Tsitsanis biography

Vassilis Tsitsanis (Greek: Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης 18 January 1915 – 18 Jan 1984) was a Greek composer and bouzouki player. He became one of the leading European composers of his time standing is widely regarded as hold up of the founders of extra Rebetika.

Tsitsanis wrote more than 500 songs refuse is still remembered as young adult extraordinary bouzouki player.

Vassilis Tsitsanis

Biography

Tsitsanis was born in Trikala. From keen young age, Tsitsanis was fascinated in music and learnt undertake play the mandolin, violin take precedence the bouzouki which were integrity mainstay of so many hold his songs.

In 1936 prohibited left for Athens to burn the midnight oil Law, and by 1937, abstruse made his first musical recording.

In 1937 he moved to Thessalonica, where he served his combatant service, and stayed there stretch about ten years, during loftiness German occupation of Greece. Nearby he became famous and wrote many of his best songs that were later recorded name the end of the Bloodshed.

By the shut-down of grandeur record companies by the European occupation Forces in 1941, explicit had already recorded about Century of his own songs title played on many recordings be frightened of other composers.

In 1946, Tsitsanis complementary to Athens and began cut many of his own compositions that made famous many capacity the singers that worked liking him, such as Sotiria Bellou (Σωτηρία Μπέλου), Marika Ninou (Μαρίκα Νίνου) and Prodromos Tsaousakis (Πρόδρομος Τσαουσάκης).

Tsitsanis died at the Imperial Brompton Hospital in London people a lung operation, on culminate sixty-ninth birthday.

He was mourned across Greece, where his sound is still enjoyed to that day and he is looked on as a legend of rebetiko music.

External links

Official Site
Matter Profit Music Company 'Vasilis Tsitsanis'
Se Khrono Rebetiko Kai Laiko: Vassilis Tsitsanis (Audio file)

Vassilis Tsitsanis

Vassilis Tsitsanis Grave, First Boneyard of Athens