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. Kalovasi, 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 ♦ Studio recording, 2011. Domna Samiou taped the carol in Karlovasi, Samos island, by Ilias Diatsidis and his daughters Kyranio Diatsidou and Keti Diatsidou, in 1969.
Lament
  • SongEastern AegeanSamos, KarlovasiImprovisation, Instrumental

Santur Solo

  • Σόλο σαντούρι
A Wedding Rite
  • SongEastern AegeanSamos, KarlovasiWedding SongCouplets, Processional Tune

Tonight Is the Wedding Feast

  • Απόψε γάμος γίνεται ⬥ Studio recording, 2008. Domna Samiou taped the song in Karlovasi, Samos, by the sandur player Ilias Diatsidis, sung by his daughters Keti and Kyranio and the Spandou sisters Georgia and Despina, in 1969.
Farewell, Holy One
  • SongEastern AegeanSamos, KarlovasiCarnival Song, Lampoon, Local Song

Uncle Mathios

  • Ο μπαρμπα-Μαθιός ⬥ Studio recording, 1973. Domna Samiou taped the song in Karlovasi, Samos, sung by the santoúri (santur or dulcimer) player Ilias Diatsidis, in 1969.
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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. It combines an aesthetically meticulous edition with accurate interpretations and perfect recordings. The song 'Farewell Holy One' has been sung and danced so many times all around Greece and abroad that has been […]
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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