Giorgos dalaras biography
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Giorgos Dalaras
Giorgos Dalaras is the son of Lukas Daralas, a rembetiko singer of the fifties and sixties. Since the release of his first album in 1969 he has recorded over 50 of his own albums and taken part in another 40. He has sold over 10 million albums and has worked with just about every famous Greek composer including Mikos Theodorakis, Apostolis Kaldaras, Stavros Kouyioumitsis, Yiannis Markopoulos, Manos Loizos, Stavros Xarhakos and recorded just about every style of Greek music as well as an album of Latin music. He has performed over 500 concerts outside of Greece promoting Hellenism and his performances within Greece would be impossible to count. Dalaras has been involved in social issues and helped raise money for humanitarian causes. A fine guitarist his main musical strengths are a powerful voice that is coveted by every great composer in Greece, an energetic stage presense, and a great sense of musical taste that make just about any of his albums worth having no matter what language you speak. Among his albums considered classics are 50 Years of Rembetika Songs, Ta Tragoudia Mou (live), Mikra Asia, and Rembetika Tis Katohis, but if you ask 50 people to make a list of the best Dalaras albums no two lists will be the same.
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George Dalaras
George Dalaras Γιώργος Νταλάρας | |
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| Born | (1949-09-29) 29 September 1949 (age 75) Piraeus, Greece |
| Origin | Greek |
| Genres | pop music, éntekhno, laïko, traditional folk music, rebetiko, byzantine music, rock music, music of Latin America, western classical music, contemporary classical music, symphonic music, opera, etc |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician, composer, instrumentalist, music arranger, record producer, recording artist |
| Instrument(s) | Voice, guitar, string instrument, bouzouki, oud, baglamas, tzouras, harmonica, percussion instrument |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Website | http://www.georgedalaras.com |
Musical artist
George Dalaras (Γιώργος Νταλάρας, 29 September 1949) is a Greek singer and musician. He is one of the most prominent figures of Greek music. In October 2006, he was selected as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency.
He was born in Piraeus. His first memories of music were the basic forms of Greek music, such as traditional, folk, rebetiko, laïka, which influenced him as an artist. In addition, he has performed many other music genres in several different languages, such as pop, rock, latin, contemporary, byzantine music, classical, opera etc. He has collaborated with many Greek and foreign artist
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