Yiorgos Marinakis

Βorn in Athens in 1971, originally from the village of Ano Meria on the Cycladic island of Folegandros. He was initiated to traditional music by his father, who was a musician on the island, and who was also his first violin teacher. He was taught violin by Yiorgos Mariolas and Byzantine music by Lykourgos Angelopoulos.

He participated in radio and television programmes, recording sessions and many live performances in Greece and abroad. He collaborated with traditional dancing groups, cultural foundations, musicologists and researchers, traditional singers, as well as leading Greek and foreign musicians, composers, conductors and singers.

From 1992 to 1996 he taught at the Musical High School of Pallini and in other music schools. Professor of violin at the department of Traditional Music of the “Philippos Nakas” Conservatory.

Source: Yiorgos Marinakis

Songs

Easter Songs
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Erythraea, ReisdereLove SongCouplets

Again They Entered in the Dance

  • Πάλι ν-εβγήκαν στον χορό ⬥ Dance song from Reisdere, Erythraea (Asia Minor), with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1997.
Easter Songs
  • SongCentral GreeceEuboea, GymnoEaster Song, Ritual Song, Sea and Sailors Song

All Attend at Church

(Easter Dance)

  • Όλοι πάνε στην εκκλησά ⬥ Easter dance from Gymno, Euboea, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1997.
Traditional Fanos from Kozani (Explicit)
  • SongDodecanesePatmosBawdy Song, Carnival Song

An Old Man Was Approaching (Explicit)

  • Ένας γέρος ηρκουντάνε (Αθυρόστομο) ⬥ Explicit carnival song from Patmos with Domna Samiou. Live recording (2003).
Traditional Fanos from Kozani (Explicit)
  • SongPanhellenicCarnival Song, Lampoon

An Old Woman, an Old Gran

  • Μια γριά μπαμπόγρια ⬥ Panhellenic, carnival satirical song with a children’s choir. Live recording (2003).
Carnival Songs with Domna in Thessaloniki (Live)
  • SongCentral GreeceEuboea, Agios DimitriosBawdy Song, Carnival Song

Auntie Nikolakaina (Explicit)

  • Θεια μου Νικολάκαινα (Αθυρόστομο) ⬥ Explicit carnival song from Euboea with Charilaos Tsaktsiras. Live recording (1994).
Traditional Fanos from Kozani (Explicit)
  • SongCentral GreeceEuboea, Agios DimitriosBawdy Song, Carnival Song

Auntie Nikolakaina (Explicit)

  • Θεια μου Νικολάκαινα (Αθυρόστομο) ⬥ Explicit carnival song from Euboea with Charilaos Tsaktsiras. Live recording (2003).
Traditional Fanos from Kozani (Explicit)
  • SongCycladesInstrumental

Balos

  • Μπάλος ⬥ Instrumental dance tune from the Cyclades with Yiorgos Marinakis (violin). Live recording (2003).
Easter Songs
  • SongCentral GreeceAttica, MegaraGreat Lent Song, Ritual Song

Carnival Is Ended Now

  • Περάσαν οι Αποκριές ⬥ Great Lent dance song from Megara, Attica, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1997.
Kaneloriza
  • SongMacedoniaChalkidikiInstrumental

Dance Tune

  • Χορευτικός σκοπός ⬥ Instrumental dance tune from Chalkidiki with Nikos Philippidis (clarinet). Recorded in 1995.
Easter Songs
  • SongPeloponneseLove Song, Spring Song

Down in the Open Countryside

  • Κάτω στον κάμπο τον πλατύ ⬥ Kalamatianos dance from the Peloponnese with Thanassis Moraitis. Recorded in 1997.
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Records

Carnival Songs with Domna in Thessaloniki (Live)
  • AlbumCD, Digital release1994Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Carnival Songs

Carnival songs with their ritual bawdiness – ‘sacred in the profane’ – disturbed the prudish devotees of tradition. The recordings come with a detailed booklet analysing the pagan and ritualistic context in which these songs are performed.
Carnival Songs with Domna in Thessaloniki (Live)
  • AlbumDigital release, LP1994Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Carnival Songs (LP)

These “sacred in the profane” songs of the Carnival with their ritual bawdiness disturbed the prudish “devotees” of tradition. The records are accompanied by a detailed booklet analyzing the pagan and ritualistic context in which these songs are performed.
Carnival Songs with Domna in Thessaloniki (Live)
  • AlbumDigital release, DVD2009Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Carnival Songs with Domna in Thessaloniki (Live)

This recorded show includes stage performances of carnival songs and other related popular rituals from different areas of Greece, as they were presented at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall on 2003.
Easter Songs
  • AlbumCD, Digital release1998Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Easter Songs

This edition aims to convey the spirit of Easter, the Christian feast celebrated amidst the glory and promise of springtime, through the selected rituals of that period of the year and their related sacred songs and tunes.
Kaneloriza
  • AlbumCD, Digital release1995Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Kaneloriza

Includes songs and tunes in “7 beats to the bar” (the rhythm of kalamatianos dances) and in “9 beats to the bar” (the rhythm of zeibekikos and karsilamas dances) with lyrics and melodies both erotic and sorrowful.
Four and Four
  • AlbumCD2018Caprice

Music from Greece: Domna Samiou

Reissue of the Caprice album “Grekisk folkmusik” (Ξενιτεμένο μου πουλí) on a CD with 9 extra tracks, and a comprehensively informative booklet about Greek folk music and the woman behind this production – Domna Samiou.
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Concerts

Carnival Songs with Domna Samiou
  • Συναυλία
  • 04/03/2003

Carnival Songs with Domna Samiou

A carnival feast at the stage of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall with songs, dances, and customs of the carnival period. In addition to Domna and her collaborators, musicians, singers, dancers and bands from regions of Greece take part, where even today the celebrations and rituals of Carnival maintain their authenticity.
Greek Carols
  • Συναυλία
  • 26-29/12/1996

Greek Carols

Carols and songs at the stage of the Megaron the Athens Concert Hall. A special Christmas event. The concerts were part of the ‘Christmas Celebrations’ series and were given on December 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th of 1996. Lambros Liavas was in charge of the music research and artistic supervision.
With Evgenios Spatharis in Shadow Theatre Performances
  • Συναυλία
  • 1978-1997

With Evgenios Spatharis in Shadow Theatre Performances

Performances with legendary shadow theatre artist Evgenios Spatharis, from Stockholm to the sidewalks of Marousi.
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