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It sits within the topics 1928 births, 2012 deaths and 20th-century Greek women singers.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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Kaissariani, Athens, Greece
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,…
Known for
- Athens 2004: Olympic Closing Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) — Herself2004
- With Pleasure, Savvopoulos — Self1975
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Greece
- Active from
- 1928-10-12
- Active to
- 2012-03-10
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5,778
- Total plays
- 33,833
Tags
Domna Samiou (Δόμνα Σαμίου), born in 1928, in Athens, Greece, is a Greek musicologist, educator, and singer. Samiou’s mother fled to Greece from Turkey in 1922, her husband having been taken prisoner of war; each thought the other dead, but they were reunited after he was released in 1924. Domna Samiou was born in a refugee camp in Kesariani, Athens. Despite their deep poverty, the family used to sing around the stove on winter nights. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Domna+Samiou">Read more
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Greece
- Place of birth
- Kaisariani
- Place of death
- Athens
- Occupation
- musicologist
- Languages spoken
- Greek
- Student of
- Simon Karas
- Genre
- Greek folk music
- Instrument
- davul
- Image
- Δόμνα Σαμίου.jpg
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- date of death
- 2012-03-10
- date of birth
- 1928-10-12
- name in native language
- Δόμνα Σαμίου
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