Domna Samiou

Translator's notes

Koula Giazitzoglou — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:36:26 GMT

The outmost has been done to faithfully render the original Greek texts into English, whilst ensuring that they are fully comprehensible to the English speaking reader who is not fully familiar with the Greek context. A few points are worth mentioning:

There are number of official conventions concerning the transcription of Greek names into Latin characters. The rules of transcription which have been used here, do not follow any single convention. Instead the most easily recognisable and pronounceable form has been used in each case. Alternative spellings of the same names however, may appear in other sources. Moreover, for those interested in the pronunciation of modern Greek, an explanatory note is provided (click here).
In certain cases Greek words or terms have been maintained in the English text, when it is believed that it enriches the text. In these instances the terms appear in italics and a footnote is provided to explain the term.
Explanatory footnotes in all the English texts are those of the translator rather than the original author.
There are frequent references in the text to geographic locations in present day Turkey. The choice of use of the common Greek names of these places, the current name in Turkish or commonly used English version, has been made purely on the basis of making the text comprehensible to the English speaking reader. For example, Asia Minor is frequently used in the text instead of Mikra Asia which is the commonly used Greek term or Anadolu which is the equivalent term in Turkish. Where necessary, a footnote has been provided to clarify the term.
There are frequent references to musical instruments which are in use in traditional Greek music. In translating these terms certain conventions have been followed to maintain consistency throughout. It should be noted however, that given that most of these instruments are or have been in use in the broader area of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans, there are numerous alternative names for most of the instruments. For alternative names of the various instruments as well as interpretational please click here.

In closing, it should be noted that the content of this website includes material from over forty years of diligent work by Mrs Domna Samiou and her colleagues. As such, and to avoid lapses in consistency, certain terms have been maintained as they were originally used.

Alexander Seferiades
Phoebe Papayiannidi

Discography

Ioannis Cherouvim — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:23:02 GMT

For information regarding the albums' availability, please click here.

Domna Samiou: her work

Stefanos Patelis — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:56:05 GMT

In the section Discography LPs and CDs supervised and released by Domna Samiou in Greece and abroad, either with her Association or with other record companies, are presented. The intervening time between the album collections reveals the change in the perception of traditional music, sound engineering, and of the aesthetics in album designs.

The Songs section includes all the songs of her discography in alphabetical order. The songs have been categorized and sorted by bibliographic and record information. For each song a short music sample is available, as well as its lyrics and all the additional information. There is a search option by title, lyrics, and available material.

The Concerts section includes a selection among approximately one thousand concerts given by Domna Samiou from 1960 to 2005, in Greece and abroad. They are categorized according to the music venue and their theme, including all the available information, such as programs, posters, photographs, press clippings, etc.

The Programs section is dedicated to the series ‘Musiko Odiporiko’ (Musical Travelogue), which Domna presented at the national television. It is presented with comments and, where available, with accompanying material.

In the section Partners all the people that have collaborated with Domna are presented. All information included in biographical notes, which have been adapted to the website’s requirements, was been either provided by the collaborators themselves or by other sources. For each partner there is a detailed list of his collaborations, including related media clippings and photographs.

The Press clippings - Interviews section includes all the Greek and foreign Press articles and extracts of interviews given by Domna Samiou that are hosted on this website. All the titles are accompanied by the available material and also include links which facilitate the visitor’s navigation and search of information on the website.

Where to, master ant

Koula Giazitzoglou — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:27:40 GMT

Little Elina Politi and an ensemble of children sing this satiric children’s song.
From the recording of the album The Great North Wind and other traditional songs for children.

Disclaimer

Koula Giazitzoglou — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:48:00 GMT

1. Foreword
The Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association, which created and maintains the website domnasamiou.gr, declares that it offers its informative services cost-free, on the following terms of use, which the visitor of its webpages should read carefully, and proceed to visiting these webpages, only if he accepts them fully and without reservation.

