Born in Athens, Greece on June 22, 1954, Angélique Ionatos was a singer, guitarist, and composer. Her repertoire focused on classical and modern Greek texts. In 1969, her parents fled the dictatorial Greek regime and moved to Liège, Belgium before settling in France. At the age of 18, she had formed a duo with her brother Photis Ionatos and recorded the French-language album Résurrection (1972), which won the Grand Prix award from the Charles-Cros Academy. Three years later, the duo released the album Angélique & Photis Ionatos (1975). In 1977, Angélique Ionatos went solo and returned to her Greek musical roots and began writing music to prose by many poets, most of them Greek. Her debut solo album was I Palami Sou (1979) followed by a series of well-received albums including Marie des Brumes (1984), Le Monogramme (1988), Parole de Juillet (1996), Sappho by Mytilene (1991), O Erotas (1992) and Mia Thalassa (1994). Her albums began to focus on themes including Chansons Nomades (1997), D'Un Bleu Très Noir (2000), and the Spanish collection Angélique Ionatos Canta Frida Kahlo (Alas Para Volar) (2003). Inspired by Mediterranean poetry, she released the albums Eros y Muerte (2007), Comme Un Jardin la Nuit (2009) and Reste la Lumière (2015). Angélique Ionatos died on July 7, 2021, after a long illness.
