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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She was born in Athens. At the age of eight, she joined I. Tsiamoulis’s traditional music choir, where she took classes in folk singing, Byzantine music and the traditional dances of Greece, and took part in the choir’s concerts and record releases. At the age of thirteen, she began […]
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Chariton Charitonidis 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 of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. 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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Born in 1954 in Karoti, a village of Didymoteicho in the Evros Prefecture of Thrace. He is a dancer, a dance master, an oudist, and a singer. In 1972, together with the dance music group of his village, he visited Athens to present dances from Thrace at the theatre […]
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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. […]