Mathios Ventouris | Domna Samiou

Mathios Ventouris

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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

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

Carnival Song

An Old Woman, an Old Gran

Μια γριά μπαμπόγρια

Dodecanese Kastellorizo Love Song

Gone with My Scarf

Έφκε με το μαντίλι μου

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...

Asia Minor Couplets Love Song

Kanaria

Τα κανάρια

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,...

Cyclades Instrumental

Syrtos Dance of Kythnos

Θερμιώτικο συρτό

Peloponnese Carnival Song, Lampoon

The Crab's to Wed

Παντρεύουνε τον κάβουρα

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...

Sporades Skiathos Couplets Love Song

Your Eyes, My Eyes

Τα μάτια σου, τα μάτια μου