Mathios Ventouris | Domna Samiou

Mathios Ventouris

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Lutist and singer. He was born in 1916 on the island of Kimolos. He learned how to play the lute from an elderly lutist compatriot of his. He played the lute at feasts and weddings on Kimolos from a young age. Apart from being a musician, he worked as a sailor and carpenter.

When he moved to Athens, he played and sang for years with Dora Stratou’s band. He worked with Domna Samiou in television and the radio, as well as concerts and disc recordings.

Source: Domna Samiou Archive

Cappadocia / Konya Anakou Acritic song

A widow bore a child (The Song of Porfyris)

A widow bore a child and called him Prosfylis, she bore him behind bars, she suckled him in a prison. Aged one, he took up ...

Thessaly Magnesia, Keramidi Historical song, National legends and laments

Amidst three Seas

Ανάμεσα τρεις θάλασσες

Carnival song

An old woman, an old gran

Μια γριά μπαμπόγρια

Dodecanese Kastelorizo Love song

Gone with my scarf

Έφκε με το μαντήλι μου

Sporades Skiathos Love song

I see some ships approaching port

I see some ships approaching port, how beautiful they seem to me, ships that sail across the waters, rending my faint heart...

Eastern Aegean Lesvos, Skoutaro Love song, Nursery song

I want to climb up to the top

Θέλω ν' ανέβω στα ψηλά

Asia Minor Distichs Love song

Kanaria

Τα κανάρια

Asia Minor Erythrea, Çeşme Carolling New Year's carol, Ritual song

New Year's carol (Asia Minor)

Κάλαντα Πρωτοχρονιάς

Panhellenic Acritic song

Now the birds (A soldier and a tree)

Now the birds, now the swallows, now the partridges, now the partridges are singing more and more: – Wake up, master, wake ...

Peloponnese Acritic song, Wedding song

Now the birds...

Now the birds, now the swallows, Now the partridges do not cease singing and saying: – Awake, my lord, awake, my good lord,...

Cyclades Instrumental

Syrtos dance of Kythnos

Peloponnese Carnival song, Lampoon

The crab's to wed

Παντρεύουνε τον κάβουρα

Cyprus Fable song (ballad), Acritic song

The four Palikari

Four and four make eight, Four Palikari go to the wars. On their way they are hungry And they sit down to eat, but they ...

Asia Minor Smyrna Distichs Love song

The widow

Widow, change your name, don't let them call you widow, for you make my eyes weep night and day. But why don't tell us the...

Thrace Distichs Love song, Spring song

They say that May and spring are here

Λεν ήρθι Μάης κι Άνοιξη

Sporades Skiathos Distichs Love song

Your eyes, my eyes

Τα μάτια σου, τα μάτια μου