renowned for his mixture of rebetiko and orchestral music (as in his 1996 composition "Concert for Bouzouki and Orchestra No. 1"). A popular trend since the late 1980s has been the fusion of éntekhno (urban folk ballads with artistic lyrics) with pop / soft rock music (έντεχνο ποπ-ροκ). Moreover, certain composers, such as Dimitris Papadimitriou have been inspired by elements of the classic éntekhno tradition and written songs cycles for singers of contemporary éntekhno music, such as Fotini Darra. The most renowned contemporary éntekhno (σύγχρονο έντεχνο) lyricist is Lina Nikolakopoulou. There are however other composers of instrumental and incidental music (including filmscores and music for the stage), whose work cannot be easily classified, such as Stamatis Spanoudakis, Giannis Spanos, Giorgos Hatzinasios, Giorgos Tsangaris, Nikos Kypourgos, Nikos Mamangakis, Eleni Karaindrou, and Evanthia Remboutsika. Vangelis and Yanni were also Greek instrumental composers who became internationally renowned. Even though it has always had a considerable number of listeners supporting it throughout the history of the post 1960s Greek music, it is only very recently (late 2000s) that pop-oriented music has reached the popularity of laïkó/laïká, and there is a tendency among many urban folk artists to turn to more pop-oriented sounds. Artists The following classification is conventional and categories may occasionally overlap with each other. Each artist is entried under the genre designation that the Greek musical press usually classifies him or her. Néo Kýma 1960s–1970s Arleta Keti Chomata Kostas Hatzis Mariza Koch Rena Koumioti George Kontogiorgos Yiannis Parios Giannis Poulopoulos Dionysis Savvopoulos Giannis Spanos Mihalis Violaris Giorgos Zographos Classic pop 1960s–1970s (songs from this period of Greek pop were mainly influenced by the western music scene including rock ballads, the hippie movement and Italian–French-style pop ballads) Vlassis Bonatsos (singer of the rock band Pelóma Bokioú) Elpida Lakis Giordanelli The Idols Loukianos Kelaidonis Vicky Leandros Tzimis Makoulis Kostas Tournas Poll Demis Roussos Axis Contemporary éntekhno 1980s–2010s (partial overlap with contemporary laïkó and éntekhno pop) Eleftheria Arvanitaki (also contemporary laïkó) Haris Alexiou (laïkó-éntekhno) Alkinoos Ioannidis (Cypriot singer) Katsimihas Brothers Stamatis Kraounakis (laïkó and éntekhno composer and performer) Lavrentis Mahairitsas Savina Yannatou Sokratis Malamas Thanassis Papakonstantinou Nikos Papazoglou Alkistis Protopsalti (also contemporary laïkó, éntekhno pop) Tania Tsanaklidou Nikos Xydakis (composer and musician only) Giannis Haroulis Giannis Kotsiras Miltos Paschalidis Éntekhno rock 1980s–2010s Rallia Christidou Haris Varthakouris Giannis Vardis Andriana Babali Zoi Papadopoulou Giorgos Karadimos Despina Olympiou Michalis Hatzigiannis Domna Kountouri Giorgos Perris Filippos Pliatsikas (éntekhno