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Markos Vamvakaris was born on 10 May, 1905 in Ano Syros, Syros, Greece, is a Greek rebetiko musician. Discover Markos Vamvakaris's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?
Popular As |
Markos Vamvakaris |
Occupation |
Musician, songwriter, artist |
Age |
67 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
Born |
10 May, 1905 |
Birthday |
10 May |
Birthplace |
Ano Syros, Syros, Greece |
Date of death |
8 February, 1972 |
Died Place |
Nikaia, Greece |
Nationality |
Greece
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He is a member of famous Soundtrack with the age 67 years old group.
Markos Vamvakaris Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Markos Vamvakaris's Wife?
His wife is Eleni Mavroeidi (m. 1923-1924)
Evangelia Vergiou (m. 1943)
Family |
Parents |
Not Available |
Wife |
Eleni Mavroeidi (m. 1923-1924)
Evangelia Vergiou (m. 1943) |
Sibling |
Not Available |
Children |
Stelios Vamvakaris, Domenikos Vamvakaris, Vasilis Vamvakaris |
Markos Vamvakaris Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Markos Vamvakaris worth at the age of 67 years old? Markos Vamvakaris’s income source is mostly from being a successful Soundtrack. He is from Greece. We have estimated Markos Vamvakaris's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Cars |
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Source of Income |
Soundtrack |
Markos Vamvakaris Social Network
Timeline
Markos Vamvakaris (Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης; 10 May 1905 – 8 February 1972), was a rebetiko musician.
He is universally referred to by rebetiko writers and fans simply by his first name, Markos.
The great significance of Vamvakaris for the rebetiko is also reflected by his nickname: the "patriarch of the rebetiko".
Vamvakaris was born on 10 May 1905 in Ano Syros (or Ano Khora), Syros, Greece.
He was the first of six children, while his family belonged to the sizeable Roman Catholic community of island.
At the age of twelve, in the false belief that he was wanted by the police, Vamvakaris fled Syros for the port of Piraeus.
He worked as a stevedore, a pit-coal miner, a shoe-polisher, a Paperboy, a butcher, and other odd jobs.
He heard a bouzouki player playing, and vowed that if he did not learn to play the instrument in six months he would chop off his own hand with a cleaver (he was working in the public abattoirs at the time).
He learned bouzouki, becoming an innovative virtuoso player, and began to write songs of his own.
They were extremely popular, and Markos made many recordings.
His initial nickname among the rebetes was "the Frank" (Fragos).
Spyros Peristeris, a well-educated musician and repertory manager and orchestra leader for several recording companies, persuaded Vamvakaris to record his songs sung with his own voice.
Vamvakaris recorded his first rebetiko disc, Na'rchósouna re magka mou (Να 'ρχόσουνα ρε μάγκα μου) in 1932.
Among other songs in that period, he wrote the classic love song "Frankosyriani" (Φραγκοσυριανή).
After the liberation of Greece from the occupation of Nazi Germany, difficult times persisted, but his kind of music was no longer fashionable.
He also suffered badly with arthritis in his hands which crippled his bouzouki playing, and from asthma that hampered his singing.
Vamvakaris died on 8 February 1972 at the age of 66.
Markos' composing style was utterly simple: minimal orchestration, melodic lines stripped of any embellishment, and lyrics as devoid of ornamentation as possible.
His strophic masterpiece "Your eyelashes shine" is a typical example of his art.
It consists of just three short couplets, each sung twice to the same melodic phrase, with clauses reversed for the second time, and with a single instrumental phrase interspersed between them:
As the years pass, his towering contribution to Greek music emerges.
All other Greek composers, of his time and afterwards, revere him as their master teacher, and Mikis Theodorakis remarked: "We all, we are but branches of a tree. Markos is that tree".
Markos may be heard on many of the anthology CDs listed in the rebetiko discography.
CDs of his own which may be available in English language countries include:
Markos married his first wife with a Catholic marriage.
After their divorce (for which he wrote a song), he married his second wife, Evangelia, with a Greek Orthodox marriage.
He had three sons: Vasilis, Stelios (a musician also) and Dominikos.
Also, Thodoros Derveniotis and Kostas Virvos wrote Markos, sung by Kaiti Abavi.
Markos Vamvakaris is also mentioned in the following songs: