Evgenios Voulgaris

Holder of a diploma in Byzantine music, he has been professionally engaged with the oud and traditional music since 1992. He initially studied under Christos Tsiamoulis and later took lessons from Fahrettin Çimenli in yağlı tambur, maqam interpretation, and improvisation.

He has participated in concerts and recordings with numerous musicians. In 1995, he began collaborating with Manos Hadjidakis’ Orchestra of Colors, playing mandolin and bouzouki, and has also performed with the Camerata Orchestra and the Athens State Orchestra.

He has taught at the School of Greek Music of the Municipal Conservatory of Patras, at music schools and workshops, as well as at the Department of Folk and Traditional Music of the Technological Educational Institute of Epirus. He has also set literary works to music and composed music for theatrical productions.

Songs

I Tread the Earth Gently
  • SongMacedoniaKavala, NikisianiLove Song

A Blue Dove

  • Μια γαλάζια περιστέρα ⬥ Dance song from Nikisiani, Kavala, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2006.
Early last summer
  • SongCappadocia & KonyaFarasaInstrumental

Dance with Κerchiefs

  • Χορός μαντιλιών ⬥ Instrumental dance tune from Farasa, Cappadocia, with Socrates Sinopoulos (Constantinopolitan lyra). Live recording (2005).
Early last summer
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)MoudaniaLove Song

Early last summer

  • Πέρσι το καλοκαιράκι ⬥ Hasapikos dance from Moudania, Propontis, with Domna Samiou. Live recording (2005).
Early last summer
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)Love SongCouplets

Giannoula

  • Γιαννούλα ⬥ Song of urban origin from Propontis with Domna Samiou, Katerina Papadopoulou and Zacharias Karounis. Live recording (2005).
Early last summer
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)Instrumental

Hasapikos dance from Aretsou

  • Αρετσιανό χασάπικο ⬥ Instrumental fast hasapikos dance tune from Aretsou, Propontis, with Thodoris Georgopoulos (clarinet). Live recording (2005).
Early last summer
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)Love SongCouplets

I Gave up All I Had & What’s Wrong, Theonitsa?

  • Όλα μου τα παράτησα & Τι έχεις Θεωνίτσα ⬥ Syrtos from Propontis with Domna Samiou. Live recording (2005).
I Tread the Earth Gently
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Makri - LevissiLove SongCouplets, Processional Tune

I Will Sing Tonight

  • Απόψε θε να τραγουδώ ⬥ Processional love song from Makri and Levissi, Asia Minor. Recorded in 2006.
Early last summer
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Smyrna, BaindiriLove SongCouplets

I’ll Jump from the Battlements

  • Από τα μπεντένια πέφτω ⬥ Dance song from Baindiri, Smyrna, with Katerina Papadopoulou. Live recording (2005).
Early last summer
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Love SongCouplets

If I want black eyes

  • Μαύρα μάτια κι αν θελήσω ⬥ Dance love song from Asia Minor with Domna Samiou. Live recording (2005).
Early last summer
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Makri - LevissiLampoonCouplets

If You Want to Marry

  • Αν θέλεις για να παντρευτείς ⬥ Dance song from Makri and Levissi, Asia Minor with Domna Samiou and the Domna Samiou Choir. Live recording (2005).
SEE MORE

Records

Of Nature and of Love
  • AlbumDVD2007Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Domna Samiou Sings Songs of Nature and of Love

This videotaped stage performance, held at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on 2005, includes songs and rituals related to the cycle of the agricultural year,.
I Tread the Earth Gently
  • AlbumCD, Digital release2008Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

I Tread the Earth Gently

Here Domna collected some of her most favourable songs: slow and tranquil songs, melodious and sad; songs of sorrow and of love, of parting and of loved ones far away.
Early last summer
  • AlbumDigital release2022Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

My Old Torments

Songs of Asia Minor by Domna Samiou. Live recording from the concert ‘Songs of Asia Minor with Domna Samiou’ at the Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall, on 8/3/2005. Traditional songs from the western coasts of Asia Minor, Propontis, Constantinople, Pontus and Cappadocia.
Of Nature and of Love
  • AlbumCD, Digital release2006Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Of Nature and of Love

The down-to-earth love of nature in these folk songs doesn’t derive from any form of romantic nostalgia; it lies instead in a pure experience of everyday life.
SEE MORE

Concerts

Domna Samiou Sings Songs of Nature and of Love
  • Συναυλία
  • 11/10/2005

Domna Samiou Sings Songs of Nature and of Love

Traditional songs and events that follow the course of the cycle of the year. Starting from the autumn, which marks the beginning of the working and ecclesiastical year, a harvest revival, events of the twelve days of Christmas, Easter festivities, Saint John of Kledon customs, and summer festive events.
Songs of Asia Minor with Domna Samiou
  • Συναυλία
  • 08 & 09/03/2005

Songs of Asia Minor with Domna Samiou

An Asia Minor tribute concert. A tribute to the muse of the historical space of the Greek East. Traditional songs from the western coast of Asia Minor, the Sea of Marmara, Constantinople, Pontus and Cappadocia and two Byzantine hymns from the musical tradition of the Orthodox Church.
SEE MORE