Yiorgos Koros

(1923–2014) | Violin virtuoso. He was born in the village of Androniani, in the Karystia region of Euboea. His father was a chanter, studied Byzantine music, ran a barber shop in the village, and played the laouto (lute).

Yiorgos began playing the mandolin at the age of 8, and later his father gave him a violin. In 1937, the family moved to Athens, where he attended the first grades of junior high school. He played alongside his father at weddings and festivals from the age of 9.

After the war, he collaborated with many prominent figures in Greek music, composed over a thousand songs, and earned numerous gold and platinum records. He also had a significant presence in Byzantine music.

Source: Yiorgos E. Papadakis, Practical Folk Instrumentalists, Athens, 1983

Songs

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.
A Walk in Sergiani
  • SongDodecaneseWedding Song

Come All You Birds

  • Ελάτε όλα τα πουλιά ⬥ Wedding song from the Dodecanese with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1986.
Farewell, Holy One
  • SongConstantinopleLove SongCouplets

Health to You, O Holy One

(Farewell, Holy One)

  • Έχε γεια Παναγιά ⬥ Fast hasapikos from Constantinople with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1973.
A Walk in Sergiani
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Love SongCouplets

Kanaria

  • Τα κανάρια ⬥ Table song from Asia Minor with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1986.
A Walk in Sergiani
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)Instrumental

Karsilamas Dance

  • Καρσιλαμάς ⬥ Instrumental tune from Asia MInor with Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (clarinet) and Yiorgos Koros (violin). Recorded in 1986.
A Walk in Sergiani
  • SongMacedoniaChalkidiki, IerissosLove Song, Wedding Song

My Love Is Getting Married

  • Η αγάπη μου παντρεύεται ⬥ Song from Ierissos, Chalkidiki, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1986.
A Walk in Sergiani
  • SongCycladesInstrumental

Syrtos Dance of Kythnos

  • Θερμιώτικο συρτό ⬥ Instrumental dance tune from Kythnos with Yiorgos Koros (violin) and Tassos Diakogiorgis (santur). Recorded in 1986.
Farewell, Holy One
  • SongEastern AegeanSamos, KarlovasiCarnival Song, Lampoon, Local Song

Uncle Mathios

  • Ο μπαρμπα-Μαθιός ⬥ Carnival satirical song from Samos with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1973.
A Walk in Sergiani
  • SongEastern AegeanChios, VolissosCarnival Song, Lampoon

When You Want to Get Married Stranger

  • Ξένε σα θες να παντρευτείς ⬥ Carnival satirical song from Volissos, Chios, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1986.
Farewell, Holy One
  • SongAsia Minor (Western Coast)SmyrnaInstrumental

Zeimbekikos of Smyrna

  • Ζεϊμπέκικο Σμύρνης ⬥ Instrumental tune, also known as “Ayvaliotiko”, with Kyriakos Kostoulas (clarinet), Yiorgos Koros (violin), Nikos Stefanidis (kanun), Karyofyllis Doitsidis (oud). Recorded in 1973.
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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.
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.
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