The main aims of the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association are: traditional music album releases, the cataloguing and utilization of Domna Samiou’s archives, the support and maintenance of this website, the running of the choir and the courses and, organizing musical performances.
Consistent with its mission, the Association has released until now fourteen albums of traditional music and two DVDs with extracts from concerts. The albums are thematic and are accompanied by multi-page booklets, which include the lyrics and comments on the songs, as well as numerous photographs. All the texts […]
The Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association manages Domna Samiou’s personal archive, which is the product of her long engagement with Greek tradition. Music Archive The Archive includes 320 audio tapes, some 1000 cassettes, and around 100 sound reels with studio-recorded material. More than 800 hours of music in […]
The website domnasamiou.gr was created and is maintained by the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association. The purpose of the website is to make known Domna Samiou’s contribution to the preservation and dissemination of Greek traditional music, both to the Greek and to the wider English-speaking public, and, generally, […]
A dream of Domna Samiou comes true. The Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association, in collaboration with other institutions organizes the Young Folk Music Bands’ Festivals. In these festivals, young musicians and singers who are inspired by the personality of Domna Samiou and the precious treasure she left as […]
The Courses Our Association, the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association organizes the following courses: Traditional Songs with Katerina PapadopoulouTraditional Dances with Chariton Charitonidis Courses start in October and end in June each year. They take place every Wednesday evening, from 5:00pm to 9:00pm in a place at Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall. […]