Yiorgos Makris

Born in 1977 in Alistrati in the Serres Prefecture, Central Macedonia. He studied the piano at the National Conservatoire and is self-taught on the Pontic bagpipe (gaida) and on the kaval.

He plays the bagpipe (gaida) and has collaborated with well-known artists; he has also participated in tours both in and outside of Greece.

Member of the music group 'Theros' (2002-2006), founder member of the traditional group 'Alistrata', of 'Muhabbet Mafia Band', and of 'Paradoxonia Jazz Band'.

He has participated in the albums of many musicians and since 2008 he has been teaching the bagpipe (gaida) at the Athens Conservatory.

Songs

The Great North Wind and Other Traditional Songs for Children
  • SongThraceEvros, KarotiHistorical Song, National Legends and Laments

Alexander and the King

  • Αλέξαντρος κι βασιλιάς ⬥ Alexander, bre aman aman, Alexander and the king, Alexander brave and strong and little Constantine. They ate together, bre aman aman, they ate and drank together, Alexander brave and strong, and feasted and revelled together. And as they ate and as they drank and as they revelled they [...]
Three Black-Eyed Girls
  • SongThraceImmigration Song

Between Two Mountains

  • Σε δυο βουνά ανάμεσα ⬥ Dance song from Thrace with Vangelis Dimoudis. Recorded in 2006.
The Great North Wind and Other Traditional Songs for Children
  • SongThraceEvros, SoufliChildren's Song, Lampoon

Down on the Barbary Plane

  • Κάτου στ'ς Μπαρμπαριάς τουν κάμπου ⬥ Children’s satirical song from Thrace with Vangelis Dimoudis and a children’s choir. Recorded in 2005.
Folk Fables in Song
  • SongEastern Thrace & RoumeliaFable Song (Ballad), Philosophical Song

I Passed by and Bade Good Day

  • Πέρασα καλημέρισα ⬥ Fable song from Bana, Eastern Roumelia, with Vangelis Dimoudis. Recorded in 2006.
I Will Climb a Mountain High
  • SongThraceEvros, AmbelakiaLove Song

I Will Climb a Mountain High

  • Θ' ανέβω σε ψηλό βουνό ⬥ Dance song from Ambelakia, Orestiada (Evros), with Vangelis Dimoudis. Recorded in 2005.
Folk Fables in Song
  • SongEastern Thrace & RoumeliaFable Song (Ballad)

The Dead Brother

  • Του νεκρού αδελφού ⬥ What a mother, vai aman aman, what a fine mother, what a mother, ela giareni mou ela, what a fine mother is she with, vai aman aman, with the nine sons and, ela giareni mou ela, the only daughter. Matchmakers came from Babylon to take Areti far away to foreign [...]
Tricked by the Birds
  • SongThraceEvros, AmbelakiaCharon's Song

Tricked by the Birds

  • Με γέλασαν τα πουλιά ⬥ Tricked I was, tricked by the birds, tricked by the nightingales of spring. They tricked me and told me I would never die. And I built my home up higher than the rest with seven, eight floors and three score windows, at one of which [...]
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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,.
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.
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.
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