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Χρόνης Αηδονίδης [Chronis Aidonidis] (b. 1928) is a Greek singer.

Born on 23rd December 1928 in Karoti, a village near Didymoteicho, in Greece, he was introduced into the world of traditional music by his mother and the musicians who used to play at the local fairs.

He was taught Byzantine music first by his father and later by Michalis Kefalokoptis. In 1950 he went to live in Athens with his parents, where he completed his studies in Byzantine music at the Hellenic Conservatory with Theodoros Hadjitheodorou. In March of the same year, he was hired by the Sismanogleion Hospital, where he worked as an accountant. An important incident changed his life when in 1953 the great folklorist Polydoros Papachristodoulou invited him to participate in a radio show entitled Echoes from Thrace, presenting for the first time the musical treasure of his homeland.

Αηδονίδης has released many records of songs from northern, eastern, and western Thrace. He has participated in hundreds of musical events in Greece and abroad (America, Australia, the former Soviet Union, Europe). An important step of his artistic journey was his especially successful collaboration with the well-known Greek singer Γιώργος Νταλάρας on the CD Nightingales from the Orient in 1990.

He currently teaches traditional singing in Chalandri, at the Zisis Foundation, and the Central Conservator in Athens. He is artistic director of the Centre for the study of the Musical Tradition of Thrace, Asia Minor and Euxeinos Pontos, and also the creator and inspirer of the Workshop for Traditional Music in Alexandroupoli. He is also one of the founders of the Archive of Greek Music.

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