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Angélique Ionatos
Person · female · Greece · Athens · born 1954 · died 2021 · recording since 1972
Greek singer (1954–2021)
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Also known as Αγγελική Ιονάτου · Анжелика Ионатос · Aggelikí Ionátou · Angélique Ionatos · アンジェリック・イオナトス
Timeline
15 events▣ Album 12◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1950s
1970s
· Debut release
Debut release: Résurrection - ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΗ
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography634 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1371032894
Biography
Angélique Ionatos (Αγγελική Ιονάτου: 22 June 1954 – 7 July 2021) was a Greek singer, guitarist, and composer. Much of her focus was on setting and singing classical and modern Greek texts. She lived as a member of the Greek diaspora in France from 1981 or earlier, having originally left Greece, in order to be reunited with her family, as a fifteen-year-old in 1969. Her family's emigration the previous year had come in the context of the widespread political persecution that followed the coup d'état of 21 April 1967, which had seen a far-right military junta take power in Athens. Between 1969 and 1981 she grew up with her parents and elder brother in Liège.
Angélique Ionatos died in Les Lilas, near Paris, on 7 July 2021, at the age of 67.
Life and works
Angélique Ionatos was born in Athens, Greece. She would later describe herself to interviewers as "a sailor's daughter". Photis Ionatos, her elder brother (by approximately four years) is also a musician: Photis Ionatos is still based in Belgium.
In 1972 she teamed up with her brother to issue her first French language recording. The disc, entitled "Résurrection
RésurrectionSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Y-a-t-il de la place au ciel pour les poetes2L'ile3I have a dream4Solo kofto5Les oiseaux6Liberté7Prière paienne8La Mouette9Liberté10Résurrection", comprised a series of loosely political "chanson-style" songs. It won for the siblings a Grand Prix du Disque award from the French Académie Charles Cros. For Angélique Ionatos, still aged just 18, the reputational benefits in France were immediate. Her next disc, "Angélique et Photis Ionatos", was also a joint performance with Photis Ionatos. Between 1973 and 1975 the Ionatos siblings appeared in a number of television shows. Most notably, there were several memorable appearances on Jacques Chancel's recently launched Grand échiquier television variety show.
During 1976–77 the professional careers of Photis and Angélique diverged. Paris became the focus of Angélique Ionatos' work, while her brother continues to make his career in francophone Belgium. Both as a composer and as a performer, Angélique increasingly returned to the Greek language. She turned initially to contemporary Greek literature. Although she set to music the texts of many writers, the modern poet whose work most frequently triggered her muse over more than four decades was the Nobel laureate Odysseas Elytis.
She also set many classical texts, notably those of Sappho, using not the ancient texts themselves, but the modern translations of them by Odysseas Elytis, such as the quasi-archaic version of "Sappho de Mytilène
Sappho de MytilèneSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 18 tracks1Aérion Épéon5:462Astérion Panton3:253Grigora I Ora3:344I Men Ippion2:355Ki Anamessa3:216Thélo Ti T'ipin3:507Pali Pali3:408To Milo2:359Mi To Lambron1:2210Ké Th'Arthi Méra1:4011Mite Mi Méli3:4112Anthe' Amerghissan2:2713Prémices1:4614Ké Prassinizo2:5715Cléis2:2416Iros Aggelos4:4317Ligo Prin6:3818O Adonis4:03", which she performed and recorded with Nena Venetsanou. During a recording career lasting more than forty years Angélique Ionatos produced 19 albums: many were co-productions with either the Théâtre de la Ville in the centre of Paris or the Théâtre de Sartrouville, on the western edge of the city. She had already held an appointment as one of a small team of "artistes associées" at the Théâtre de Sartrouville. The job title and position were the "invention" of the theatre's long-standing pioneering director, Claude Sévenier. In 2006 Angélique Ionatos and Katerina Fotinaki met each other at a "Sappho de Mytilène revival" show in Lausanne. Since that time the two frequently performed together. Like Ionatos, Fotinaki is a guitarist-singer, and part of the Greek diaspora in Paris.
