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Savina Yannatou
Σαβίνα Γιαννάτου
Savina YannatouΣαβίνα Γιαννάτου
	Savina Yannatou, April 2009
Background information
Born	16 March 1959; Athens, Greece
Occupation(s)	Vocalist, composer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Website	http://www.savinayannatou.com

Savina Yannatou (Greek: Σαβίνα Γιαννάτου, Savína Yannátou; born 16 March 1959) is a Greek singer.

Biography

After taking classical guitar lessons and participating in the children's choir of Yannis Nousias for some years,^[1] she studied singing with Gogo Georgilopoulou and Spiros Sakkas in Athens, and later attended postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 1979 she began working as a professional and two years later participated in the recording of the critically acclaimed album Εδώ Λιλιπούπολη ("Lilipoupolis here", that is, "We are broadcasting from Lilipoupolis"); following that, her career took off and has since released numerous albums, collaborating with many Greek composers. In the mid-1990s, she joined forces with select jazz / traditional musicians forming a band known as Primavera en Salonico, which started by interpreting Sephardic and Mediterranean songs, but later expanded to music from various areas of the world. Gradually, she has extended her vocal techniques to include throat singing, glossolalia and ululations among others.

Besides that, her repertoire consists mainly of Greek music, although she has been a founding member of an Early music ensemble (Εργαστήρι Παλιάς Μουσικής), and has always displayed a keen interest in exploring free jazz and avant-garde music. Said explorations have led her to on- and off-stage collaborations and sessions with international musicians such as Barry Guy, Peter Kowald, Floros Floridis, Günther Pitscheider, Gerald Preinfalk of the band BPM, Ken Vandermark, Sussan Deyhim, Damo Suzuki of the krautrock group Can, and Kiya Tabassian of the Ensemble Constantinople.^[2]

Yannatou is also a songwriter ("Dreams of the mermaid. Is king Alexander alive?", "Rosa das Rosas", "Musique Des Chambres"), as well as a composer for theatre, dance theatre and video art.^[3] She occasionally participates in select workshops, teaching vocal improvisations to actors and musicians.^[4]^[5] Most all of her early albums were published by Greek music label Lyra. She is from Sumiglia album (2005) on currently an ECM artist.^[6]

Discography and participations

Releases (solo/group/compilations^{[n 1]}):