2. Content's sources
The content of the website domnasamiou.gr is based on:

■Album releases produced by the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association.
■Albums released by other entities, in which Domna Samiou has participated.
■Articles in the Greek and foreign Press. These articles have been digitalized by responsibility of the Association and, in any case, their source and additional available information are explicitly stated.
■Any material taken from radio and television shows, whose quotation right on the website has been granted by the holders.
■Biographical information on Domna Samiou’s collaborators, which have been collected either by personal contact with the interested parties or, where it was possible, by other available sources. The biographical notes have been specifically formatted according to the needs of the website.
■Printed or digital material from the archive of Domna Samiou.
■Original information, which was harvested by the members of the Association.
■Other sources, mostly from the internet, which are explicitly stated.

On account of the large amount of the website’s content, it is possible that some sources have been overlooked. In case an entity (private or public, individual) finds that in one or more digital materials (pictures, texts, songs, videos, etc) the source’s information is incomplete or inaccurate, please contact the Association for its correction.
It is noted however, that in the context of the customs of merchants regarding the use of internet, the exchange of material is common practice, internationally accepted, provided that their source is stated. Moreover, some sources cannot be constantly stated, since something like that would cause problems to the website visitor.
In any case an entity (private or public, individual) considers that one or more digital materials (pictures, texts, songs, videos, etc) constitutes a special and independent subject to copyright, without regard to any reference in the sources of the domnasamiou.gr website, and does not wish to appear, please report it by e-mail, fax or mail and the Association will immediately take the necessary action.

3. Copyright
As a whole, (form, content and applications) the website domnasamiou.gr is protected by copyright. Its access and use is governed by the national and international Intellectual Property provisions, with the exception of the explicitly established rights of third parties.
A big part of the website’s content consists of comments or texts by scholars/collaborators of the Association. In these cases, the texts bear the signature of their author.
Whatever else is contained in the electronic pages of this website and constitutes an established trademark or product protected by a third party's copyright, falls within the third party's area of responsibility and is has therefore nothing to do with the present website.
Needless to say that the content of this website can be used for non-commerical purposes, by public bodies, schools, educational institutions, etc., on condition that the source is cited at all times, and that the Association receives a notice, including the contents copied and the exact internet address of destination.

4. Terms of use
The visitor of the website domnasamiou.gr shall comply with the provisions of Greek, European and International law and the relevant statutory provisions governing telecommunications, and shall refrain from any misuse or abuse of the contents and the services of this internet site.

5. Personal data of the visitors
Personal data of the visitors/users of the website domnasamiou.gr is used exclusively for communication purposes, and the security and confidentiality of their contents is ensured. Personal data are not shared with third parties, unless explicitly stated otherwise in a provision. The collection and processing of personal data which appear on the current website are ruled by L. 2472/97 (‘Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data’), and by L. 2774/99 (‘Protection of personal data in telecommunications’).

6. Personal data of the collaborators
Biographical information of Domna Samiou’s collaborators are presented in the webpages of the website with the purpose of presenting their artistic, scientific, or other work of the collaborators.
Biographical information on Domna Samiou’s collaborators have been collected either by personal contact with the interested parties or by other available sources. The biographical notes have been specifically formatted according to the needs of the website.
In any case a collaborator (private or public, individual) considers that one or more information are inaccurate or incomplete or decides that he does not wish to appear in this website, please report it and the Association will immediately take the necessary actions.

7. Links to other websites
The website domnasamiou.gr does not check the availability, contents, terms of personal data protection, the quality and fullness of the services of other intrernet sites which are accessible through hyperlinks. Therefore, for any problem which may arise during their visit/use, the visitor should take up with the said websites, which bear in full the responsibility for their services rendered.

Collections

Koula Giazitzoglou — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:46:35 GMT

Contact us

Koula Giazitzoglou — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:44:18 GMT

Our office:

Address: Koukloutza 5-7, Nea Smyrni, 17121, Greece
e-mail: info@domnasamiou.gr
Tel.: (+30) 2109329710
Working days and hours: Tuesday and Friday, 12:30 - 15:30.

Pronunciation notes

Koula Giazitzoglou — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:56:12 GMT

Transcription from Greek characters into Latin characters may follow a number of different conventions. However, the result as far as pronunciation is concerned often remains confusing to readers who do not speak modern Greek. Even readers who are familiar with classical Greek will find that the Erasmian pronunciation of classical Greek that is taught outside Greece, is only of limited assistance in pronouncing modern Greek. Throughout the website a combination of conventions in transcription have been followed, in the hope that this will limit the confusion in terms of pronunciation. However, some simple rules of how certain letters and diphthongs are pronounced in Greek may assist readers as they try to decipher the Latinised versions.

Vowels


Latinised	Greek	Pronunciation	Examples
e, i, y, ei, oi, yi	η, ι, υ, ει, οι, υι	beat	Samiou, Rebetiko^(*)
ou	ου	boot	Samiou, daouli
e, ai	ε, αι	bet	Kaisariani
eu	ευ	chef, ever	Eubea (pronounced Evia)
au	αυ	love (before voiced sounds), cuff

(*):
- η can be transcribed as either e as in Epirus or in current usage as i as in Kaisariani
- Confusion can arise from the letters ε and η since they are both often (and correctly in the case of classical Greek) as e. However, in modern Greek ε is pronounced as in egg whilst η is pronounced as in beat.

Consonants

Latinised	Greek	Pronunciation	Examples
d	δ	father	Stravaridis
g	γ	As in Spanish Fuego	Lykourgos
ch, h	χ	As in Scottish Loch	Chalkida

Note: For those interest in the various conventions concerning the transcription of the Greek alphabet in Latin characters, details can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration_of_Greek_to_the_Latin_Alphabet.

Musical instruments

Koula Giazitzoglou — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:56:03 GMT

A list of musical instruments with various translations or interpretation difficulties:

bagpipe: gáida (in greek: γκάιντα)
bendir: frame drum (in greek: μπεϊντίρ)
constantinopolitan lyra: classic kemance, pear-shaped fiddle (in greek: λύρα πολίτικη)
constantinopolitan lute: láfta (in greek: λάφτα)
cretan bagpipe : askomandoúra (in greek: ασκομαντούρα)
cretan fipple flute: thiabóli (in greek: θιαμπόλι)
cretan lyra: pear-shaped fiddle (in greek: λύρα Κρήτης)
daire: frame drum, dairé, (in greek: νταϊρέ)
daouli (also known as davul): double-headed drum (in greek: νταούλι)
goblet drum: toumbeléki (in greek: τουμπελέκι)
kanun (also known as zither or psaltery): kanonáki (in greek: κανονάκι)
karpathian lyra: pear-shaped fiddle (in greek: λύρα Καρπάθου)
kaval: open ended flute, kaváli (in greek: καβάλι)
pipiza: shawm (in greek: πίπιζα)
pontic bagpipe: touloúm (in greek: αγγείον, τουλούμ)
pontic lyra: kemenje, bottle-shaped fiddle (in greek: λύρα Πόντου)
santur (also known as dulcimer): santoúri (in greek: σαντούρι)
tambour or drum: tímbano (in greek: τύμπανο)
toumbí: double-headed drum (in greek: τουμπί)
tsambouna (also known as island bagpipe): tsambúna (in greek: τσαμπούνα)
bowed tambouras (yağli tambur): bowed tambouras (in greek: τοξωτός ταμπουράς)
zournas: shawm (in greek: zουρνάς)

Links

Koula Giazitzoglou — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:59:47 GMT

Academy of Athens - Hellenic Folkore Research Centre
www.academyofathens.gr - www.kentrolaografias.gr

Benaki Museum
www.benaki.gr

Centre of Asia Minor Studies
www.kms.org.gr

ERT (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation) - Digital Archive
www.ert-archives.gr

'Megaron', The Athens Concert Hall
www.megaron.gr

Museum of Greek Popular Musical Instruments 'Foivos Anogianakis' - Research Centre for Ethnomusicology
www.instruments-museum.gr

Music Library of Greece 'Lilian Voudouri'
www.mmb.org.gr

Musical Folkore Archives 'Melpo Merlie'
www.mla.gr

Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation 'V. Papantoniou'
www.pli.gr

Albums' availability

Koula Giazitzoglou — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:46:00 GMT

The albums produced by the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association are distributed by:

The music stores Μusic Corner, Panepistimiou 56, Athens
tel: (+30) 210 3304000
e-mail: info@musiccornerstore.gr

The bookstore Enallaktiko Bibliopolio, Themistokleous 37, Athens.
e-mail: koukkida.edit@yahoo.gr
tel.: (+30) 2103802644

The distribution company Sound Forge Music Group
tel: (+30) 210 9718410
e-mail: sfmsales@otenet.gr

The music stores Metropolis
tel: (+30) 2103303831
e-mail: info@metropolis.gr

For additional information regarding the albums' availability, please contact the Association's office:
tel.: (+30) 2109329710
e-mail: info@domnasamiou.gr

Benaki Museum

Koula Giazitzoglou — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:08:00 GMT

The Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Koula Giazitzoglou — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:36:00 GMT

The Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association is a non-profit organization founded in 1981; its main aim is the preservation and dissemination of Greek traditional music.

