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Mathios Ventouris
Biographical Note

Lutist and singer. He was born in 1916 on the island of Kimolos. He learned how to play the lute from an elderly lutist compatriot of his. He played the lute at feasts and weddings on Kimolos from a young age. Apart from being a musician, he worked as a sailor and carpenter.
When he moved to Athens, he played and sang for years with Dora Stratou’s band. He worked with Domna Samiou in television and the radio, as well as concerts and disc recordings.
Source: Domna Samiou Archive
Multimedia
Videos
The Widow
Greek National Television (ERT), 1982
Songs

Cappadocia / Konya Anakou Acritic Song
A Widow Bore a Child (The Song of Porphyris)
Χήρα-ν παιδίν εγέννησε
A widow bore a child and called him Prosfylis,
she bore him behind bars, she suckled him in a prison.
Aged one, he took up ...

Thessaly Magnesia, Keramidi Historical Song, National Legends and Laments
Amidst Three Seas
Ανάμεσα τρεις θάλασσες



Sporades Skiathos Love Song
I See Some Ships Approaching Port
I see some ships approaching port, how beautiful they seem to me,
ships that sail across the waters,
rending my faint heart...

Eastern Aegean Lesvos, Skoutaro Swing Song, Children's Song
I Want to Climb up to the Top
Θέλω ν' ανέβω στα ψηλά
I want to climb up to the top, my friend, up to the top
of the roof of Saint George's, of Saint George's roof.
I want to pi...


Thrace Couplets Love Song, Spring Song
May
Λεν ήρθι Μάης κι Άνοιξη
May's come,
May's come and spring,
summer’s come
when the perfumed roses bloom.
I've a white rose I want to dye
and if I...

Asia Minor Erythraea, Çeşme Carol New Year's Carol, Ritual Song
New Year Carol (Asia Minor)
Κάλαντα Πρωτοχρονιάς

Panhellenic Acritic Song
Now the Birds (A Soldier and a Tree)
Τώρα τα πουλιά
Now the birds, now the swallows, now the partridges,
now the partridges are singing more and more:
- Wake up, master, wake ...

Peloponnese Acritic Song, Wedding Song
Now the Birds...
Τώρα τα πουλιά
Now the birds, now the swallows,
Now the partridges do not cease singing and saying:
– Awake, my lord, awake, my good lord,...



Cyprus Fable Song (Ballad), Acritic Song
The Four Palikari
Τέσσερα τζιαι τέσσερα
Four and four make eight,
Four Palikari go to the wars.
On their way they are hungry
And they sit down to eat,
but they ...

Asia Minor Smyrna Couplets Love Song
The Widow
Widow, change your name, don't let them call you widow,
for you make my eyes weep night and day.
But why don't tell us
the...

Albums

A Stroll with Domna Samiou
Lute
LP

Akritic Songs
Lute
LP


Perperouna
Lute
LP

Songs of Asia Minor 1
Singer
LP

Songs οf Asia Minor
Singer
CD
Concerts

1971-1980 England
Concerts at the English Bach Festival
Invited by Lina Lalandi, founder of the English Bach Festival...