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Agapios Tomboulis (Hagop Stambulyan) ( el, Αγάπιος Τομπούλης; 1891–1965) was a famous Armenian and Greek oud player of '' rebetiko'' and Greek folk music,
Armenian folk music Armenian folk music is a genre of Armenian music. It usually uses the duduk, the kemenche, and the oud. It is very similar to folk music in the Caucasus and shares many similar songs and traditions with countries around Armenia, namely Georgia a ...
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Turkish folk music Turkish folk music (''Türk Halk Müziği'') is the traditional music of Turkish people living in Turkey influenced by the cultures of Anatolia and former territories in Europe and Asia. Its unique structure includes regional differences under ...
, Jewish folk music born in
Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...
, he is known for being a well known associate of
Roza Eskenazi Roza Eskenazi (mid-1890s – 2 December 1980, Greek: Ρόζα Εσκενάζυ) was a famous Jewish-Greek dancer and singer of ''rebetiko'', Greek folk music, Kanto and Turkish folk music born in Istanbul, whose recording and stage career extend ...
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Life and career


Early life

Hagop Stambulyan was born in 1891 in the
Pera Pera may refer to: Places * Pera (Beyoğlu), a district in Istanbul formerly called Pera, now called Beyoğlu ** Galata, a neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, often referred to as Pera in the past * Pêra (Caparica), a Portuguese locality in the district of ...
district of İstanbul to an Armenian father and a Greek mother.


Smyrna Trio


References

1891 births 1965 deaths Greek folk musicians Greek oud players Armenian oud players People from Constantinople vilayet Greeks from the Ottoman Empire Armenians from the Ottoman Empire Constantinopolitan Greeks People from Beyoğlu Musicians from Istanbul Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to Greece {{Armenia-musician-stub