Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas

(1932–2012) | He was born in Agrinio, Central Greece, and came from a family of musicians. In 1952, he settled in Athens. He was the older brother of Christos Athanasopoulos-Mortakis.

He played various folk instruments, including the clarinet, flute, laouto (lute), oud, zournas, and goblet drum. His repertoire includes traditional songs of Smyrna (Izmir), Thessaly, Central Greece, and Macedonia. For twenty years he worked with Vassilis Saleas. He has participated as a musician in numerous albums, as well as in radio and television shows. Moreover, he has taken part in musical events in Greece and abroad.

Sources: Yiorgos E. Papadakis’ archive & short note for the album My Emigrated Bird

Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (oud) and Mathios Ventouris (lute). USA, 1983
Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (oud) and Mathios Ventouris (lute). USA, 1983

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Songs

Songs About Greeks Far From Home (LP)
  • SongThessalyMagnesia, TrikeriFable Song (Ballad)

A Fair Trikeriotissa

  • Μια κόρη Τρικεριώτισσα ⬥ Fable song (ballad) from Trikeri, Magnesia, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1989.
A Walk in Sergiani
  • SongCentral GreeceAtticaLocal Song, Love SongCouplets, Processional Tune

A Walk in Sergiani

  • Σεργιάνι ’ναι στη Σεργιανή ⬥ Processional tune from Attica with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1986.
Epic Songs of Warriors and Heroes
  • SongCappadocia & KonyaAnakouAcritic Song

A Widow Bore a Child

(The Song of Porphyris)

  • Χήρα-ν παιδίν εγέννησε ⬥ Acritic song from Anakou, Cappadocia, with Domna Samiou. Live recording (1982).
Songs About Greeks Far From Home (LP)
  • SongPeloponneseImmigration Song

All Turn Their Gaze upon the Sun

  • Όλοι τον ήλιο τον τηρούν ⬥ Immigration song from the Peloponnese with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1989.
Songs of Asia Minor 2
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Erythraea, AlatsataLove SongCouplets

Ataris

  • Άταρης ⬥ Dance love song from Altsata, Erythraea (Asia Minor), with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1984.
Songs of Asia Minor 2
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Erythraea, AlatsataLove SongCouplets

Balos from Alatsata

  • Αλατσατιανός μπάλος ⬥ Love couplets from Alatsata, Erythraea, with Kleoniki Tzoanaki. Recorded in 1984.
By the Flowering Oleander
  • SongEpirusPogoniLove Song

By the Flowering Oleander

  • Στης πικροδάφνης τον ανθό ⬥ Dance song from Pogoni, Epirus, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1975.
Dance (With Wooden Spoons)
  • SongCappadocia & KonyaKonya, SilleInstrumental

Dance (With Wooden Spoons)

  • Χορός κουταλιών ⬥ Instrumental dance tune from Sille, Konya, with Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (clarinet). Recorded in 1991.
Songs of Asia Minor 2
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Erythraea, MeliLove SongCouplets

Dimitroula

  • Δημητρούλα ⬥ Antikristos dance from Meli, Erythraea, Asia Minor, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1984.
Kaneloriza
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Smyrna, BaindiriLove SongCouplets

Do Not Nurture Any Doubts

  • Υποψία να μην έχεις ⬥ Dance song from Asia Minor with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1991.
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Records

A Walk in Sergiani
  • AlbumLP1986Sirius

A Stroll with Domna Samiou

This is the product of an ‘alternative’ collaboration. After a personal invitation from Manos Hadjidakis, Domna Samiou publishes in Seiros this LP with songs which are for the first time brought together in a record.
By the Flowering Oleander
  • AlbumLP1976EMIAΛ Columbia

By the Flowering Oleander

A classic LP of Domna Samiou which brings together some of the masterpieces of Greek traditional folk music. It is a representative compilation of songs from different areas of Greece performed in an authentic way in respect of their lyrics, music and way of singing.
Epic Songs of Warriors and Heroes
  • AlbumCD, Digital release2017Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Epic Songs of Warriors and Heroes

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.
Kaneloriza
  • AlbumCD, Digital release1995Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Kaneloriza

Includes songs and tunes in “7 beats to the bar” (the rhythm of kalamatianos dances) and in “9 beats to the bar” (the rhythm of zeibekikos and karsilamas dances) with lyrics and melodies both erotic and sorrowful.
Four and Four
  • 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.
My Emigrated Bird
  • AlbumLP1980Caprice

My Emigrated Bird

The first LP by the state-run ‘Concerts Sweden Rikskonserter’ produced with non-Swedish musicians. Domna Samiou was chosen for her valuable contribution to traditional Greek folk music.
Songs About Greeks Far From Home (LP)
  • AlbumCD, Digital release1992UNHCR – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Songs About Greeks Far From Home

This CD, published by UNHCR with an informative booklet, includes sixteen songs narrating different aspects of migrating to foreign lands: departure and life in foreign lands; the lives of families left behind; death in foreign lands or a return home.
Songs About Greeks Far From Home (LP)
  • AlbumDigital release, LP1989UNHCR – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Songs About Greeks Far From Home (LP)

This LP includes nineteen songs narrating all the different aspects of migrating in foreign lands: the departure and the life to foreign lands, the life of the family left behind, death in these foreign lands or the return home.
Songs of Asia Minor 2
  • AlbumDigital release, LP1984Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Songs of Asia Minor 1

On this LP, Domna Samiou presents songs and dances she recorded among refugees of Asia Minor: heartfelt interpretations dedicated to Baindiri, Domna’s hometown in Asia Minor. This LP marked the founding of the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association.
Songs of Asia Minor 2
  • AlbumDigital release, LP1991Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Songs of Asia Minor 2

On this LP, Domna Samiou presents songs and dances she recorded among refugees of Asia Minor: heartfelt interpretations dedicated to Baindiri, Domna’s hometown in Asia Minor. This LP complements ‘Songs of Asia Minor N° 1’ published in 1984.
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Concerts

Concerts at the English Bach Festival
  • Συναυλία
  • 1971-1980

Concerts at the English Bach Festival

Invited by Lina Lalandi, founder of the English Bach Festival and clavichordist, Domna Samiou made five appearances in the festival, presenting, in what could be the first time, the authentic traditional music of Greece to the English audience.
With Evgenios Spatharis in Shadow Theatre Performances
  • Συναυλία
  • 1978-1997

With Evgenios Spatharis in Shadow Theatre Performances

Performances with legendary shadow theatre artist Evgenios Spatharis, from Stockholm to the sidewalks of Marousi.
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