Domna Samiou was the chairperson of the Association’s Board of Directors from the beginning till her death, on March 2012.

Now, Mania Seferiades is the chairperson and the board is composed as follows: Anastasia Batinaki, Daphne Djaferis, Koula Giazitzoglou, Tassia Papanikolaou, Yulie Papatheodorou, Soctates Sinopoulos, Miranda Terzopoulou, Chrysanthi Zafeiropoulou.

Activities

Koula Giazitzoglou — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:36:00 GMT

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Discography

Consistent with its mission, the Association has released to date thirteen traditional music albums and two DVDs with concert material. The albums are thematic and are accompanied by multi-page booklets, which include the songs’ lyrics, informative texts and comments, as well as numerous photographs. All the texts are translated in English, while in two albums there is also a French translation.

A full list of the Association’s albums as well as a list of all the album releases supervised by Domna Samiou is available in the Discography section .

For additional information regarding the albums' availability, please click here.

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Music Archive

The Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association manages the personal archive of Mrs Domna Samiou, which is a result of her long-lasting activities. A considerable part of the material has been digitalized by the Music Library of Greece ‘Lilian Voudouri’ within the framework of the programme ‘Creation of a complete unit of documentation and promotion of Greek music’, funded by the operational programme ‘Information Society 2005-2008’.

Part of this material has already published in the website.

The Association’s aim is the digitalisation of all the existing material (recording, photographs, texts, etc.) and its archiving.

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The website

The website domnasamiou.gr was created and is maintained by the Board of Directors of the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association. The purpose of the website is to make known Domna Samiou’s contribution to the preservation and dissemination of Greek traditional music, both to the Greek and to the wider English-speaking public, and, generally, to whoever wishes to learn more about the Greek tradition.

For the realization of the project, of utmost importance has been the generous donation of the ‘Stavros Niarchos Foundation’, which covered the website’s construction expenses as well as the external collaborators’ fees. Of equal importance has been the contribution of the Association’s members, who offered their services, according to their special knowledge and skills, for free. From the Association, offered their services and professional experience the following persons: Daphne Djaferis, Koula Giazitzoglou, Yulie Papatheodorou, Tassia Papanikolaou, Miranda Terzopoulou, and the external partner Ifigeneia Anastasiadi.

From the Association, also worked and offered their support the following: Myrto Bonatsou, Angeliki Chanoumi, Theofilos Gomatos, Pola Karantana, Yannis C. Lyras, Thanassis Tsaknakis, and the friend Yannis Garyfallou.

Their professional services and special knowledge and skills offered the following persons: Yula Bouli (office support services, data processing), Phoebe Papayiannidi (editing, translations), Alexander Seferiades (translations).

The company Designparkworked on the website’s art direction.
The website was constructed by EWORX.

The external collaborators together with the members of the Association formed an effective, hard-working group. We thank them all.

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Supporters

The Association would like to thank everyone for their support.
A list of the museums, institutions, organisations, and companies which supported the Association's album releases by generously providing photographic and other material:

Academy of Athens
Akritas Publications
Archbishop Makarios III Foundation – Cultural Central
Benaki Museum
Centre for Asia Minor Studies
Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture
Kedros Publishers
Lyceum Club of Greek Women
Manos Faltaits Museum
Militos Editions
Municipality of Athens
Municipality of Kalamata
Municipality of Mytilene
Panorama Cultural Enterprise
Publishing House 'Melissa'
Society of Euboean Studies
The National Historical Museum
Τhe Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive

We also thank the following friends, for providing material used on this website:

Anna Diamantopoulou - Lia Kedrou
Nikos Dionysopoulos
Nikos Kaseris
Katerina Marianou
Nikos Oikonomopoulos
Yiorgos E. Papadakis

Sponsors – Donators

Koula Giazitzoglou — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:36:00 GMT

The list of persons, entities, institutes, and companies which supported financially the albums’ releases as well as the activities of the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association in general, is presented in alphabetical order.

