Publication on the occasion of the release of the album Kaneloriza, extracts It is twenty five years since Domna Samiou, the 'great lady' of Greek folk singing, recorded her first LP as an interpreter of our musical tradition in 19711 (she had already been involved in record production since 19582). At [...]
Publication on the concert Domna Samiou Sings Songs of Nature and of Love, Odeon of Herodes Atticus (2005) It was a breath! A breath of fresh air! Mrs Domna Samiou's concert at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. Although the term 'concert' is not really appropriate for the event, since it [...]
Domna Samiou at the Athens Concert Hall ⬥ Domna Samiou, the lady we all owe so much gratitude to for her monumental work, with a lifetime which reads like a story, presented her new CD Domna Samiou At Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall. 'Is there a consciousness of the debt [...]
Publication on a tour of 16 concerts in cities in Sweden in 1981. Sweden received Greek traditional singing with an enthusiastic welcoming, during a musical tour covering 6,500 kilometres in the distant country. A tour which lasted a whole month, with performances in towns, villages, castles and prisons... Domna Samiou [...]
Publication on the release of the album Chants des Akrites 'Greek traditional music still holds many surprises'; that is how the French musical periodical Le Monde de la musique (The world of music) presents the release by Harmonia Mundi of a record of Akritc1 songs from the 8th to the [...]
Publication on the concert 'En phones ke Organis', Herodion, 1998 This time round, the event dedicated to folk music which will take place for the fourth year running at the Herodion on Wednesday 3rd June, will be special. And how could it not be, since it will be honoured by [...]
'Greek Days' in Strasbourg ⬥ Publication on a concert at Maillon, Strasbourg in 1989. Complete communication through song, music and dance. 'We have been working for years non stop. Faced with the competition from pop music, we are trying to sustain the knowledge of traditional music and dance'. Domna has [...]
Publication on the release of the album ‘The Great North Wind and Other Traditional Songs for Children’. Extract. The new CD presented by Domna Samiou, who is always hearty and devoted to the promotion of musical traditions, is tasteful and diligently prepared. Two CDs containing thirty six songs and a [...]
Publication on the concert "Songs from the mainland and islands", Small Theatre of Epidaurus, 1999 (extract). The great lady of our traditional music, the unique guardian of our musical heritage Domna Samiou, will be welcomed on Friday and Saturday at the Small Theatre of ancient Epidaurus. Once again Domna Samiou [...]
Queen Elizabeth Hall ⬥ Publication on the concerts of Domna Samiou’s group at the English Bach Festival (1974) London's musical public is so capricious, often so ungrateful, that it was good to see the Queen Elizabeth Hall filled to overflowing on Saturday night, the audience clapping its pleasure at the [...]
