6 January 2009(2009-01-06) (aged 58) Athens, Greece
Occupation(s)
Singer
Instrument(s)
Vocals
Years active
1969–2001
Musical artist
Maria Dimitriadi (Greek: Μαρία Δημητριάδη) (11 April 1950[1] – 6 January 2009), was a Greek singer. She was one of the most renowned performers of the songs of Mikis Theodorakis and Thanos Mikroutsikos.[2][3] Dimitiradi primarily connected with political left-wing songs during the Junta and Metapolitefsi era in Greece, but she also experimented with other styles and genres, of a more lyrical tone.[4]
Maria Dimitriadi was born on 11 April 1950 in the Athenian municipality of Tavros, where later she became a member of the municipal council.[5] She was the older sister of the acclaimed Greek singer Aphrodite Manou.[2][3]
In the early 1970s, during the military dictatorship in Greece, she was in Europe and toured with Theodorakis for four years. She continued to work with him until the early 1990s.[3][5] In 1974, Dimitriadi returned to Greece and, in the following years, she started working almost exclusively with Mikroutsikos.[3] In these years she became a member of the Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece (EKKE) and she was elected counsellor to serve on the Municipal Council of Tavros, a suburb in the south-western part of Athens in Greece.[3][5]
In 1980, she signed for CBS Records and started her solo career.[3] From 1991 to 1993, Dimitiradi lived and worked in former Yugoslavia and strongly opposed the embargo on Yugoslavia.[3]
She had a son, Stergios, with Greek television presenter Andreas Mikroutsikos. In later years, she had withdrawn from active singing and recording and became a sympathizer of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).[2][3]
On 6 January 2009, Maria Dimitriadi died at the age of 58 in the Evangelismos General Hospital in Athens from a rare lung disease.[2][3][4]
^ abΤελευταία Ενημέρωση (7 January 2009). Σίγησε η Μαρία Δημητριάδη [Muting Maria Dimitriadi] (in Greek). ΣΚΑΪ. Archived from the original(PHP) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
^ abcdΔημητριάδη Μαρία [Maria Dimitriadi] (in Greek). Musipedia. Archived from the original(PHP) on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
