Watch the concert by Pantelis Thalassinos that took place at the Potamos Municipal Theater on August 20, 2002. TTV Kythira was there and filmed this exceptional event, which is still fondly remembered by the people of Tsirigota.
Biography of Pantelis Thalassinos
Pantelis Thalassinos was born in Piraeus to parents from the islands. His father, Michalis, was from Chios, and his mother, Evangelia, was from Serifos. From the age of 2 to 9, in Chios, where, together with his brother Yiannis, he took his first steps in learning to play the guitar from the musicians of the Chios Nautical Club, where his father worked. In later years, he lived in Keratsini, Piraeus, in a beautiful neighborhood, and after junior high school, (now high school), in addition to the various jobs he held—mainly as a seaman, shipping clerk, and customs broker— he also began working as a guitarist in taverns and small nightclubs in Piraeus.
In 1987, she made her recording debut with Yiannis Nikolaou as part of the duo LATHREPIVATES, with songs such as “Tonight I Say Let’s Not Sleep,” “It’s Not My Fault That I’m Growing Up,” and others, releasing a total of four albums together before going their separate ways in 1991.
In 1993, he recorded his first solo album, titled “Waves of the Night,” and it was an immediate hit, paving the way for 20 more solo CDs... which would go on to become gold, platinum, and one of them, double platinum… He considers his meeting and collaboration with Ilias Katsoulis (1939–2008) a defining moment in his life; together, they produced many major hits. The covers of all his albums were designed by the late Chian engraver and painter, Nikos Gialouris (1928–2003).
He has to his credit just as many CDs as a composer (having written music for other singers), and his appearances as a singer on other artists“ albums number over 100. His most recent works—which he also produced himself through his own label, ERIMOS ATHINA—include ”10 Songs of Hope,“ ”Open Audition,“ ‘If Only War Were a Dance,” “With Two Clocks,” “Vowel” with music and lyrics by Vangelis Giannakis, and his latest, “12+1 Sunflowers,” with lyrics by Alkis Alkaios.
To date, he has collaborated with nearly all of the great Greek lyricists, composers, and distinguished performers, as well as many foreign artists such as Salvatore Adamo, the Cuban group Compay Segundo, writing lyrics and performing with them in Greek and Spanish, including the legendary “Chan-Chan.” .
He has written or recorded a total of about 500 songs, and he has now performed in over 1,500 concerts. He has performed at concert venues throughout Greece and in countries abroad: Cyprus, Turkey, Sweden, Italy, France, England, Ukraine, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Egypt, Israel, and Australia, to great acclaim.
And as he himself says, jokingly….
“Through his music, he managed to make his soccer dream come true: to play in the country’s biggest stadiums.”