Commentators find it hard to pigeon-hole the music choices of Angélique Ionatos. Her own composition is enmeshed in the prosody of poetry: the music that follows is rooted in Greek culture. With the lumpy uneven rhythms characteristic of traditional Greek music, her compositions can appear boisterous and rough. Her style is nevertheless very far removed from the Bouzouki and Rebetiko, familiar from the compositions and arrangements of Mikis Theodorakis. Classical, jazz, chanson, oriental and tango traditions and currents are entwined together. A French jazz-journalist once described her guitar playing as unique, resolute and exuding gracefulness. Her voice he found warm but not heavy, and at the same time dramatic, with the charismatic presence of the great Mediterranean singers.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 17 | 85.9th |
| Studio albums | 13 | 93.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 15 | 91.2th |
| Recording span (years) | 43 | 83.8th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (17 release groups · 13 studio albums)
Albums · 13
1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
1Y-a-t-il de la place au ciel pour les poètes ?2L'île3I have a Dream4Solo Kofto5Les oiseaux6Liberté7Prière païenne8La mouette9Liberté10RésurrectionMarie Nefeli / Marie Des Brumes
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:09:12
1To dassos ton anthropon / La forêt des hommes5:122Te stigma / Le point3:563I néféli / La brume6:354O néfélighérétis / Le meneur de brumes5:475Hymmos sti Maria néfélis / Hymne à Marie des brumes7:456Ta tragoudis tis Maria néfélis / Chanson de Marie des brumes7:207Keravnos iakizi / La foudre pilote3:518Hymos si dyo diastassis / Hymne à deux dimensions9:189Te eghiridio / Le poingnard de miséricorde8:1910Kathé feggari omologhi / Chaque lune avoue5:5511To heonio stihima / Le paris millénaire5:141991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:00:27
1Aérion Épéon5:462Astérion Panton3:253Grigora I Ora3:344I Men Ippion2:355Ki Anamessa3:216Thélo Ti T'ipin3:507Pali Pali3:408To Milo2:359Mi To Lambron1:2210Ké Th'Arthi Méra1:4011Mite Mi Méli3:4112Anthe' Amerghissan2:2713Prémices1:4614Ké Prassinizo2:5715Cléis2:2416Iros Aggelos4:4317Ligo Prin6:3818O Adonis4:031992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 55:11
1Nees plighes (Nouvelles blessures)3:402Piano tin anixi (Je prends le printemps)3:563Omorphi ke paraxeni patrida (Belle et etrange patrie)4:024Mygdalia (L'amandier)3:325Aethries (Jours sereins)2:506Yakinthino (Comme la jacinthe)5:407O Erotas (L'amour)3:558Pehnidia (Jeux)4:279Flisvos (Clapotis)3:2510Ke tora (Et maintenant...)5:2311Ston paradisso (Au paradis)4:3212Tou Manoli (Threne de Manoli)4:0913Asma Asmaton (Cantique des Cantiques)5:401994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 49:14
1O kyklos tou nerou2:552Mia thalassa1:523Vathia sti mou1:414Chromata nychterina2:315Ospou xanaghenithika1:356Taxidi sto apiro2:297Diotima / Ghiati isse o anemos2:458Ke s'agapo2:459Icho thanatou3:2210Ap't'anichto parathiro2:1611Osso diarki I thalassa2:1812Choris antapokrissi2:2613Sta vimata tou iliou1:2314To prossopo sou2:0015Kerinia / Ta kymata malia sou4:0516Ekphrassi2:1017Tetia stigmi2:5318Fthinoporino oniro1:5319Ela krypha2:0820Hermoupoli3:47Ιουλιου Λογος (Parole de juillet)
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 55:04
1Thylis aggeli2:452Le deuil du soleil3:123Metrimeno topo echoun anthropi5:174Ke tis fissalidas4:575Ki aro'na s'allon ghalaxa6:426Xeri o ilios2:387To pelorio karpouzi4:168Xeri o ilios 2 (instrumental)3:369Xeri o ilios 2 (chant)3:4710Opos se mi'agriotta ieri6:1911Allo an ke meletontas2:4612Tzitzikia (instrumental)2:4413Aperantos o Thanatos3:4314Kratontas to tzitziki2:221998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 49:47
1Kanis edo den tragouda (Ici personne ne chante)3:022Asteron panton (De tous les astres)3:253I piités (Les Poètes)3:384Proïno tsigàro (Première cigarette)3:285To minore tis avgis (Le mineur de l'aube)2:396S'agapo ghiat'is'oréa (Je t'aime parce que tu es belle)3:357Paparouna (Coquelicot)4:128Puncha puncha (Pique pique)3:179Le Clown3:4110Le Funambule3:0611I maïmou (Le Singe)3:3512Ta pedia tou Pirea (Les Enfants du Pirée)3:4013Tora ta poulia (Maintenant les oiseaux)8:292000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 50:43
