He was born in Athens.
Started to play music in 1977.
In 1981 he got his band together called ''TERMITES'' and within a decade recorded 12 gold and platinum records, creating special music idioms in Hellenic musicology. The group also created a big myth around its name when suddenly, in 1988,and after 500 concerts in big stadiums and clubs, the group broke up.
From 1988 to 1998 Adonis studied all kinds of Hellenic traditional music, trying to discover ancient codes of music, explored PYTHAGORAS, ARISTOXENOS etc. He composed, arranged and played music with the greatest Greek singers and artists like G.DALARAS, H.ALEXIOY, E.ARVANITAKI, Y.KOTSIRAS and many-many more. With them he toured Greece, all of Europe, Asia and the U.S.A., performing in approximately 1500 concerts.
Adonis arranged and produced 29 albums for other artists, all of them gold or platinum. He played the electric and acoustic guitar in studios for about 2000 song recording sessions and composed songs for 50 polysyllectic albums. In 1998 he gave two big concerts with his old band and each drew crowds of over 20.000 people. After this, he started his personal career with the album BOAT OF DREAMS (Universal), while one year later the album GUARDIAN ANGEL (B.M.G) was released and soon became two times platinum.
In 2000 he recorded his first instrumental album in New York with the jazz group SPYRO GYRA titled BEYOND THE LIGHT (Universal) and gave a special concert in the ancient theatre of Lycabettus in Athens with 5000 friends celebrating the 20 years of his musical career. In the same year he went on a European tour and recorded a concert in BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (EMI-2001). In 2003 the album BEST DAY IS THE DAY OF DREAMS followed with ELENI PETA(UNIVERSAL) and in 2005 the album MUSIC FOR DAN GAME THERAPY(a very special kind of music for the brain) .
On 11-11-2006 he put on a big concert in Nicosia-Cyprus in memory of his lost son with the best Greek singers DALARAS and ZORBALA etc, launching a great campaign for safe driving. Parallel to this entire, he extensively composes music for cinema, television series and theatrical plays, such as Orlando by Virgia Woolf.
As a composer he has participated in numerous Ethic and Jazz Festivals worldwide, such as WOMAD (Spain, France, Greece, Belgium, New Zealand), the SFINGS FESTIVAL, MONTREAUX JAZZ FESTIVAL etc.
He has performed twice at the Athens Concert Hall with his own musical compositions and has been in over 2.500 concerts in Greece and throughout the world, presented in large concert venues and historical locations: The London Astoria Theatre, Theatre of Ancient Delphi, Olympia Theatre, Paris, Palais Des Beaux Arts Brussels, Dominion Theatre London, Madison Square Garden Manhattan NY and other places.
For his work he has received 16 Platinum and 10 Gold disks.
For the last 3 years ADONIS MITZELOS has been composing music for orchestras, publishing new albums and continues to research ancient Greek music and modes.
In 1981 he got his band together called ''TERMITES'' and within a decade recorded 12 gold and platinum records, creating special music idioms in Hellenic musicology. The group also created a big myth around its name when suddenly, in 1988,and after 500 concerts in big stadiums and clubs, the group broke up.
From 1988 to 1998 Adonis studied all kinds of Hellenic traditional music, trying to discover ancient codes of music, explored PYTHAGORAS, ARISTOXENOS etc. He composed, arranged and played music with the greatest Greek singers and artists like G.DALARAS, H.ALEXIOY, E.ARVANITAKI, Y.KOTSIRAS and many-many more. With them he toured Greece, all of Europe, Asia and the U.S.A., performing in approximately 1500 concerts.
Adonis arranged and produced 29 albums for other artists, all of them gold or platinum. He played the electric and acoustic guitar in studios for about 2000 song recording sessions and composed songs for 50 polysyllectic albums. In 1998 he gave two big concerts with his old band and each drew crowds of over 20.000 people. After this, he started his personal career with the album BOAT OF DREAMS (Universal), while one year later the album GUARDIAN ANGEL (B.M.G) was released and soon became two times platinum.
In 2000 he recorded his first instrumental album in New York with the jazz group SPYRO GYRA titled BEYOND THE LIGHT (Universal) and gave a special concert in the ancient theatre of Lycabettus in Athens with 5000 friends celebrating the 20 years of his musical career. In the same year he went on a European tour and recorded a concert in BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (EMI-2001). In 2003 the album BEST DAY IS THE DAY OF DREAMS followed with ELENI PETA(UNIVERSAL) and in 2005 the album MUSIC FOR DAN GAME THERAPY(a very special kind of music for the brain) .
On 11-11-2006 he put on a big concert in Nicosia-Cyprus in memory of his lost son with the best Greek singers DALARAS and ZORBALA etc, launching a great campaign for safe driving. Parallel to this entire, he extensively composes music for cinema, television series and theatrical plays, such as Orlando by Virgia Woolf.
As a composer he has participated in numerous Ethic and Jazz Festivals worldwide, such as WOMAD (Spain, France, Greece, Belgium, New Zealand), the SFINGS FESTIVAL, MONTREAUX JAZZ FESTIVAL etc.
He has performed twice at the Athens Concert Hall with his own musical compositions and has been in over 2.500 concerts in Greece and throughout the world, presented in large concert venues and historical locations: The London Astoria Theatre, Theatre of Ancient Delphi, Olympia Theatre, Paris, Palais Des Beaux Arts Brussels, Dominion Theatre London, Madison Square Garden Manhattan NY and other places.
For his work he has received 16 Platinum and 10 Gold disks.
For the last 3 years ADONIS MITZELOS has been composing music for orchestras, publishing new albums and continues to research ancient Greek music and modes.