Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Born
October 12, 1928
Died
March 10, 2012 (age 83)
Place of Birth
Kaissariani, Athens, Greece
Also Known As
Δόμνα Σαμίου
Domna Samiou
Biography
Domna Samiou (Greek: Δόμνα Σαμίου; 12 October 1928 – 10 March 2012) was a prominent Greek researcher and performer of Greek folk music. She received her first formal musical training from Simon Karas. For over half a century she collected, recorded, and performed traditional songs of Greece (earlier called demotika, nowadays referred to as "paradosiaka" or "traditional"), around the world, appealing not only to the Greek diaspora, but also introducing non-Greek audiences to traditional Greek folk music.