1I aria tis Rosas3:562O Glaros2:153To tragoudi tis limnis3:554I palami sou5:325Omnyi3:026Hymnos sti Maria Nefeli6:087Lygmos aggelon3:448I poni tis Panaghias6:069Nana3:0110Me kourelaki3:3811Sta nissia...2:5712Mavra matia6:292003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 42:09
1Si Tan Sólo3:122Calladamente3:523Nada Comparable3:044Esperar3:535Óyeme3:446La Paloma3:277Danzón3:038Roció3:219Tú Todo Tú3:1210Tango De La "Lokura"2:3711Y A Volar3:3412Nana3:0313Epilogo2:072003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 42:29
1Si tan sólo3:122Calladamente3:523Nada comparable3:054Esperar3:565Óyeme3:466La paloma3:277Danzón3:058Roció3:249Tú todo tú3:1310Tango de la "Lokura"2:3911Y a volar3:3612Nana3:0713Epílogo2:072007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 41:28
1Sabras que no te amo...3:352Issiha ke sigala3:053O mavros kavalaris3:504Tal vez no ser...3:305Mera t'aprili2:496Amor moi, si muero...4:387No te toque la noche4:128T'aghioklima3:539No estes lejos de mi3:5610To sterno nanourisma4:0911L'Empreinte3:51Reste la lumière - ΜΕΝΕΙ ΤΟ ΦΩΣ
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 46:23
1Courage - Κουράγιο2:442La Route - Ο Δρόμος2:453Les Sœurs sorcières - Ω αδελφές μου μάγισσες3:514Début du monde - Αρχή τού κόσμου5:405Optimisme (Et si l'arbre brûle) - Αισιοδοξία (Κι άν τό δέντρο καίγεται)3:456Perséphone - Περσεφόνη4:417Anges féminins - Θήλεις Αγγελοι3:438L'Équation de l'amour - Μαζεύω τών ονείρων μου τη φύρα3:039Anatolie - Ανατολή5:4610Habitudes - Συνήθειες3:2611Aimez vos prochains - Αγαπάτε αλλήλους2:5812Le Bateau fou - Τό τρελοβάπορο4:01— · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:00:48
1A Nikos E... 19493:442Mikri Prassini Thalassa5:323I Palami Sou6:354Omnyi3:295Exantlissi4:016I Tachydactylourghi4:417Gia Na Mi Hathis4:238Synehizete2:059O Helios O Helliators Essis Steries7:0110Omorphi Ke Paraxeni Patrida4:0211Café Turc4:5112Sta Nissia2:4813Synithies3:5814Keravnos Iakizi3:38
Album · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | ΑνδολογιαSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 52:011To tragoudi tis limnis3:54 2Pehnidia4:31 3Astérion panton3:25 4Pali pali o erotas1:52 5Parapouna4:13 6O kiklos tou nerou2:55 7Omorphi ke paraxeni patrida3:59 8I palami sou5:31 9Flisvos3:22 10Osso diarki i thalassa2:18 11Mavra matia6:33 12Kanis edo de tragoudia (To tavernaki)3:05 13Me kourelaki3:38 14Ke s'agapo2:45 | Compilation | 2004 | |
| 2009 | Comme un jardin la nuitSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 44:23Disc 1 1Ouverture3:01 2Piano tin Anixi2:52 3Essis Steries3:09 4Nefeli4:24 5Etsi kimatai3:50 6La Cousine lointaine3:00 7Asteron Panton3:32 8Kelomai se Goggyla2:10 9Ghiati Pouli4:12 10Xenitemeno mou pouli3:23 11Cette blessure4:19 12I Pontikina2:40 13Quel joli temps / Septembre3:51 Disc 21Captation du concert du 23 septembre 2008 au théâtre du Point du Jour à Lyon | Live | 12 March 2009 |
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 2015 | PerséphoneSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:411Perséphone4:41 | 23 October 2015 |
Other · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | RésurrectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks1Y-a-t-il de la place au ciel pour les poetes 2L'ile 3I have a dream 4Solo kofto 5Les oiseaux 6Liberté 7Prière paienne 8La Mouette 9Liberté 10Résurrection | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Angélique Ionatos head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 17 | 85.9th |
| Studio albums | 13 | 93.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 15 | 91.2th |
| Recording span (years) | 43 | 83.8th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang%C3%A9lique_Ionatos
Why this artist is in the database
- List of French singers
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Wikidata: Q2849864 · MusicBrainz: dda9e90b-0c9f-424e-b19c-717864cfb6a2
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