Giorgos Zampetas

Giorgos Zampetas was a composer and singer, but most of all one of the most outstanding soloists on the bouzouki, with the most distinctive sound. Zampetas was born on January 25, 1925, in Athens. He was the son of Mihalis Zampetas (a barber) and Marika Moraiti. From a very young age he showed a great interest in music and started secretly playing his father's bouzouki while helping him in his barber shop, and as a result he was punished -- because the father didn't want his son to be a musician. However, at the age of seven Giorgos won his first prize in a school music compet...