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Manolis Chiotis
Manolis Chiotis | |
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Manolis Hiotis | |
| Birth name | Emmanouil Chiotis |
| Born | (1921-03-21)March 21, 1921 Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Died | March 21, 1970(1970-03-21) (aged 49) Athens, Greece |
| Genres | Laikon, Elafrolaikon |
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| Years active | 1935–1970 |
Musical artist
Manolis Chiotis (Greek: Μανώλης Χιώτης; March 21, 1921 – March 21, 1970) was a Greekrebetiko and laiko composer, singer, and bouzouki player.[1] He is considered one of the greatest bouzouki soloists of all time.
He popularised the four-course bouzouki (tetrachordo) and introduced the guitar-like tuning, which he found better suited to the kind of virtuoso playing he was famous for.[2]
Chiotis had other successes.
In the summer of 1961, he played for Aristotle Onassis and Maria Callas, Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Grace Kelly. Journalist Dimitris Liberopoulos, Onassis’ biographer, write