Acting
Roza Eskenazy
Born — Died
1897-01-01 — 1980-12-02
Place of birth
Constantinople Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Known for
Acting
Credits
2 titles
Roza Eskenazi (Greek: Ρόζα Εσκενάζυ; c. 1895 – 2 December 1980) was a Constantinople-born Greek dancer and singer of rebetiko, Greek folk music, Kanto and Turkish folk music. She was known as the "Queen of Rebetiko". She made her first recordings in 1929 and achieved instant success and is credited with bringing rebetiko to a mainstream audience. She recorded over 500 songs over the next decade and was one of few Greek artists to be flown to the United States, where she recorded material under Columbia Records. She sang in Greek, Turkish, Armenian, Arabic, Yiddish, Ladino and Italian. As she was born to Sephardic Jewish parents, she faced deportation to Auschwitz concentration camp during …
Known for
NRThe history of Greek folk music - and the history of Greece - starting with the bouzouki: Bayanteras, Tsitsanis, Vamvakaris, Daskalakis, Rosa Eskenazi, Eftychia Papagiannopoulou, Vicky Moscholiou, Marinella, Theodorakis, Hadjidakis. The film, which was rejected by the then Thessaloniki Festival (by the Censorship Committee in 1973, by the Preliminary Committee in 1974), focuses on the sound that served as a compass for great artists, sealed important historical moments of the country and served as a mirror of its era.
Bouzouki
1973
NRRoza Eskenazi sang the way she lived, with passion, fire and love. This is the story of three young musicians who embark on an exciting musical journey, to tell the story of Greece's best-loved rebetiko singer.
My Sweet Canary
2011