Agathonas Iakovidis

Iakovidis was a custodian of rebetiko, the smoky, sorrowful music of Greece's working-class ports, and that alone earns my affection. Most people met him through Eurovision 2013, when he joined Koza Mostra for the cheeky Alcohol Is Free, but I suspect that bright novelty hid decades of a far more soulful craft. There's something moving about an Aristotle University man who devoted his life to folk song rather than respectability. He passed in 2020, yet a voice trained in real tavern tradition doesn't really die. I'd rather hear his rough, lived-in singing than a hundred polished pop acts.

Name (English)

Agathonas Iakovidis

Name (Japanese)

アガソナス・ヤコヴィディス

Reading

あがそなす・やこゔぃでぃす

Born

January 2, 1955 – August 5, 2020

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Goat

Origin

Evangelismos, Thessaloniki Regional Unit, Greece

Occupation

singer / soloist / composer / musician

University

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20130414075616/http://www.agathonas.gr/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Thessaloniki Regional Unit
• singer
• soloist
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.