Year	Album	Album Artist	Label
1980	Εδώ Λιλιπούπολη	Manos Hadjidakis – Various artists	Columbia – Minos EMI
1981	Σαμποτάζ	Lena Platonos	Lyra
1982	Κέρκυρα ’82: Αγώνες Ελληνικού τραγουδιού^[7]	Manos Hadjidakis – Various artists Live Recording	Κέρκυρα – Minos EMI
1982	Καρυωτάκης, 13 τραγούδια^[8]	Savina Yannatou & Lena Platonos	Lyra
1983	Ρεβάνς (O.S.T.)	Dimitris Papadimitriou	Lyra
1983	Το '62 του Μανου Χατζιδάκι	Savina Yannatou & Lena Platonos	Lyra
1985	Εν Αθήναις	Nikos Kypourgos	Lyra
	Ερωτόκριτος και Αρετούσα	Nikos Mamangakis	Σείριος – Minos EMI
	Η ηχώ και τα λάθη της	Lena Platonos	Σείριος – Minos EMI
	Μίλα μου για μήλα^[9]	Stavros Papastavrou	Σείριος – Minos EMI
	Lullabies Νανουρίσματα	Savina Yannatou	Lyra
	Ο Οδυσσέας στο ποτάμι	Michalis Gregoriou	Σείριος – Minos EMI
1986	Dreams of the Mermaid. Is king Alexander alive? Ζει ο βασιλιάς Αλέξανδρος;	Savina Yannatou	Lyra
	New excursion Νέα εκδρομή	Elena Papandreou	Lyra
	Λεπιδόπτερα	Lena Platonos	Lyra
	Μinimal suite – Double image	Vangelis Katsoulis	Praxis
1988	Το αηδόνι του αυτοκράτορα Του Hans Christian Andersen	Lena Platonos	Lyra
1990	Μαρία Ντολόρες παρελθόν	Dimitris Maragkopoulos	Σείριος – MBI
1990	Το φλυτζάνι	Petros Dourdoubakis	Lyra
1991	Ερωτική πρόβα	Dimitris Lagios	Columbia – Sony Music
1992	Africa (O.S.T.)	Panagiotis Kalantzopoulos	Cantini
1992	Ίνα τί	Dimitris Lagios	Minos EMI
1993	Die zweite Heimat (O.S.T.) New arrangements and performances inspired by the film	Nikos Mamangakis	Milan – Sony BMG
1993	Ατασθαλίες	Vasilis Nikolaidis	Lyra
1994	Masko	Savina Yannatou & Nikos Touliatos	Cήμαντρον Εμσε
1994	Φέρτε τα!^[10]	Aera Patera	Olon Music
1995	Spring in Salonica: Sephardic folk songs Άνοιξη στη Σαλονίκη: Σεφαραδίτικα λαϊκά τραγούδια Primavera en Salonico: Canciones populares Sefardíes	Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico	Lyra
1995	Εάλω η Πόλις. Θρήνοι για την άλωση της Κωνσταντινούπολης	Early Music Workshop	FM Records
1996	Ιστορίες αποχαιρετισμού.^[11] Μουσική για τις παραστάσεις της εταιρείας θεάτρου Διπλούς Έρως	Dimitris Kamarotos	Theseum
1997	What summer is made for. Live at Rivermead Reading, 1996 WOMAD Festival	Various artists Live Recording	Womad Select
	Αναπνοές	Lena Platonos with Savina Yannatou	Lyra
	Αποχαιρετισμοί της θάλασσας Ποίση Τάκη Σινόπουλου – Άρη Αλεξάνδρου	Michalis Gregoriou	Minos EMI
	Μελωδίες της ανατολής. Τραγούδια της Σμύρνης	Various Artists Compilation	FM Records
	Μέσ' απ' το σκοτάδι Through the darkness	Vangelis Katsoulis	Lyra
	Προστάτης οικογένειας (O.S.T.)	Nikos Mamangakis	Δίφωνο
	Σκοτεινή πράξη. Ορατόριο σε ποίηση Τάσου Λειβαδίτη	Michalis Gregoriou	Lyra
	Τέμπλο Templo	Giorgos Christianakis	Virgin Greece
1998	Vananda	Andreas Georgiou	Libra Music
	Zoolixo Λίγο	Zoolixo Ligo	E2
	Όπως η θάλασσα	Omadiki Αpodrasi	Lyra
	The photographers (O.S.T.) Οι φωτογράφοι	Nikolas Gkinis	Κίνησις
	Mediterranea: Songs of the Mediterranean Τραγούδια της Μεσογείου	Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico	Lyra Sounds True
1999	Μικρές αγγελίες	Michalis Siganidis	Lyra
	Μικρό έπος για τον Ανδρέα Ροδινό	Nikos Mamangakis	Sony Music Ιδαία
	Virgin Maries of the world^[12] Παναγιές του κόσμου	Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico	Lyra
	Shores of twilight (O.S.T.) Τα ρόδινα ακρογιάλια	Dimitris Katakouzinos	Ostria – Eros
2000	Rosa das rosas	Savina Yannatou	Lyra
2001	Mode Plagal III	Mode Plagal	Lyra
	Terra nostra	Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico Live Recording	Lyra ECM
	Εδώ Λιλιπούπολη. Ζωντανή ηχογράφηση σπό το μουσικό θέατρο Βόλου	Various artists Live Recording	Lyra
	Έλληνες συνθέτες. Τραυλός, Λαπιδάκης, Παπαδάτος, Τενίδης	Plucked String Orchestra of Patras	Κίνησις
	Garden secrets Τα μυστικά του κήπου	Nikos Kypourgos	Σείριος – Minos EMI
2002	Lilly's story (O.S.T.)	Nikos Mamangakis	Universal
	Μια φορά κι έναν καιρό... Παραμύθια και διηγήματα απ' την Ελλάδα και τον κόσμο	Various artists Compilation	Δίφωνο
	Savina Yannatou sings Manos Hadjidakis Πάω να πω στο σύννεφο Η Σαβίνα Γιαννάτου σε τραγούδια του Μάνου Χατζηδάκι	Savina Yannatou	Lyra
2003	Asate	Andreas Georgiou	Libra Music
	Your golden boat Tvá zlatá loďka	Irena Havlová & Vojtěch Havel Live Recording	Indies Records
	Ένα γράμμα στον πατέρα μου	Various artists Compilation	Lyra
	Μπλέ Σε ποίηση Ρηνιώς Παπανικόλα	Michalis Gregoriou Live Recording	Legend
	Σας τα 'παν άλλοι; Κάλαντα δωδεκαημέρου	Various artists Compilation	Μελωδικό Καράβι
2004	Garden theater Κηποθέατρο	Nikos Kypourgos Live Recording	Σείριος – Minos EMI
2005	Electra	Arild Andersen	ECM
	Levantina	Vojislav Ivanović	Εμσε
	Sumiglia	Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico	ECM
2006	En concert^[13]	Miquel Gil Live Recording	Galileo
	Heimat (O.S.T.) 58 music pieces from Edgar Reitz films Heimat I,II,III	Nikos Mamangakis	Ιδαία
	Tutti baci	Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico Elena Ledda & Mauro Palmas	Lyra
	Άσμα ασμάτων. Ιερά τραγούδια του έρωτα	Nikos Mamangakis	Ιδαία
	Η μπαλάντα του Ερωτόκριτου	Nikos Mamangakis	Ιδαία
	Μέγα ορατόριο των Ελλήνων. Στρατηγού Μακρυγιάννη	Nikos Mamangakis	Ιδαία
2007	Far West – Tribal dances	Sotiris Debonos	HitchHyke
2007	Musique des chambres Μουσική δωματίων	Savina Yannatou	Lyra
2008	Songs of an other	Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico	ECM
	Τραγούδια του Αιγαίου	Orchestra of Colours	Λέσχη Του Δίσκου
	Πάντως ήταν νύχτα – La poupée	Stella Gadedi	Lyra
2009	Birthdays	Felizol	Puzzlemusik
	Οι άλλοι	Michalis Siganidis Live Recording	Lyra
	Σώμα	Soma	Polytropon
2010	Ερωτόκριτος. Όπερα σε πέντε μέρη	Nikos Mamangakis	Ιδαία
	Η όπερα των σκιών	Nikos Mamangakis	Ιδαία
	Attikos	Savina Yannatou & Barry Guy Live Recording	Maya Recordings
	Ερωφίλη	Nikos Mamangakis	Ιδαία
	Η συναυλία στο Παλλάς	Lena Platonos Live Recording	Lyra
	Ερωτόκριτος. Η εκδοχή της Σητείας	Nikos Mamangakis	Ιδαία
	Το τραγούδι του Μπελογιάννη και της Έλλης Παππά	Nikos Mamangakis	Ιδαία
2011	Ομήρου Οδύσσεια	Nektarios Karantzis	Lyra
	Εγκώμιο στον Αλέξανδρο Παπαδιαμάντη	Nikos Mamangakis	Ιδαία
	Η Οδύσσεια του Νίκου Καζαντζάκη	Nikos Mamangakis	Ιδαία
2015	Songs of Thessaloniki	Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico	ECM
2020	Ways Of Notseeing	Savina Yannatou & Joana Sá	Clean Feed

