Giannis Chasavetis ( el, Γιάννης Χασαβέτης;
Smyrna
Smyrna ( ; grc, Σμύρνη, Smýrnē, or , ) was a Greek city located at a strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. Due to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence, and its good inland connections, Smyrna rose to promi ...
, 1899
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
, 1943) was a
Greek
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bouzouki
The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...
virtuoso. At the age of 23, Chasavetis left his homeland as a refugee from the
1922 destruction of Smyrna. Settling in Athens, he met and worked with other prominent
rebetiko
Rebetiko ( el, ρεμπέτικο, ), plural rebetika ( ), occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek music which have come to be grouped together since the s ...
artists of his time. The main theme of the songs that he played is the hardship that Greek refugees faced at that period.
Singers from Athens
Greek rebetiko singers
20th-century Greek male singers
Musicians from İzmir
Smyrniote Greeks
Greeks from the Ottoman Empire
1899 births
1943 deaths
Greek refugees
Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to Greece
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