Giannis Konstantinidis

Greek composer, conductor and pianist

Ioannis Constantinidis (Greek: Ιωάννης Κωνσταντινίδης), also known by the pen name Kostas Giannidis (Greek: Κώστας Γιαννίδης; 21 August 1903 – 17 January 1984), was a Greek composer, pianist and conductor.

Constantinidis was born in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (today İzmir), in 1903. He came to Greece after the destruction of Smyrna and continued his studies in Berlin (1923–1931). He returned to Athens and worked as a conductor and composer at the musical theater composing many operettas, musical comedies, and revues. He would sign and publish his popular works as Kostas Giannidis, and his classical compositions as his birth name.

He died in Athens in 1984.

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Works

10 Airs populaires grecs
10 Airs populaires grecs: I. Moderato poco solenne – Poco più moto – Andantino quasi allegretto
10 Airs populaires grecs: II. Allegretto con umore – L’istesso tempo
10 Airs populaires grecs: III. Andante mesto – Andantino languido – Allegro moderato ma con spirito
10 Airs populaires grecs: IV. Alegretto giocoso
8 Danses des îles grecques
8 Danses des îles grecques: No. 1. Allegretto con grazia (On the Rythm of the Syrtos Folk Dance)
8 Danses des îles grecques: No. 2. Allegro moderato ma energico (Cykladitikos)
8 Danses des îles grecques: No. 3. Allegretto (Karsilamas)
8 Danses des îles grecques: No. 4. Andantino mosso (Zervodegios roditikos)
8 Danses des îles grecques: No. 5. Con moto, "To Thalassaki" (Kalymnos)
8 Danses des îles grecques: No. 6. Allegretto vivo e con spirito, "Ikames ke, kori, dendro" (Karpathos)
8 Danses des îles grecques: No. 7. Moderato (Zeimbekikos - Dance from Rhodes)
8 Danses des îles grecques: No. 8. Vivo e giocoso, "Me toy Maioy tis mirodies" (Pentozalis - Dance from Crete)
Children's Pieces on Greek Melodies
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 1. I bless with my handkerchief...
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 10. Bitter orange tree in bloom
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 11. Mother, I told you
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 12. Girls, join the dance...
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 13. Mother, the Turks, the Franks...
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 14. What you have done to me, I will do to you
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 15. I will begin
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 16. Some water, Mrs. Vangelio
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 2. A woman dragging a handkerchief...
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 3. Wake up!
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 4. This summer...
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 5. I entered a new boat...
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 6. Telly, Vasili...
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 7. Little apple tree on the cliff...
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 8. Merry Christmas
Miniatures on Greek Folk Tunes: 9. My heart opens
Sonatina No. 2 on Greek Themes of Epirus
Sonatina No. 2 on Greek Themes of Epirus: I. Andante con moto
Sonatina No. 2 on Greek Themes of Epirus: II. Allegretto con grazia (Pastorale)
Sonatina No. 2 on Greek Themes of Epirus: III. Allegro moderato (Tema con variazioni)
Suite on Greek Themes of the Dodecanese
Suite on Greek Themes of the Dodecanese: I. Song of Karpathos
Suite on Greek Themes of the Dodecanese: II. Song of the Shepherd (Kalymnos)
Suite on Greek Themes of the Dodecanese: III. Song and Dance (Rhodes)
Suite on Greek Themes of the Dodecanese: IV. Dance of Leros
Suite on Greek Themes of the Dodecanese: V. Song of Archangelos (Rhodes)
Suite on Greek Themes of the Dodecanese: VI. Wedding song and Sousta (Rhodes)