zymboulakis & Demos Van Beke
Lyrics – Radoulla Papalambrianou
Composition – Aristos Moschovakis
Studio arrangement – Aristos Moschovakis
Live orchestration – George Theophanous
Conductor – George Theophanous
Score – 19th place (17 votes)
Country – Cyprus
Song title – “Ime anthropos ke ego”
Rendition – Evridiki Theoclous
Lyrics – George Theophanous
Composition – George Theophanous
Studio arrangement – George Theophanous
Live orchestration – George Theophanous
Conductor – George Theophanous
Score – 11th place (51 votes)
Country – Cyprus
Song title – “Sti fotia”
Rendition – Alex Panayi
Lyrics – Alexandros Panayi
Composition – Alexandros Panayi
Studio arrangement – George Theophanous
Live orchestration – George Theophanous
Conductor – George Theophanous
Score – 9th place (79 votes)
2002 Tallinn
Country – Cyprus
Song title – “Gimme”
Rendition – One (Constantinos Christophorou / Philippos Constantinos /
Dimitris Coutsavlakis / Argyris Nastopoulos / Panos Tserpes)
Lyrics – George Theophanous
Composition – George Theophanous
Studio arrangement – George Theophanous
Live orchestration – none
Conductor – none
Score – 6th place (85 votes)
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