Dimitri Mitropoulos

Greek conductor, pianist and composer. Born: 18 February 1896 in Athens, Greece. Died: 2 November 1960 in Milan, Italy (aged 64). Mitropoulos was born in Athens, the son of Yannis and Angelikē Mitropoulos. His father owned a leather goods shop in downtown Athens. He was musically precocious, demonstrating his abilities at an early age. From the ages of eleven to fourteen, when Mitropoulos was in secondary school, he…