Publication on the concerts of Domna Samiou’s group at the English Bach Festival (1975) Lina Lalandi again brought Domna Samiou and her Greek musicians and dancers to the Elizabeth Hall as part of the English Bach Festival. That name becomes more and more inappropriate as the years go by, for [...]
Town Hall ⬥ Publication on the concerts of Domna Samiou’s group at the English Bach Festival (1974) Friday evening's English Bach Festival high jinks in the Town Hall sent away one of the most satisfied audiences I can remember. Lina Lalandi did ethnomusicology proud by bringing Greek folk musicians and [...]
Publication on the concerts of Domna Samiou’s group at the English Bach Festival (1974) The Greek element in the English Bach Festival which mixes music of the 17th century and of our day erupted on Saturday evening in a full-scale programme by Domna Samiou’s Athenian company of folk singers and [...]
Publication on the tour of 16 concerts in cities in Sweden in 1981. An odd, but culturally very interesting program during Music by Siljan was the Greek group that appeared in the Sporthallen, Rättvik on Thursday evening. It was both song, music and dance, extensively commented on both historically and [...]
The series of international seminars on Western and Greek traditional music are starting the day after tomorrow, on Saturday, in Nafplio. The seminars were organised by the Municipality of Nafplio and the Progressive Club 'Palamidis', in collaboration with the Cologne Music Academy. They will be directed by Dimitris Terzakis and [...]
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 proclaiming the Menuhins as honorary citizens of the Municipality of Mykonos, Lakka Theatre, 1993. The subject is of course a bit old to be news, but it does not lose its value since it concerns Yehudi Menuhin. The Mayor of Mykonos Christos Varonis awarded the famous violinist [...]
Publication on the concert at the Hellenic-American Union (1960). Extract. [...] An evening of Greek traditional music in the welcoming environment of the Hellenic American Union, brought us once again in contact with the incomparable phenomenon of our peoples music. There is so much discourse about the 'creation' of a [...]
A stroll with Domna Samiou ⬥ Publication on the release of the LP 'A Stroll with Domna Samiou' (Sergiani with Domna Samiou) - extract. Domna Samiou's long history of involvemen with our traditional music, the zest with which she sought it wherever it could be found, the systematic manner in [...]
Seventy-two years old and still going strong is perhaps the best way to describe singer Domna Samiou. Few seem to have the determination, diligence and energy she has. A single smile and you'll be carried away into her magical world of music. A single song, and you'll find yourself somewhere [...]
