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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Dimitrios Semsis
| image = Dimitrios Semsis cropped.jpg
| caption = Dimitrios Semsis
| birth_name = {{lang|el|Δημήτριος Κουκουδέας}}<br />''Dimítrios Koukoudéas''
| alias = Dimitrios Salonikios
| birth_date = 1883
| birth_place = ], ] (present day ])
| death_date = January 13, 1950 (aged 66) <ref>(Greek) </ref>
| death_place = ], ]
| occupation = singer-songwriter, violinist
| genre = ], ]
| instruments = vocals, violin
| years_active = 1899-1950<ref>Lisbet Torp: Salonikiós: «the Best Violin in the Balkans», 1993, Museum Tusculanum Press, {{ISBN|87-7289-224-2}}, Seite 14 — 15</ref>
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'''Dimitrios Semsis''', also known as '''Dimitrios Salonikios''' ({{langx|el|Δημήτρης Σέμσης}}; 1883 – 13 January 1950), was a Greek violinist born Dimitrios Koukoudeas (Δημήτριος Κουκουδέας) in ], in the ] of the ] (present-day ]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~judyin.london/rozaeskenazi/contemp.htm|title=Roza's contemporaries — Dimitris Semsis|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120721213816/http://www.btinternet.com/~judyin.london/rozaeskenazi/contemp.htm|archivedate=21 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
'''Dimitrios Semsis''' or "Dimitrios Salonikios" (1883-1950), was born in ].


At the end of the 19th century, he joined the band of a circus, which was traveling all over the ]. In 1908, he married his first wife Sonhoula Bochor Hanne, and became his daughter Enriquette, cousin of Eskenazi Rosa, in the year about 1910. Later, he joined other traveling bands and played in several places, such as ], ], ], ] and elsewhere.
== Biography ==


His father and his grand father were also violinists{{Fact}}. At the end of 19th century, he joined the band of a circus, which was traveling all over the ]. Later, he joined other traveling bands and played in several places such as, ], ], ], ] and elsewhere. After the end of the ], as ] remained in the kingdom of ], Dimitrios Semsis' family moved to ] (1919). In 1923 he married Dimitra Kanoula and had 4 children. At the beginning of 1927 he moved to ]. By that time he took the nickname "Salonikios", propably because some agents from recording companies thought that his origin was from Thessaloniki. He is the first instrument player that his name is written on the disc labels. At the end of 1920s, Dimitrios Semsis was Recording Director of HMV and Columbia. He participated in hundreds of recordings of folk, rebetic and smyrnaic songs between 1924 and 1931. He presented in 1928, his first songs and became the Director of Arts of His Masrer's Voice, in 1931 until his death. He composed over 100 songs. After the end of ], as ] remained in the kingdom of ], Dimitrios Semsis' family moved to ] (1919). In 1923, he married Dimitra Kanoula and, they had four children. At the beginning of 1927, he moved to ]. By that time, he had taken the nickname "Salonikios", probably because some agents from recording companies thought that his origin was from Thessaloniki.


At the end of the 1920s, Semsis was the Recording Director of HMV and Columbia. He participated in hundreds of recordings of folk and smyrnaic songs between 1924 and 1931. He presented his first songs in 1928 and became the Director of Arts of His Master's Voice in 1931 until his death. He composed over 100 songs.
⚫ In the 1930s, Dimitrios was recording with ], with great successes. He often, was accompaning her to the taverns with Tompoulis, Lampros Savvaidis and Lampros Leonaridis. His compositions were being recorded by the greatest artists of that time, such as, ], ] and ]. He composed rebetic, folk, smyrnaic and amane songs.


⚫ In the 1930s, Dimitrios was recording with ], with great success. He often accompanied her to the taverns with Tompoulis, Lampros Savvaidis, and Lampros Leonaridis. His compositions were being recorded by the greatest artists of that time, such as ], ], and ]. He composed folk, smyrnaic, and amane songs.
⚫ Dimitrios Semsis was, without doubt, the greatest violinist in the rebetic and smyrnaic style. He recorded hundreds of discs and plenty of them are re-released nowadays. In 1972, in an interview, Roza Eskenazi said that Dimitrios was playing "the best violin in the world"


⚫ Dimitrios Semsis recorded hundreds of discs and plenty of them are re-released nowadays.{{When|date=January 2011}} In 1972, in an interview, Roza Eskenazi said that Dimitrios was playing "the best violin in the world".{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}
⚫ After a short time of illness, he died by cancer in ], at 13 of January in 1950. He has living descendants in ].


⚫ After a short period of illness, he died of cancer in Athens on 13 January 1950.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

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Dimitrios Semsis
Dimitrios SemsisDimitrios Semsis
Background information
Birth nameΔημήτριος Κουκουδέας
Dimítrios Koukoudéas
Also known asDimitrios Salonikios
Born1883
Strumica, Ottoman Empire (present day North Macedonia)
DiedJanuary 13, 1950 (aged 66)
Athens, Greece
GenresGreek music, rebetiko
Occupation(s)singer-songwriter, violinist
Instrumentsvocals, violin
Years active1899-1950
Musical artist

Dimitrios Semsis, also known as Dimitrios Salonikios (Greek: Δημήτρης Σέμσης; 1883 – 13 January 1950), was a Greek violinist born Dimitrios Koukoudeas (Δημήτριος Κουκουδέας) in Strumica, in the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day North Macedonia).

At the end of the 19th century, he joined the band of a circus, which was traveling all over the Balkans. In 1908, he married his first wife Sonhoula Bochor Hanne, and became his daughter Enriquette, cousin of Eskenazi Rosa, in the year about 1910. Later, he joined other traveling bands and played in several places, such as Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Sudan and elsewhere.

After the end of World War I, as Strumica remained in the kingdom of Serbia, Dimitrios Semsis' family moved to Thessaloniki (1919). In 1923, he married Dimitra Kanoula and, they had four children. At the beginning of 1927, he moved to Athens. By that time, he had taken the nickname "Salonikios", probably because some agents from recording companies thought that his origin was from Thessaloniki.

At the end of the 1920s, Semsis was the Recording Director of HMV and Columbia. He participated in hundreds of recordings of folk and smyrnaic songs between 1924 and 1931. He presented his first songs in 1928 and became the Director of Arts of His Master's Voice in 1931 until his death. He composed over 100 songs.

In the 1930s, Dimitrios was recording with Roza Eskenazi, with great success. He often accompanied her to the taverns with Tompoulis, Lampros Savvaidis, and Lampros Leonaridis. His compositions were being recorded by the greatest artists of that time, such as Rita Ampatzi, Stelios Perpiniadis, and Stratos Pagioumtzis. He composed folk, smyrnaic, and amane songs.

Dimitrios Semsis recorded hundreds of discs and plenty of them are re-released nowadays. In 1972, in an interview, Roza Eskenazi said that Dimitrios was playing "the best violin in the world".

After a short period of illness, he died of cancer in Athens on 13 January 1950.

References

  1. (Greek) ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ ΣΕΜΣΗΣ — ΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΙΟΣ: το πρώτο βιολί του ρεμπέτικου
  2. Lisbet Torp: Salonikiós: «the Best Violin in the Balkans», 1993, Museum Tusculanum Press, ISBN 87-7289-224-2, Seite 14 — 15
  3. "Roza's contemporaries — Dimitris Semsis". Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.

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