Thodoris Georgopoulos

Born in 1968 in Germany, he traced his origins to Kato Lavdani in Pogoni. His first clarinet teachers were musicians of the Chaligiannis family from Parakalamos, Ioannina, followed by the renowned clarinetists Vassilis Soukas and Yiorgos Brachopoulos.

He studied classical harmony, Byzantine music at the school of Simon Karas, and kaval at the Academy of Plovdiv in Bulgaria. He collaborated with notable Balkan musicians in concerts and recordings centered on Balkan music.

He performed with musicians and singers from across the spectrum of Greek music, as well as with Manos Hadjidakis’ Orchestra of Colours, Lykourgos Angelopoulos, Theodoros Vasilikos, and Theodoros Vasileiou. He was also a long-time close collaborator of Domna Samiou. As a music producer and arranger, he oversaw numerous discographic projects.

During 2004–2005, he taught traditional wind instruments at the Alimos Music High School. He formed his own ensemble, with which he participated in dozens of folk and ethnic music festivals around the world.

Source: Thodoris Georgopoulos – www.klarino.gr (accessed 2025)

Songs

A Brave Young Lad Set Out
  • SongMacedoniaHistorical Song

A Brave Young Lad Set Out

  • Λεβέντης εξεκίνησε ⬥ Historical song from Macedonia with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2005.
A Little Seedling
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)NicomedeaChildren's Song

A Little Seedling

  • Ένα μικρό φιντάνι ⬥ Children’s song from Nicomedea, Propontis, with a group of children from the 9th Primary School of Nea Smyrni. Recorded in 2005.
Songs of History and Heroes
  • SongPeloponneseKlephtic Song

A Maid Decided

  • Μια κόρη τ’ απεφάσισε ⬥ Klephtic song from the Peloponnese with Zacharias Karounis. Recorded in 2004.
The Great North Wind and Other Traditional Songs for Children
  • SongThraceEvros, KarotiHistorical Song, National Legends and Laments

Alexander and the King

  • Αλέξαντρος κι βασιλιάς ⬥ Historical legend of the Fall of Constantinople. From Karoti, Evros, with Vangelis Dimoudis. Recorded in 2005.
Of Nature and of Love
  • SongPeloponneseLove Song

All the Birds, Two by Two

  • Όλα τα πουλάκια ζυγά-ζυγά ⬥ Kalamatianos from the Peloponnese with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2005.
All the Captains’ Women
  • SongEpirusKlephtic Song

All the Captains’ Women

  • Όλες οι καπετάνισσες ⬥ Klephtic song from Epirus with Michalis Zambas. Recorded in 2004.
All the Castles I Have Seen
  • SongPeloponneseFable Song (Ballad)

All the Castles I Have Seen

(The Castle of the Beautiful Maid)

  • Όλα τα κάστρα τα είδα ⬥ Fable song (ballad) from the Peloponnese with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2004.
Androutsos’ Mother
  • SongCentral GreeceKlephtic Song

Androutsos’ Mother

  • Τ’ Αντρούτσου η μάνα ⬥ Klephtic song from Central Greece with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2004.
Three Black-Eyed Girls
  • SongCentral GreeceViotia, Avlida

At the Mountain of St. Theodoros

  • Στ’ Άγιο Θοδώρου το βουνό ⬥ Dance song from Avlida, Viotia, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2006.
Songs of History and Heroes
  • SongEpirusKlephtic Song

At Tseritsiana’s Well

  • Στη βρύση στα Τσερίτσιανα ⬥ Klephtic song from Epirus with Antonis Kyritsis. Recorded in 2004.
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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,.
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.
Folk Fables in Song
  • AlbumCD, Digital release2008Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Folk Fables in Song

Tales of the fabulous and the fantastic combining the real world with the supernatural. Narrating stories, often tragic, which might once have occurred – or could do so one day.
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.
Songs of Dame Sea
  • AlbumCD, Digital release2002Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Songs of Dame Sea

The wealth of Greek traditional music has been enriched by every aspect of maritime tradition – by its values, virtues and charm – as is amply demonstrated by this wonderful collection of songs.
Songs of History and Heroes
  • 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.
Three Black-Eyed Girls
  • AlbumDigital releaseDomna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

The Earth’s Three Bounties

Wheat, wine, oil. He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate· bringing forth food from the earth: wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts (Psalm 104, 15)
The Great North Wind and Other Traditional Songs for Children
  • AlbumCD, Digital release2007Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

The Great North Wind and Other Traditional Songs for Children

This CD is a good companion to those who want to offer their children a hint of a different magical world.
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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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.
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