Press clippings - Interviews

Koula Giazitzoglou — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:36:00 GMT

Biographical note

Koula Giazitzoglou — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:35:00 GMT

Domna Samiou was born on October 12^th 1928, in the Kaisariani¹ neighborhood in Athens and died on March 10^th 2012. Her parents were refugees from the village of Baindir in the Smyrna (Izmir) area. Her mother came to Greece in 1922, whilst her father, who was a prisoner of war, arrived slightly later during the exchange of populations². During her childhood years she lived the harsh life of a refugee, but was also surrounded with the humane solidarity of the refugee communities. That is where she acquired her deep connection with popular culture and her aptitude to participate. It was in these surroundings that she also came into contact with music for the first time and where she acquired her love for folk music.

At the age of thirteen, whilst attending night school, Domna Samiou also began to receive her first formal musical training from Simon Karas at the Association for the Dissemination of National Music, where she was tutored in Byzantine and Folk music, as well as being introduced to the idea of field research in music.

Her first professional collaboration with the National Radio Foundation (E.I.R.)³ started when she was a member of the Simon Karas choir. In 1954 she became a full time employee of the station, working in the ‘National Music Section’⁴. Through her work there, she came in contact with the leading traditional musicians of the day, who were part of the greater migration wave at the time from the countryside to Athens. The National Music Section was busy recording such musicians and as a result, she became acquainted with all the various local musical styles. At the same time she was conducting the musical supervision for records, theatrical programs and films. In 1963 she started touring the countryside independently, to record music for the archive she was establishing, using her own means and equipment.

In 1971 Domna Samiou left her radio job and importantly, later in the year, accepted an invitation by the composer and performer Dionyssis Savvopoulos to start performing at a club called Rodeo, frequented by a youthful anti-junta⁵ audience. This marked the beginning of Domna Samiou's impact on the appreciation of folk music by the younger generations in Greece. Soon after she performed at the Bach Festival in London, which was being run by Lila Lalandi at the time. It was a triumphant start to a brilliant musical career. 'It made people overcome the embarrassment they felt for folk music' as she herself stated later.

In 1974 she started her collaboration with the Columbia record company, which resulted in a number of LPs being produced over the next years. In 1976-77, together with the film directors Fotos Lambrinos and Andreas Thomopoulos, she toured the Greek countryside and produced twenty episodes for the program 'Musiko Odiporiko' ('Musical Travelogue') of the Greek national television (ERT).

In 1981 the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association was founded to preserve and promote Greek traditional music and allow for the production of records and the organisation of musical events to the highest standards, free from the demands of commercial record companies.

Domna Samiou's work reaches beyond the borders of Greece. Her records have been produced also under French and Swedish labels. For about forty years now she has performed all over the world, in places as distant as Australia and South America, appealing not only to the Greek diaspora, but also introducing non-Greek audiences to 'Greek music with no Bouzouki', as one critic in Sweden put it.

Within Greece her performances and appearances have been innumerable, as have been the tributes, such as the concert Domna Samiou at the Megaron Mousikis: the known and the unknown Domna held at the Athens Concert Hall to celebrated her seventieth birthday in October 1998.

In her work she has collaborated with the most renowned Greek and foreign musicians, musicologists, anthropologists and ethnomusicologists. Since 1994 she teaches traditional folk singing to adults at the Museum of Popular Musical Instruments of Athens. She has also initiated, taught, and promoted many young musicians, and has actively and selflessly undertaken numerous initiatives to improve musical education in primary schooling, which she considers of vital importance.

Celebrated for her work and endeared by her amicable character, she has witnessed her work being recognised broadly, and has received innumerable honors and prizes, including a medal from the President of Greece K. Stefanopoulos in 2005.

Surrounded by colleagues, friends and supporters, Domna Samiou continued her work till her death.

The Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association is currently involved in producing thematic series of CDs (which include extensive informative booklets on the contents), the organisation of her personal archives and the preparatory work to make them available on the web.

