Μάρθα Μαυροειδή (Martha Mavroidi) is a singer, lafta player and composer fr… Read Full Bio ↴Μάρθα Μαυροειδή (Martha Mavroidi) is a singer, lafta player and composer from Greece. Born in Athens, Martha grew up listening to folk music from around the globe. Her father, an ethnomusicologist and radio producer, introduced her to the music of the world's cultures, bringing home from his radio shows music records from Asia, Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. At 12 she entered the Music High School of Athens where she specialized in Greek folk music, singing and playing various types of folk lutes. While still a student she developed an interest in the music of Turkey and studied the saz. Later she focused on the lafta, the Greek and Turkish folk lute which became her main instrument.
At the age of 23 she left Greece to pursue graduate studies in ethnomusicology in London at the School of Oriental and African Studies, where she found herself in a multicultural environment, interacting with musicians from different cultural backgrounds. In London she began her long-lasting relation with Bulgarian singing, studying with some of Bulgaria's most renowned singers. Her need to explore music beyond the boundaries of tradition led her to Amsterdam where she completed a Masters in Contemporary music at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam. She specialized in improvisation using non-western techniques in contemporary music contexts. There she began composing her own music, combining her folk music background with contemporary music trends.
Her fascination with world music persisted, however, and she moved to California to continue her graduate studies in ethnomusicology at UCLA, specializing in the music of the Balkans. In Los Angeles she became a part of the vivid Balkan music scene, collaborating with musicians and composers, as well as recording for the film industry and for independent productions as a singer and lafta player.
In 2005 she returned to Greece and she started collaborating with some of Greece's most celebrated musicians in concerts and recordings (Σαβίνα Γιαννάτου - Savina Yannatou, Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος - Dionissis Savvopoulos, Mode Plagal). At the same time she put together her own band, playing music from the Balkans and her own compositions. In 2008 she designed and had built an electric lafta, the first known electric lafta to be constructed, which has become her signature instrument. On the electric lafta she has incorporated different techniques that she has mastered as a folk musician with elements of contemporary music, creating a unique style of performance. Her compositions also reflect the multiplicity of her musical influences, blending folk melodies with jazz harmony and improvisation. She has composed music for films (Princess' Taste, Tomorrow already, Pink River, The guide), documentaries and dance theaters (M, Parrot, Guard Dog). As a singer she combines the rich colors of Bulgarian singing, with the ornaments and the microtonal subtleties of Greek and Middle Eastern singing. Both her vocal qualities and her virtuosity on the lafta have been praised by critics and fellow musicians in the Balkan-jazz music scene. In the beginning of 2010 she released her debut album "The garden of Rila" at WE SAW Productions.
At the age of 23 she left Greece to pursue graduate studies in ethnomusicology in London at the School of Oriental and African Studies, where she found herself in a multicultural environment, interacting with musicians from different cultural backgrounds. In London she began her long-lasting relation with Bulgarian singing, studying with some of Bulgaria's most renowned singers. Her need to explore music beyond the boundaries of tradition led her to Amsterdam where she completed a Masters in Contemporary music at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam. She specialized in improvisation using non-western techniques in contemporary music contexts. There she began composing her own music, combining her folk music background with contemporary music trends.
Her fascination with world music persisted, however, and she moved to California to continue her graduate studies in ethnomusicology at UCLA, specializing in the music of the Balkans. In Los Angeles she became a part of the vivid Balkan music scene, collaborating with musicians and composers, as well as recording for the film industry and for independent productions as a singer and lafta player.
In 2005 she returned to Greece and she started collaborating with some of Greece's most celebrated musicians in concerts and recordings (Σαβίνα Γιαννάτου - Savina Yannatou, Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος - Dionissis Savvopoulos, Mode Plagal). At the same time she put together her own band, playing music from the Balkans and her own compositions. In 2008 she designed and had built an electric lafta, the first known electric lafta to be constructed, which has become her signature instrument. On the electric lafta she has incorporated different techniques that she has mastered as a folk musician with elements of contemporary music, creating a unique style of performance. Her compositions also reflect the multiplicity of her musical influences, blending folk melodies with jazz harmony and improvisation. She has composed music for films (Princess' Taste, Tomorrow already, Pink River, The guide), documentaries and dance theaters (M, Parrot, Guard Dog). As a singer she combines the rich colors of Bulgarian singing, with the ornaments and the microtonal subtleties of Greek and Middle Eastern singing. Both her vocal qualities and her virtuosity on the lafta have been praised by critics and fellow musicians in the Balkan-jazz music scene. In the beginning of 2010 she released her debut album "The garden of Rila" at WE SAW Productions.
