Agapios Tomboulis
Agapios Tomboulis (Hagop Stambulyan) (1891–1965) was a famous Armenian and Greek oud player of rebetiko and Greek folk music, Armenian folk music, Turkish folk music, Jewish folk music born in Constantinople, he is known for being a well known associate of Roza Eskenazi.
Also recorded as Hagop Stambulyan
Agapios Tomboulis
- Name
- Agapios Tomboulis
- Born
- 1891
- Birthplace
- Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
- Died
- 1965 (73-74)
- Place of death
- Athens, Greece
- Occupation
- Oudist
- Full name
- Հակոբ Ստամբուլյան.
- Nationality
- Greece and Ottoman Empire.
- Fields
- Rebetiko, Armenian folk music and Turkish folk music.
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Agapios Tomboulis (Hagop Stambulyan) (1891–1965) was a famous Armenian and Greek oud player of rebetiko and Greek folk music, Armenian folk music, Turkish folk music, Jewish folk music born in Constantinople, he is known for being a well known associate of Roza Eskenazi.
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Agapios Tomboulis (1891–1965) was a Greek and Ottoman musician and oud player. Born Հակոբ Ստամբուլյան in Istanbul, the musician died in Athens. Genres include Armenian folk music, Rebetiko and Turkish folk music.
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• Name — Agapios Tomboulis • Years Active — 1900s-1965 • Born — 1891 • Birthplace — Constantinople, Ottoman Empire • Died — 1965 (73-74) • Place of death — Athens, Greece • Genre — Rebetiko (Smyrneiko) • Occupation — Oudist • Past Member Of — Smyrna Trio
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• Illustration — Smyrna Trio (R-L) Dimitrios Semsis, Agapios Tomboulis, Roza Eskenazi (Athens, 1932)
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Hagop Stambulyan was born in 1891 in the Pera district of İstanbul to an Armenian father and a Greek mother.
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