(1923-2018) Folk music singer of the Dodecanese. She was born in the village of Antimacheia in Kos. In 1949, she met and married Charalambos Karambessinis. In the early 1950s, she met Simon Karas, studied with him and took part in the events of his ”Association for the Dissemination of National Music”.
Together with her sister Efi (Eftychia) Sarri, they recorded 23 discs (33 rpm) with Dodecanesian songs and participated in many radio and television programs.
1960s. Third from the left, Anna Sarri-Karambessini, Simon Karas and Domna Samiou (holding kanun)
© Domna Samiou Archive
