Collaborators

All the people who have collaborated with Domna are presented alphabetically. The information included in their biographical note, which have been adapted to the website’s requirements, was either provided by the collaborators themselves or by other sources. For each collaborator there is a detailed list of collaborations, including related media clippings and photographs.

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Armenian musician, born in France. After visiting, in 1980, former Soviet Armenia she started kanun lessons, with Aram Kerovpyan, student of Saadettin Öktenay. Between 1984 and 1986 she lived in Istanbul, where she continued her lessons, while taking part in various groups, among which the University choir. From 1987 […]
(1928-2023). Born in Karoti, a village located in the eastern part of the Evros Prefecture of Thrace. While still in school, he was taught Byzantine music, first by his father and later by the professor Michalis Kefalokoptis. In 1950, he came to live in Athens with his parents, where […]
(1944 – 2013) Yiorgos Amarantidis was born in Kapnohori, Kozani; his parents were refugees from Ano Matsouka of Pontus. At a young age, he started playing the Pontic lyra, in the company of his father Stathis Amarantidis and of local musician refugees from Pontus. Between 1973 and 1984 he […]
(1924 – 1989). Kevin Andrews was a scholar, writer, poet, musician and philhellene. He lived in Greece for several years and studied Greek history, as well as the Greek language and tradition. He became close with Simon Karas, with whom he also collaborated. He worked with Domna Samiou in […]
(1955-2015). Joanna Andrews was born in 1955 in New York and died on 29/12/2015 in Switzerland. She was the daughter of writer, scholar, poet and philhellene Kevin Andrews, who collaborated with Domna Samiou. She studied the oud in London and Egypt. Apart from Domna Samiou, she worked with Ross […]
(1906-1983). The traditional violinist Themistoklis aka Mistoklis Aggelis, was born in Keratea, Attica. He was a self-taught musician and participated in many traditional orchestras of his time. He collaborated with the Lyceum Club of Greek Women and from 1955 to 1968 he was a permanent member of the traditional […]
(1941-2014) Βorn in Pyrgos (Prefecture of Ilia) in Peloponnese. He studied Law at the University of Athens and Byzantine Music, under the tutelage of Simon Karas. He is the ‘protopsaltis’ (first chanter) at the Church of Saint Irene in Athens, founder and director of the Greek Byzantine Choir and […]
Antonis Apergis was born in 1963 in the suburb of Nikea in Piraeus. A composer as well as a song writer, he also plays the guitar, oud, kanun and double bass. He has collaborated with some of the leading figures of contemporary Greek music. Following his first record, a […]
Born in Ioannina in 1977, where he was also raised, Alexandros Arkadopoulos started his theoretical and practical musical education at the age of seven. The first instruments he was taught were keyboards, guitar, bouzouki and percussion. At the age of ten he started studying the flute and soon after, […]
Born and raised in the Kallipoli area in Piraeus, Eleftheria Arvanitaki's family's origins can be traced to the islands of Ikaria and Paxoi. Her first collaboration was with the 'Opisthodromiki Kompania', a group of amateur Rebetika musicians who played songs by Tsitsanis, Papaioanou, Vamvakaris and others. Her first appearance […]
(1932-2012). Born in Agrinio, in Central Greece, into a musical family. Since 1952 he has been living in Athens. He is the older brother of Christos Athanasopoulos-Mortakis. He plays various folk instruments, such as the clarinet, the flute, the lute, the oud, the zournas, and the goblet drum. His […]
Musician from Epirus (Violin)
Born in Agrinio, he is the younger brother of Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas. He plays the clarinet, the lute and the guitar with various bands in Athens and elsewhere in Greece.
Born in 1946 in Thessaloniki. He is an actor and a singer. He studied at the G. Theodosiadis Academy School of Drama and has collaborated with various troupes and groups. He has also been active as a singer, taking part in many artists’ concerts in Greece and abroad. He […]
[1912-1987]. Self-taught musician, born in Istanbul. He played the goblet drum, the daouli (davul), and all the traditional percussion instruments. He participated in the recordings of more than ten thousand songs, and took part in more than a thousand musical programs and events. He died in 1987. Concert at […]
Singer of Pontic songs, daughter of Christos Bayraktaris.
(1906-1981). Christos Bayraktaris was a Pontic lyra-player and singer. He was born in the village of Kromni, Pontus, and died in Athens. His real name was Simaioforidis. Christos Bayraktaris on Simon Karas’ group Christos Bayraktaris© Domna Samiou Archive English Bach Festival, 1973Nikos Stefanidis, Domna Samiou, Antonis Spanos, Fotis Tsilipanos, […]
She was born in 1920 in the village of Roda on the Kyzikos peninsula, Sea of Marmara. After the Catastrophe (1922), her family moved to the village of Nea Roda, Chalkidiki. There, in 1984, Domna Samiou met her and recorded her.  
(1925-2021) Mrs. Marigo Bouziou, nee Chrysogeni, was born in Astros, Peloponnese. She was a farmer. She lived and worked “like the suffering of the olives”, as she used to say, raising three children alone. Kind-hearted and smiling to everyone, she always spontaneously had a song in her mouth for […]
The Byzantine Choir 'Kalophonarides' (Good voiced ones) was formed by Yiorgos Remoundos. It is composed of twenty members and has participated in many performances in and outside of Athens as well as in radio and television broadcast programs on the state radio and television stations. The choir has presented […]
(1937-2015) Born in Epirus. He comes from the renowned musicians’ family Chalkias and is the brother of Petro-Loukas Chalkias. He plays the violin and his repertoire mostly includes tunes and songs of Epirus. He has participated in numerous musical events, as well as in various albums, among which are […]
(1914-1992) Prominent clarinetist. Born in the village Fotino of Ioannina, Epirus, and died in Piraeus. He was the youngest member of the Chalkias music troupe, which he joined at the age of seventeen. The troupe played in feasts of Epirus during the summers and in Athens during the winter. […]
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 […]