Vangelis demonstrating with an improv. It's not widely known that this is actually also how he composes all of his music.

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On June 18, 1991, Vangelis played to a crowd of 275,000 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. His performace was considered the climax of the "Eureka Project", an event organized by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. Its purpose was to encourage international scientific cooperation among European nations.

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Vangelis demonstrates with an improv

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This is a short clip showing Vangelis create his "China" album.

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On Greek channel ET1 Vangelis was interviewed concerning Athens' nomination for the 1996 Summer Olympics. He then ad-libbed some music in front of the camera.

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Clip from French TV. What he says to the interviewer: "I am like a shop..." in regards to all the sounds he can make with his synthesizers. This was in his Epsilon studio, where he resided in the early 1990s.

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In addition to his synth layerings, Vangelis usually plays the percussive instruments on his albums too, as demonstrated here in this improv.

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Vangelis performs live during this "Night of Poetry/Antigone" event, broadcast on Greek channel ET1. (Athens, Greece 1991)

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The Spanish group Neuronium, consisting of Michel Huygen and Carlos Guirao at that time, jammed with Vangelis in Nemo Studios one day in 1981. Out of nowhere, in 1992, Michel Huygen officially releases one of the jams and calls it "In London". (info from vangeliscollector.com)

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Second clip from Night of Poetry. Vangelis performs live during this "Night of Poetry/Antigone" event, broadcast on Greek channel ET1. (Athens, Greece 1991)

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