Ilias Diatsidis

Sandur player from Karlovasi, Samos island.

Domna Samiou recorded him playing the sandur and singing tunes and songs in 1969.

One of those recordings, Santur Solo, included in the LP Ethnologie Vivante: Grèce (1970).

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Epiphany carol (Samos)

Sandur: Ilias Diatsidis, song: Kyranio Diatsidis, Keti Diatsidis. Karlovasi, Samos, 1969

© Domna Samiou Archive

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Tonight Is the Wedding Feast

Sandur: Ilias Diatsidis, song Kyranio Diatsidis, Keti Diatsidis, Georgia Spandou, Despina Spandou. Karlovasi, Samos, 1969

© Domna Samiou Archive

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Uncle Mathios

Ilias Diatsidis, santur and song. Karlovasi, Samos, 1969

© Domna Samiou Archive

Songs

New Year Carol (Asia Minor)
  • SongEastern AegeanSamos, KarlovasiEpiphany Carol, Wish WellCarol

Epiphany Carol (Samos)

  • Ας τον εκαλαντρίσομε (Κάλαντα Φώτων Σάμου) ⬥ Epiphany carol from Samos with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2011.
Lament
  • SongEastern AegeanSamos, KarlovasiImprovisation, Instrumental

Santur Solo

  • Σόλο σαντούρι ⬥ Instrumental tune with Ilias Diatsidis (santur). Field recording in Karlovasi, Samos (1969).
A Wedding Rite
  • SongEastern AegeanSamos, KarlovasiWedding SongCouplets, Processional Tune

Tonight Is the Wedding Feast

  • Απόψε γάμος γίνεται ⬥ Wedding song from Karlovasi, Samos, with Katerina Papadopoulou. Recorded in 2008.
Farewell, Holy One
  • SongEastern AegeanSamos, KarlovasiCarnival Song, Lampoon, Local Song

Uncle Mathios

  • Ο μπαρμπα-Μαθιός ⬥ Carnival satirical song from Samos with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1973.
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Records

New Year Carol (Asia Minor)
  • AlbumCD2011Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Christmas, New Year and Epiphany Carols

Carols, wishes and praises for Christmas, New Year and Epiphany. Some less and some more well-known, coming from various regions of Greece (2011).
Lament
  • AlbumLP1970Le Chant du Monde

Ethnologie Vivante: Grèce

A tribute to Greece from the excellent series “Ethnologie Vivante” with rare field recordings by Domna Samiou (1970).
Farewell, Holy One
  • AlbumLP1974EMI Columbia

Farewell Holy One

One of Domna Samiou’s most characteristic LPs through which younger generations familiarized themselves with traditional folk music.
A Wedding Rite
  • AlbumUnreleased collectionDomna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Wedding Songs

Unpublished collection of thirty-four traditional songs and tunes for the wedding feast, the bride, the groom, the best men and women and all the guests.
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