Acting

Mihalis Daskalakis

Michalis Daskalakis (Piraeus, 1914 - Pikermi, Attica, 1 February 2004) was a Greek singer, songwriter and instrumentalist of rebetiko music. He was born in 1914 in Piraeus. He graduated from the Scholarcheio in Hadjikyriakeio and then got a job, while in his free time he would go to his family's tavern "O Daskalakis", which was located near the church of Agios Nikolaos in the port of Piraeus. There in the tavern he would listen to the musicians who came and fell in love with the bouzouki. In 1943, together with his brother Yiannis, he opened a shop in Athens called "To Kare tou Assou". After the end of World War II and the Liberation, he worked in many popular music centers in Athens, such as "Bouquet" in Menidi and "Pindos" in Nea Philadelphia.