All the people who have collaborated with Domna are presented alphabetically. The information included in their biographical note, which have been adapted to the website’s requirements, was either provided by the collaborators themselves or by other sources. For each collaborator there is a detailed list of collaborations, including related media clippings and photographs.
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Musician (lute)
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A musician of Armenian descent, she was born in France. After a trip to former Soviet Armenia in 1980, she began studying the kanun with Aram Kerovpyan, a student of Saadettin Öktenay. From 1984 to 1986 she lived in Istanbul, where she continued her studies and took part in […]
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(1928–2023) | He was born in Karoti, Evros, and died in Athens. While still a student, he studied Byzantine music — first with his father and later with the protopsaltis (lead cantor) Michalis Kefalokoptis. In 1950, he moved with his parents to Athens, where he completed his studies in […]
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(1944–2013) | Born in Kapnochori, Kozani, to parents who were refugees from Ano Matsouka of Pontus. He began playing the Pontic lyra at a young age, studying with his father, Stathis Amarantidis, as well as other Pontic musicians of the region. Between 1973 and 1984 he collaborated with the […]
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(1924–1989) | American scholar, author, poet, musician, and philhellene. He lived in Greece for many years and was a scholar of history as well as a connoisseur of the Greek language and tradition. He formed a close connection with Simon Karas, with whom he also collaborated. He worked with […]
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(1955–2015) | She was born in 1955 in New York and passed away on 29 December 2015, in Switzerland. She was the daughter of the philhellene scholar, author, and poet Kevin Andrews, a collaborator of Domna Samiou. She studied the oud in London and Egypt. In addition to her […]
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(1906–1983) | He was born in Keratea, Attica. He was self-taught on the violin and performed with many traditional ensembles of his time. He collaborated with the Lykeion ton Ellinidon and, from 1955 to 1968, he was a permanent member of the traditional orchestra of EIR. In 1956, he […]
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(1941–2014) | A distinguished cantor and professor of Byzantine music. Born in Pyrgos, Ilia (Peloponnese), he studied law at the University of Athens and Byzantine music under Simon Karas. He served as the protopsaltis (lead cantor) of the Church of Agia Irini in Athens, founded and directed the Greek […]
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Composer and lyricist, he was born in 1963 in Nikaia, Piraeus. He studied guitar at the National Conservatory and later worked with a wide range of instruments —recorder, oud, double bass, kanun and ney—, eventually focusing on fretless guitars. Alongside his activity as a performer, he distinguished himself as […]
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Born in 1977 in Ioannina, where he also grew up, he began his musical studies at the age of seven, initially learning harmonium, guitar, bouzouki, and percussion. He later studied flute and traditional clarinet. He holds a degree in harmony, a flute diploma, a Byzantine music diploma, and a […]
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Born in 1957 in Piraeus, with family roots in Ikaria and Paxoi. She is considered one of the most commercially successful Greek singers, having achieved numerous musical hits. The New York Times wrote of Eleftheria Arvanitaki: “A soprano who combines sweetness with warmth, clarity and sensitivity with a sense […]
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(1932–2012) | He was born in Agrinio, Central Greece, and came from a family of musicians. In 1952, he settled in Athens. He was the older brother of Christos Athanasopoulos-Mortakis. He played various folk instruments, including the clarinet, flute, lute, oud, zournas, and goblet drum. His repertoire includes traditional […]
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Musician from Epirus (violin).
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Born in Agrinio, the younger brother of Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas. A musician of the clarinet, lute, and guitar, he collaborated with various ensembles in Athens and across the rest of Greece.
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Born in 1946 in Thessaloniki. He is an actor and a singer. He studied at the G. Theodosiadis Academy School of Drama and has collaborated with various troupes and groups. He has also been active as a singer, taking part in many artists’ concerts in Greece and abroad. He […]
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[1912-1987]. Self-taught musician, born in Istanbul. He played the goblet drum, the daouli (davul), and all the traditional percussion instruments. He participated in the recordings of more than ten thousand songs, and took part in more than a thousand musical programs and events. He died in 1987.
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Singer of Pontic songs, daughter of Christos Bayraktaris.
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(1906-1981). Christos Bayraktaris was a Pontic lyra-player and singer. He was born in the village of Kromni, Pontus (Turkish Eskikıran), and died in Athens. His name was Simaioforidis, and Bayraktaris was his nickname.
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She was born in 1920 in the village of Roda on the Kyzikos peninsula, Sea of Marmara. After the Catastrophe (1922), her family moved to the village of Nea Roda, Chalkidiki. There, in 1984, Domna Samiou met her and recorded her.
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(1925-2021) Mrs. Marigo Bouziou, nee Chrysogeni, was born in Astros, Peloponnese. She was a farmer. She lived and worked “like the suffering of the olives”, as she used to say, raising three children alone. Kind-hearted and smiling to everyone, she always spontaneously had a song in her mouth for […]
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The Byzantine Choir “Kalophonarides” (Good voiced ones) was formed by Yiorgos Remoundos. It is composed of twenty members and has participated in many performances in and outside of Athens as well as in radio and television broadcast programs on the state radio and television stations. The choir has presented […]
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(1937-2015) Born in Epirus. He comes from the renowned musicians’ family Chalkias and is the brother of Petro-Loukas Chalkias. He plays the violin and his repertoire mostly includes tunes and songs of Epirus. He has participated in numerous musical events, as well as in various albums, among which are […]
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(1914-1992) Prominent clarinetist. Born in the village Fotino of Ioannina, Epirus, and died in Piraeus. He was the youngest member of the Chalkias music troupe, which he joined at the age of seventeen. The troupe played in feasts of Epirus during the summers and in Athens during the winter. […]
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Holds a BSc in Physical Education and Sport Science, majoring in “Greek Traditional Dance”, and MSc in “Folklore-Dance Anthropology” from the School of Physical Education and Sport Science (SPESS) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). Ηe is a PhD candidate in “Dance Studies” at the same […]