Kyriakos Tapakis

Born in Athens in 1977, of Cypriot origin. In 1995 he graduated from the Pallini Music High School and began his studies at the Department of Music Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

At the Pallini Music High School he was taught to play the oud, the tambouras, the tzouras, the bouzouki, Folk and Byzantine music, and Arabic maqam. He was also educated on Harmony and European music. In addition, at the Piraeus Conservatoire, he was taught Byzantine music, the tambouras and jazz guitar, while at the same time he continued his Byzantine music lessons at the association ‘Romanos o Melodos’.

He has collaborated with various artists and music groups, and is a member of the traditional orchestra Estoudiantina Neas Ionias. He has attended many seminars in Greece and abroad (European program ‘Medimuses’, Israel, Turkey, Palestine, Armenia, Lebanon etc.). He has also participated in numerous recording sessions as well as in musical events, festivals, and concerts, in Greece and abroad.

From 2015 he is member of the Anastatica Project by Katerina Papadopoulou.

Source: Kyriakos Tapakis & www.loxandramusic.gr

Songs

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  • SongAsia MinorErythraea, MeliFable Song (Ballad)

A Little Shorty (Meli, Erythraea)

  • Ένας κοντός κοντούτσικος (Mελί Eρυθραίας) ⬥ A little shorty, a short little man, aides pouli mou aides, had a beautiful wife and the whole neighbourhood, aman aman, was jealous, the whole country was jealous of him and none more than his own mother. A pasha, too, was jealous of his beautiful wife [...]
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  • SongPropontisPeramosFable Song (Ballad)

A Maid Would Have Her Way

  • Κουράσιν εβουλήθηκε ⬥ A maid would go would go a-strolling and then go back again. She called her neighbours together yes, by Saint George and the young girls, too. And she went down to the shore save me, Saint George, save me they went down to the sea. They saw [...]
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  • SongPropontisNicomedea, KatirliFable Song (Ballad)

A Prince Is to Be Wed

(Evil In-Laws)

  • Αρχοντογιός παντρεύεται ⬥ A prince is to be wed to a dark-eyed bride whose folk sought refuge here. His bride-to-be’s from uprooted stock, little refugee I weep for thee. When his mother heard the news she uprooted trees, dearest dark-eyed maid, she uprooted trees, uprooted maid I weep for thee. [...]
Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaAnakouAcritic Song

A Widow Bore a Child

(The Song of Porfyris)

  • Χήρα παιδίν εγέννησε ⬥ Studio recording, 2001. Porphiris the hero of this Byzantine ballad has superhuman powers. One day he boasts that he is not afraid of anybody, not even the king him­self. The king orders his arrest. He is found asleep and bound in chains. In this particular variant [...]
Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaMalakopiFor the Bride, Wedding Song

Aĝlama

  • Μην κλαις ⬥ Studio recording, 2001. This song was sung in Malacopí, after the song Wedding Procession Song, during the procession leading the bride to church for the wedding. The usual accompaniment was no more than one or two tambourines.
In the middle of the sea
  • SongEastern AegeanSamothraceLove SongCouplets

As I Turn and See Your Angle Face

  • Όταν γυρίσω και το δω ⬥ Studio recording, 2002. Collected in Samothrace by Nikólaos B. Phardýs, at the end of the 19th century
Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaFlogitaLove Song

Ben Atimi

  • Εγώ, το άλογό μου ⬥ Studio recording, 2001. According to the singer from Floytá recorded in 1930: “This song was sung at festive occasions. At evening gatherings people sang it along with the bouzouki and the tambourine. And one of them stood up and danced playing the spoons. This was [...]
In the middle of the sea
  • SongEastern AegeanSamothraceWedding Song

By the Threshing Floor

  • Εδώ πέρα κι αντίπερα ⬥ Studio recording, 2002. Collected in Samothrace by Nikólaos B. Phardýs, at the end of the 19th century.
In the middle of the sea
  • SongAsia MinorSmyrna

Damn You Oh Smyrna

  • Ανάθεμά σε Σμύρνη ⬥ Studio recording, 2002. Collected in Smyrna by Nikólaos B. Phardýs, at the end of the 19th century.
Τα παλαιά μου βάσανα
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaFarasaInstrumental

Dance with kerchiefs

  • Χορός μαντιλιών
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Records

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  • 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 11th of October 2005, includes songs and rituals related to the cycle of the agricultural year, rewarding human labour and telling of man’s relationship to nature.
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  • AlbumCD, Digital release2017Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Epic Songs of Warriors and Heroes

The publication includes 30 songs, inspired by the popular tradition of story-telling, relating tales of brave warriors, both high-ranked lords, and lowly soldiers. Centering on heroic Digenis, they originate from all parts of Greece. The publication also contains a detailed booklet analyzing the history surrounding the songs, and their interpretation. […]
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  • AlbumCD, Digital release2008Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Folk Fables in Song

In fables, fragments of ancient myths are preserved. On this CD, Domna Samiou & her collaborators sing tales of the fabulous and the fantastic combining the real world with the supernatural and narrating stories, often tragic, which might once have occurred – or could do so one day – however […]
In the middle of the sea
  • AlbumCD2002Friends of the Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archives

In the Middle of the Sea

Songs from Samothrace
Music from Greece: Δομνα Σαμίου
  • 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.
Τα παλαιά μου βάσανα
  • 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.
Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • AlbumCD2002Friends of the Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archives

Songs of Cappadocia

Production: Friends of the Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archives. Fifteen recordings from 1930 with the authentic Cappadocian singers (recording by Melpo Merlier) and twelve new recordings -based on the original- from 2001, with musical supervision by Socrates Sinopoulos.
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  • AlbumCD, Digital release2007Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Songs of History and Heroes

The retelling of fine, magnificent, heroic deeds from the past has always inspired a future path for every nation, the weft on which its future is woven. Austere and Doric, as stern as the heroes they describe, these songs from history function both as chronicles and musical myths, and as […]
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Concerts

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  • Concert
  • 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.
Μικρασιάτικα τραγούδια με τη Δόμνα Σαμίου
  • Concert
  • 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 Propontis, Constantinople, Pontus and Cappadocia and two Byzantine hymns from the musical tradition of the Orthodox Church. A musical variety that is […]
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