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Θαλασσάκι
Μάρθα Μαυροειδή Lyrics
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@klkpklkp
Στίχοι: Παραδοσιακό
Μουσική: Αντώνης Απέργης
Περιοχή: Κυκλάδες
1. Κώστας Παυλίδης
2. Σοφία Ασσυχίδου
Γίνε πουλί μου θάλασσα
κι εγώ το ακρογιάλι
να ’ρχεσαι με τα κύμματα
στην εδική μου αγκάλη
Αμυγδαλάκι τσάκισα
και μέσα σε ζωγράφισα
Ο μισεμός είναι καημός
το έχε γεια είναι ζάλη
και το καλώς ορίσατε
είναι χαρά μεγάλη
Θάλασσα κι αλμυρό νερό
να σου κακιώσω δεν μπορώ
Σταλαγματιά σταλαγματιά
το μάρμαρο τρυπιέται
κι αγάπη που δεν παίρνεται
δεν πρέπει ν’ αγαπιέται
Θαλασσα θαλασσάκι μου
και φέρε το πουλάκι μου
Θάλασσα κι αλμυρό νερό
να σου κακιώσω δεν μπορώ
@dimitris9758
Hi! I have to inform you that the translation can't describe the meanings of the song because most of the words have unique meanings that I can't explain in any other language except Greek. Apart from that, I tried to translate the song.
Title: Little Sea
Lyrics:
Turn my bird into sea
and I will be the beach
you will be coming with the waves
in my hug
I crumpled a small almond
and I paint you in it
The detestation is longing
the goodbye is dizziness
and the welcome
is big joy
Sea and salty water
I can't be mean with you
Trickle trickle
the marble is being pierced
and love that is not being taken
shouldn't being loved
Sea my little sea
and bring my little bird (it means bring my little boy)
Sea and salty water
I can't be mean with you
@kiranheath2726
Here is a different translation to English that I found:
Oh my bird, become a sea
And I'll become the seaside
So that you'll come with the waves
Straight to my embrace
I opened up an almond seed
And I drew you in its inner part
Leaving is saddening
The "goodbye" makes me dizzy
And the "welcome"
Brings so much joy.
Oh sea and salty water
I cannot hold it against you.
Drop after drop,
The marble is split apart.
And loving from afar
Must not exist to begin with.
Oh my sea, my little "sea",
Bring my little bird back
Oh sea and salty water
I cannot hold it against you.
@eclipselio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuM1eX0-nNc
@marymavrommati6125
Πόσο ευπλαστη φωνή! Πόσους τονους και ημιτονια πιανει η φωνή της. Ένα δειγμα τεχνης της ελληνικης παραδοσιακης μουσικης ειναι εδω!
@user-dm3sv1qu9c
Άξια κόρη του αείμνηστου μεγάλου Μάριου Μαυροειδή, του ιδρυτή των μουσικών σχολείων, αιωνία του η μνήμη!
@willowclay3137
When I see Italians and Greeks, I see my heritage lol. Mediterranean features are so strong!
@CaneLiberoo
πανεμορφη Μαρθα Μαυροειδη.. εξωτερικα και κυριως εσωτερικα.. δε μπορω να σταματησω να νιωθω τοσο μαγεμενη και ελευθερη από οταν επιστκέφτηκα το Αιγαίοκαι γεύτηκα τις ομορφιες , τη παρθένα του γη και θαλασσα. Ανυπομονω για το φετινο καλοκαιρι, να γευτω ξανα τον ιδιο καρπο γλυκιας ελευθεριας
@user-wi4jg4hn4f
Μαρθα Σε, Ευχαριστούμε Μεγάλη Φωνή Υπέροχη
@user-rq3cs8kq4n
Η ψυχή της Ελλάδας : τα τραγούδια της και οι ερμηνευτές τους !!!!!! Μπράβο!!! Υπάρχει ελπίδα.Ευχαριστούμε
@Gedagnors
YouTube keeps removing this song from my bookmarks for no reason.
This song is EPIC!!!
@lessthandust
This is real music! Greetings from your Serbian brother
@golnooshbayat4710
παρα πολύ συγκινητικό....