Ethnographic Data
A total of 25 fiddlers were interviewed for this project, several of them more than once. The list below only includes the names (and other details) of the fiddlers who appear in the documentary. The date of the interview given below refers to the date on which the documentary interview was recorded, even though the same fiddler could have been interviewed and recorded on different occasions too.
For details on the other musicians interviewed for The Cypriot Fiddler as a whole, please refer to the book.
1. Vyronis Georgiou
Birth: Prasteio Kellakiou (Limassol district), 8 June 1918
Death: Limassol, 24 March 2018
Interview: Trachoni (Limassol), 10 September 2015
2. Demetris Katsaris (Pitrakkis)
Birth: Lysi (Famagusta district), 4 January 1930
Residence after 1974: Dromolaxia
Death: Dromolaxia (Larnaca district), 22 December 2020
Interview: Dromolaxia, 17 September 2015
3. Stelios Papadopoulos
Birth: Askas (Nicosia district), 1931
Residence following his marriage: Klirou (Nicosia district)
Death: Klirou, 17 May 2023
Interview: Klirou, 3 September 2015
4. Andreas Spyrou Violaris
Birth: Kyra Morfou (Nicosia district), 1931
Residence after 1974: Latsia (Nicosia district)
Death: Latsia, 2020
Interview: Latsia, 18 June 2015
5. Elias Georgiou Violaris
Birth: Limnati (Limassol district), 1934
Interview: Limnati, 24 September 2015
6. Nicolas Antoniou Violaris
Birth: Chloraka (Paphos district), 24 October 1935
Residence: Chloraka
Death: 1 October 2021
Interview: Chloraka, 7 August 2015
7. Nikos Charalambous
Birth: Chandria (Limassol district), 8 December 1937
Residence: Chandria; for some years, Charalambous also lived in Nicosia, due to work
Death: Chandria, 21 August 2022
Interview: Chandria, 28 July 2015
8. Neophytos K. Argyrou
Birth: Letymbou (Paphos district), 1941
Residence: Letymbou
Interview: Letymbou, 6 August 2015
9. Yiannis Zavros
Birth: Limnati (Limassol district), 1943
Residence: Limassol
Interview: Sia (Nicosia district), 30 October 2014
10. İsmail Gökşan Kemaneci
Birth: Louroudjina/Lurucina (Nicosia district), 1946
Residence: Lysi (Famagusta district)
Interview: Lysi, 24 July 2015
11. Savvas (Savvakis) Lambrou
Birth: Aradippou (Larnaca district), 27 February 1947
Residence: Aradippou (1947–64), UK (1964–2007), Aradippou (2007–20)
Death: Aradippou, 3 February 2020
Interview: Aradippou, 2 October 2015
12. Andreas Moditis
Birth: Omodos (Limassol district), 1949
Residence: Limassol
Interview: Limassol, 24 September 2015
13. Kemal Deveci
Birth: Galinoporni/Kaleburnu (Famagusta district, Karpas peninsula), 1 August 1948
Residence: Galinoporni/Kaleburnu
Interview: Nicosia, 30 September 2015
14. Aziz Kahraman
Birth: Galinoporni/Kaleburnu (Famagusta district, Karpas peninsula), 1 February 1951
Residence: Leonarisso (Famagusta district, Karpas peninsula)
Interview: Nicosia, 30 September 2015