October 15, 1993
Giorgos Mitsakis
Greek composer and lyricist
Giorgos Mitsakis (Greek: Γιώργος Μητσάκης; in Constantinople – 17 November in Athens) was a Greek composer and lyricist of numerous rebetika and folk songs, as well as a skillful bouzouki player. He was also known by the nickname the teacher (ο Δάσκαλος).
Biography
Mitsakis was born in Constantinople,[a]Ottoman Empire, where he spent his early years.
Despite that the Greeks of Constantinople were exempted from the population exchange of , the hostile attitude by Turkish people towards them forced his family to immigrate to Greece. Thus, in they moved to Kavala and later to Αfissos, a fishing village near Volos. In Greece, Mitsakis was introduced to popular music and started to take music lessons.[2] Against the will of his father who wanted him to become a fisherman, Mitsakis in fled to Thessaloniki where he met Vassilis Tsitsanis, Apostolos Hatzichristos and attended performances by Markos Vamvakaris.
Mitsakis moved once again in , ending up in the port city of Piraeus. There, he started to perform professionally and met many of the prominent rebetiko singers and musicians of the time.
Mitsakis giorgos biography of william shakespeare Giorgos Mitsakis. Update this biography » Complete biography of Giorgos Mitsakis ». Follow 0 fans. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.Mitsakis composed his first songs in early , however the soon to come German occupation prevented him from producing any recordings until After the war, Mitsakis cooperated with artists such as Giannis Papaioannou, Manolis Chiotis and Apostolos Kaldaras and quickly rose to fame. During the s, he worked with important singers such as Stelios Perpiniadis, Stratos Pagioumtzis, Anna Hrisafi, Sotiria Bellou, Marika Ninou, Stella Haskil and Keti Grey.
His successful career continued in the s, during which he worked with Grigoris Bithikotsis, Spyros Zagoraios, Manolis Angelopoulos, Stratos Dionysiou, Stelios Kazantzidis, Marinella, Poly Panou, Yiota Lydia, as well as younger singers such as Giannis Kalatzis and Giorgos Dalaras.
Mitsakis wrote over songs that are officially registered under his name and numerous more that he gave away to others.
Many of these songs continue to be highly popular today, holding him a special place in rebetiko and Laïkó genres.[3]
Notes
- ^a Officially renamed to Istanbul only later, in
- ^Οικονόμου, Νίκος (). Γιώργος Μητσάκης, Αυτοβιογραφία.Mitsakis giorgos biography of william Mitsakis was born in Constantinople , [a] Ottoman Empire , where he spent his early years. Despite that the Greeks of Constantinople were exempted from the population exchange of , the hostile attitude by Turkish people towards them forced his family to immigrate to Greece. In Greece, Mitsakis was introduced to popular music and started to take music lessons. Mitsakis moved once again in , ending up in the port city of Piraeus. There, he started to perform professionally and met many of the prominent rebetiko singers and musicians of the time.
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