Ourania Lambropoulou
Biographical Note
Born in Athens. She studied Advanced Music Theory, Byzantine music at the National Conservatory and the piano at the Conservatory of Kalamata. She studied at the faculty of Music Studies of the University of Athens. She took santur lessons with Tassos Diakogiorgis.
She has participated in concerts and recordings of traditional and 'entechni' music in Greece and abroad. Since 2004 she teaches the santur at the Department of Traditional Music of the Technological Educational Institute of Epirus.
Songs
Propontis Nicomedea Children's Song
A Little Seedling
A little seedling
a seedling, a little seedling
sprouts forth and grows
to give us fruit and flowers.
A little water, jus...
Peloponnese Klephtic Song
A Maid Decided
A maid decided to join the klephts
and set fire, vr’ amán och amán,
she set fire to her loom.
She set fire to her loom, to...
Dodecanese Rhodes Love Song, Wedding Song
A Partridge I Did Tame
Πέρτικαν εμέρωνα
A partridge I did tame, through April ‘til May came,
the tamer she became, the more she did complain.
All afire deep inside...
Peloponnese Historical Song
Great Joy Across the Land
Joy and celebrations across the land
but Náfplion, my Náfplion, why are you not joyous?
Why no scenes of joy, no celebratio...
Dodecanese Couplets Sea and Sailors Song, Lampoon
I Sold My Boat
In Saloniki I sold my boat
but when I got home to Chios, I didn’t have a groat.
Heave ho once, man the sails
Heave ho twic...
Cyclades Paros Love Song
In a Fine Orchard
Μέσα σ’ ώριο περιβόλι
In a fine orchard, laurel and myrtle quarrel.
And myrtle, amàn-amàn, myrtle says to laurel…
And myrtle says to laurel, -You...
Peloponnese Sea and Sailors Song
Off Tsirigo
Ανάμεσα Τσιρίγο
Between Tsirigo and Cape Maleas, Virgin Mother,
a ship is fighting for its life with all its cargo, too.
Wave-buffeted and ...
Dodecanese Rhodes Couplets Immigration Song
Ribbon Interwined
I had a ribbon at the weaver’s and felt at the tailor’s,
and a loved one in a foreign land,
and him I’m waiting for,
oh, a...
Peloponnese Historical Song
Rock of Monemvasiá
Rock, vai, rock of Monemvasiá
Rock of Monemvasiá and Athens’ citadel.
Hey Palamedi of Náfplion, open up and let me in.
So ...
Peloponnese Arcadia, Pera Melana Historical, Recent
The Captains of Trípoli
The captains of Trípoli, mana mou,
the captains of Trípoli
and the brave men of Moriá.
In Albania they lie, in Iván they r...
Dodecanese Leros Couplets Sea and Sailors Song
The Sea Has Made Me Old
The sea has made me old, yet I revel in her sight.
I weep and find no peace, as I lie remembering her at night.
The Aegean,...
Sporades Skyros Couplets Sea and Sailors Song, Love Song
The Sea Pounds Me
Η θάλασσα με δέρνει
The sea pounds me,
the sea pounds me, the waves lash me.
And a great fish…
And a great fish is feasting on me.
Alas, curl...
Central Greece Klephtic Song
What Ails You, Poor Plane-Tree?
What ails you, poor plane-tree?
Your roots draw water, amán,
your roots draw well, yet you stand there limp,
your roots dr...