This episode is dedicated to the musical tradition of Farasa in Cappadocia. Domna Samiou meets the refugees from Farasa who settled in Platy village in Macedonia after the Asia Minor catastrophy and asks questions about their lives both past in Cappadocia (Asia Minor) and present in Greece. She also gives [...]
(1910-2005). F. Theodoros Theodoridis was born in Pharasa, Cappadocia. He devoted himself to the study of the folklore of his native land and, from 1935, worked with the Centre for Asia Minor Studies, which, in 1955, awarded him an honorary plaque. He served as president of the “Pharasa of […]
[1874-1957] Born in 1874 in Floytá, Cappadocia, Asia Minor. He drived a coach and sold carpets from village to village. After the Exchange in 1924 he settled in Nea Kokiniá (Piraeus), where he worked as a greengrocer. As his granddaughter informed the “Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archive”, he died […]
Songs of Asia Minor by Domna Samiou. Live recording from the concert ‘Songs of Asia Minor with Domna Samiou’ at the Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall, on 8/3/2005. Traditional songs from the western coasts of Asia Minor, Propontis, Constantinople, Pontus and Cappadocia.
Production: Friends of the Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archives. Fifteen recordings from 1930 with the authentic Cappadocian singers (recording by Melpo Merlier) and twelve new recordings -based on the original- from 2001, with musical supervision by Socrates Sinopoulos.
