Grigoris Asikis
Grigoris Asikis Γρηγόρης Ασίκης | |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer and songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Oud |
| Labels | Columbia |
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Grigoris Asikis (
).Personal life
Asikis was the third child of Victor Asikis of
Lesbos and Marianthi from the Kontoskali district of Constantinople. Ever since he was a child, he thought he had an exceptional voice and bought an outi at the age of 15. Asikis and his wife, Eirene Sotiriadou, and two children, Thanasis and Victor, moved to Athens, Greece. They moved to the Vyronas section of Athens and had four more children: Anastasia, Nikolaos, Basiles, and Manolis.[2]
Career
Having moved to
Parlophone as did other musicians at the time, like Kostas Skarvelis.[1]
In total, Grigoris Asikis recorded 82 of his songs.[3] In the 1930s his compositions were sung by many famous artists of the time including Kostas Nouros, Roza Eskenazi, Stellakis Perpiniadis, Rita Abatzi, Marika Politissa, Kostas Roukounas, Kostas Tsanakos, Marika Kanaropoulou, and Georgia Mettake. In the later part of the decade, he abandoned composing songs with Asia Minor instruments, i.e. outi, lyre, and violin, and wrote songs using the bouzouki. Some of these songs were sung by famous artists and close friends of his Markos Vamvakaris, Yiannis Papaioannou, and Apostolos Chatzichristos.
References
- ^ a b "Γρηγόρης Ασίκης". sansimera.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Γρηγόρης Ασίκης". asikis.com (in Greek). Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ISBN 9786185010188.
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