Giorgos Konitopoulos

Giorgos Konitopoulos was a Greek violinist and composer from the island of Naxos.

Biography

Konitopoulos was born in Athens on June 4, 1933. His parents were Michalis Konitopoulos from Kinidaros, Naxos and also a famous violinist, and Maria Firogeni from Keramoti, Naxos. As World War II set in he and his family relocated to Naxos in 1940.
His older sister Irini Konitopoulou-Legaki was also an accomplished musician an exponent of the Nisiotika musical tradition of the Greek islands.
In 1963 he married Katerina Kounadis.
He died of a heart attack on June 18, 1991 leaving a legacy of approximately 500 songs, about 70 traditional, with the remainder his own compositions.