Giannis Konstantinidis
Illustration — Ioannis Konstantinidis Ioannis Constantinidis, also known by the pen name Kostas Giannidis (21 August 1903 – 17 January 1984), was a Greek composer, pianist and conductor. Constantinidis was born in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (today İzmir), in 1903. He came to Greece after the destruction of Smyrna and continued his studies in Berlin (1923–1931).
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Giannis Konstantinidis
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- Full name
- Ιωάννης Κωνσταντινίδης.
- Born
- 1903. · İzmir.
- Died
- 1984. · Athens.
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Greece and Greece.
- Occupation
- composer, conductor, pianist and painter.
- Fields
- music composing and piano performance.
- Movements
- Greek national music school.
- Education
- Evangelical School of Smyrna, Stern Conservatory and Berlin University of the Arts.
- Teachers
- Dimosthenis Milanakis, Joseph Gustav Mraczek, Paul Juon and Carl Ehrenberg.
- Languages
- German, Greek and French.
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Illustration — Ioannis Konstantinidis Ioannis Constantinidis, also known by the pen name Kostas Giannidis (21 August 1903 – 17 January 1984), was a Greek composer, pianist and conductor. Constantinidis was born in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (today İzmir), in 1903. He came to Greece after the destruction of Smyrna and continued his studies in Berlin (1923–1931).
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He returned to Athens and worked as a conductor and composer at the musical theater composing many operettas, musical comedies, and revues. He would sign and publish his popular works as Kostas Giannidis, and his classical compositions as his birth name. He died in Athens in 1984.
Giannis Konstantinidis studied at Evangelical School of Smyrna, Stern Conservatory and Berlin University of the Arts. Training under Dimosthenis Milanakis, Joseph Gustav Mraczek and Paul Juon is recorded. The recorded working language is German, Greek and French. The field of work recorded is music composing and piano performance. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical and light. Residence is recorded at İzmir and Dresden. Employment is recorded with National Radio Foundation and Armed Forces Information Service.
Constantinidis wrote symphonic, chamber music, music for films, compositions for piano, artsongs, and many popular songs.
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İzmir, Dresden and Berlin.
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İzmir.
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Athens.
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Film music
He composed music for seven Greek movies, including: • Οι Γερμανοί Ξανάρχονται (The Germans Strike Again) • Ο μεθύστακας (The Drunkard)
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