¹The neighborhood of Kaisariani, to the east of central Athens, is one of the numerous neighborhoods which were established with the influx of Greek refugees from Turkey in 1922.
²The compulsory large scale exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey in 1923, following the cessation of hostilities between the two countries in 1922.
³E.I.R.: The state run national radio station of Greece.
⁴In fact the folk music section of E.I.R.
⁵Junta: the military dictatorship that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974

Domna Samiou: her life

Stefanos Patelis — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:35:00 GMT

In the section Biographical note biographical information on Domna Samiou’s life is presented.

The section Domna on Domna is a compilation of personal accounts, arranged in chronological and thematic sections. For its composition, extracts of selected radio, television and Press interviews were chosen. The selection and composition was made by Miranda Terzopoulou.

In the section Others on Domna selected extracts of texts published in newspapers, magazines, books, albums or elsewhere are presented, referring to Domna Samiou’s work and personality. Of particular interest in this selection is each writer’s or journalist’s different approach on Domna herself, her work, her way of interpreting traditional songs, as well as on her contribution to the preservation and dissemination of traditional music.

Domna on Domna

Ifigenia Anastasiadi — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:35:00 GMT

Others on Domna

Koula Giazitzoglou — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:35:00 GMT

United Nations High Commission for Refugees

Koula Giazitzoglou — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:53:00 GMT

1992: Production of the album Songs about Greeks far from home

Holy Monastery of Kykkos

Koula Giazitzoglou — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:51:00 GMT

2009: Sponsor of the album Akrites and Heroes (to be released)

Hellenic Ministry of Culture

Koula Giazitzoglou — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:50:00 GMT

2009: Sponsor of the album Aktites and Heroes (to be released)

Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation

Koula Giazitzoglou — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:48:00 GMT

2009: Sponsor of the album Akrites and Heroes (to be released).

The Athens Concert Hall Organisation

Koula Giazitzoglou — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:47:00 GMT

1995: Supporter of the album Songs from Asia Minor with Domna Samiou (to be releasead). The recording and technical retouch of the sound material took place in the Athens Concert Hall's studios.

1999: Co-producer of the album Domna Samiou at Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall

1999-2002: Supporter of the digitalisation of Domna’s Samiou music archive

The J.F. Costopoulos Foundation

Koula Giazitzoglou — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:09:00 GMT

2008: Sponsor of the album The three goods of earth: wine, grain, oil (to be released)

RANK XEROX

Youla Mpouli — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:08:00 GMT

1989: Sponsor of the album Songs about Greeks far from home

Marinopoulos Group

Koula Giazitzoglou — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:05:00 GMT

1998: Sponsor of the album Easter Songs

Alexandros Kedros

Koula Giazitzoglou — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:13:00 GMT

1994: Sponsor of the album Carvival songs.
2008: Sponsor of the album I tread the earth gently.

Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG

Koula Giazitzoglou — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:06:00 GMT

2007: Sponsor of the album The Great North Wind and other traditional songs for children (CD and DVD)

2007: Sponsor of the DVD Domna Samiou sings songs of nature and of love

2002: Sponsor of the album The Akolouthia Of Nymphios

OPAP S.A.

Koula Giazitzoglou — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:05:00 GMT

2006: Sponsor of the album Of nature and of love

Yannis C. Lyras

Koula Giazitzoglou — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:58:00 GMT

Born in 1951 in London; he comes from Oinousses, near the Aegean island of Chios.
He is president of Paralos Maritime Corporation S.A. He was vice chairman of the Union of Greek Shipowners from 1991 to 1997 and chairman from 1997 to 2003.
He represents the Union of Greek Shipowners to the Board of Directors of the Union of European Shipowners (ECSA), where, during the period 1991-1993, he assummed the chairman position.
Founder member of the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA), and member of the Board of Directors over a number of years.
Founder member of the Hellenic Society for the Protection of the Environment and the Cultural Heritage, and member of the Board of Directors over a number of years.
Supporter of Domna Samiou’s work and member of the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association.

1994: Sponsor of the album Carnival Songs
2002: Sponsor of the album Songs of Dame Sea

Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Koula Giazitzoglou — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:56:00 GMT

2007: Granted the album Songs of history and heroes
2008: Granted the album Folk fables in song
2010: Granted the construction of the website: www.domnasamiou.gr

Home page

Koula Giazitzoglou — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:30:00 GMT