Παναγιώτης Ραφαηλίδης | es

Panagiotis Rafailidis was born in Athens, Greece on 3rd January. Singing became a significant part of his life by chance; a close friend - a singer herself - convinced Panagiotis to participate in the singing competition Eurostar, whose winner is selected to represent the country in the 2004 Eurovision song contest. Ραφαηλίδης secured the fourth position, which gave him a boost to make the next step in the singing career. He immediately got proposed to perform with singer Γιάννης Πλούταρχος; and then came his first contract with a big record label, Minos EMI. During the winter of 2004-05 he appeared...

Παναγιώτης Τούντας (Panayiotis Toundas; c.1885-1942) was a Greek musician and composer. Toundas was born in Smyrna (now İzmir) in either 1885 or 1886. His family were fairly wealthy. From an early age he learned to play the mandolin, as well as other instruments. Around the turn of the century he joined "The Politakia" -- a Smyrniot ensemble run by Sideras. He worked alongside the greatest musicians in Asia Minor including Ogdhondakis, Papasoglu, and Spiros Peristeris. Toundas started to compose songs from about 1910. Many of his songs were recorded and became hits before 1922, and he was instrumental in defining...