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Thalia Spanou
Biographical Note
(1925-1993). "Nisiotika" singer. Thalia Kondyla was born in Fournoi of Ikaria. She married Antonis Spanos (tsambouna- and flute-player), and together they created a band that played at feasts in Fournoi, Ikaria and Samos.
In the 1950s, she studied with Simon Karas, joined the "Association for the Dissemination of Greek National Music" and participated in Simon Karas’s radio programs. There, she met Domna Samiou.
Later, Thalia and Antonis Spanos accompanied Domna Samiou in concerts in Greece and abroad. They recorded songs together that where released in 45 rpm discs. They also recorded songs that were broadcast in the TV program “Apo pantou tis ellinikis gis” (“From every corner of Greek land”).
In the 1980s, Domna Samiou collected children’s songs of Fournoi from Thalio, as she liked to call her.
Θάλεια Σπανού
Fournoi of Ikaria, 1983
© Domna Samiou Archive
Θάλεια Σπανού
Fournoi of Ikaria, 1983
© Domna Samiou Archive