The Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association organizes the following courses:
Traditional Songs by Katerina Papadopoulou
Traditional Dances by Chariton Charitonodes
Courses take place every Wednesday, 5-9 pm at At Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall, rehearsal room 12. They start in October and end in June of each year. Katerina Papadopoulou is in charge.
If you are interested in our courses, please, fill out the Application Form.
The teachers
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Vocalist with a long-standing career in Greek traditional music — and beyond. With deep knowledge and a wide repertoire of regional idioms of the Greek musical tradition, she presents her work with consistency, artistic integrity, and refined aesthetics. She collaborated with leading figures of Greek traditional music in concerts […]
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Holds a BSc in Physical Education and Sport Science, majoring in “Greek Traditional Dance”, and MSc in “Folklore-Dance Anthropology” from the School of Physical Education and Sport Science (SPESS) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). Ηe is a PhD candidate in “Dance Studies” at the same […]
Vangelis Dimoudis and Ilias Yfantidis are invited to teach songs from Thrace and Pontus respectively.
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Dancer, dance instructor, oud player, and singer, he was born in 1954 in Karoti, Didymoteicho, Evros. In 1972, he moved to Athens with the entire music and dance group from his village to perform Thracian dances at the Greek Dances Theatre “Dora Stratou”, where he remained for 20 years. […]
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Born in 1976 in Athens. He grew up in a family of deep musical tradition, with the sound of the Pontic lyra; his grandfather played the lyra as well. At the age of seven he began his music studies at the Hellenic Conservatoire of Athens and in other conservatoires. […]