Volkan Yilmaz

Turkish musician. He was born in 1975 in Istanbul, where at the age of 11 he began his musical studies on the ney at the State Conservatory of Turkish Music. In 1996, he joined the Istanbul TRT State Turkish Music Ensemble as a soloist. He has taken part in various festivals in Turkey and abroad.

Songs

Domna Samiou At Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall
  • SongEastern AegeanChiosFable Song (Ballad)

A Trader Made His Way

  • Πραματευτής κατέβαινε ⬥ Fable song (ballad) from Chios with Domna Samiou. Live recording (1998).
Domna Samiou At Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Fable Song (Ballad)

Forty Stonemasons

(Arta's Bridge)

  • Σαράντα μαστορόπουλα ⬥ Fable song (ballad) from Asia Minor with the Domna Samiou Choir. Live recording (1998).
Songs of Dame Sea
  • SongCentral GreeceEuboea, KymiSea and Sailors SongCouplets, Table Song

Should You See a Vessel Pass

  • Αν δεις καράβι να περνά ⬥ Slow table song in the Mariniana style from Kymi, Euboea, with Domna Samiou. Live recording (1998).
Domna Samiou At Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall
  • SongImprovisation, Instrumental

Taximi

  • Ταξίμι ⬥ Instrumental improvisation by Fahrettin Çimenli (bowed tambouras) and Volkan Yilmaz (ney). Live recording (1998).
Domna Samiou At Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall
  • SongSporades IslandsSkyrosLove SongCouplets

The Night Endures for Thirteen Hours

  • Η νύχτα ώρες δεκατρείς ⬥ Table, slow love song from Skyros with Domna Samiou. Live recording (1998).
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Records

Domna Samiou At Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall
  • AlbumCD, Digital release1999Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Domna Samiou At Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall

Live recording of the tribute concert for Domna Samiou’s seventieth birthday, at The Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall, in 1998.
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.
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.
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Concerts

The Known and the Unknown Domna
  • Συναυλία
  • 29/10/1998

The Known and the Unknown Domna

A great concert called ‘The known and unknown Domna’, part of the series ‘Bridges’; a tribute concert for her seventieth birthday. Some of her closer friends and collaborators were invited as guests: Lykourgos Angelopoulos, Dionysis Savvopoulos, Eleftheria Arvanitaki as well as the two distinguished Turkish musicians Fahrettin Çimenli and Volkan […]
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