Roza Eskenazi

Roza Eskenazi
Eskenazi, 1932
Eskenazi, 1932
Background information
Birth nameSarah Skinazi
Also known asThe Queen of Rebetiko
Born1890s
Constantinople, Constantinople Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
OriginConstantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died(1980-12-02)December 2, 1980
Athens, Greece
GenresRebetiko (Smyrneiko)
OccupationSinger
Years active1920s – 1977
Formerly ofAgapios Tomboulis
Smyrna Trio
Websitewww.mysweetcanary.com

Roza Eskenazi (mid-1890s – 2 December 1980, Greek: Ρόζα Εσκενάζυ) was a Jewish-Greek dancer and singer of rebetiko, Greek folk music, Kanto and Turkish folk music born in Istanbul, whose recording and stage career extended from the late 1920s into the 1970s.[1][2]

  1. ^ My Sweet Canary, Press Kit, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.
  2. ^ Karayanni, Stavros Stavrou (2004). Dancing Fear & Desire: Race, Sexuality and Imperial Politics in Middle Eastern Dance. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 152.