Compositions for performances

Theatre

Year	Play	Director	Commission
1997	Medea	Nikaiti Kontouri	National Theatre of Greece
2005	The Bacchae	Sotiris Hatzakis	National Theatre of Greece
2006	The Dybbuk Between Two Worlds	Sotiris Hatzakis	National Theatre of Greece
2007	Iphigenia in Aulis	Sotiris Hatzakis	Thessalian Theatre
2007	Η Γυναίκα της Ζάκυθος	Sotiris Hatzakis	Ymittos Festival
2008	The Caucasian Chalk Circle	Sotiris Hatzakis	National Theatre of Northern Greece

Dance theatre

Year	Play	Director	Commission
1993	Medea of Silence	Aspasia Kralli	Theatre of Silence
1995	Hades in a Room Orpheus and Eurydice	Aspasia Kralli	Theatre of Silence

Notes

^ Compilations containing previously released material are not included

References

^ Δρόμοι Archived 30 July 2012 at archive.today, a biographical coverage show from the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (in Greek)
^ La Nuit Aux 1000 Oreilles, from the 2009 session with D. Kimm and the Ensemble Constantinople, in homage to Sappho
^ Radart Team Improvisation
^ Vocal improvisation workshop, at the Music Village 2009 festival
^ Vocal improvisation workshop, at the Music Village 2010 festival
^ ECM 2057
^ Περί γυνής, from the album Κέρκυρα ’82: Αγώνες Ελληνικού τραγουδιού
^ Μόνο, from the album Καρυωτάκης, 13 τραγούδια
^ Η γάτα του Σιάμ, from the album Μίλα μου για μήλα
^ Τεράστια φωτιά, from the album Φέρτε Τα!
^ Free download for non commercial usage, of the album Ιστορίες αποχαιρετισμού, from the Theseum Ensemble
^ Ah mon Dié, from the album Virgin Maries of the world
^ Adieu paure carnavas / وا حبيبي, Cançó dels traginers, Ballo Sardo / Cavall d'Aràbia, from the album En concert

External links

[7] Compilations containing previously released material are not included

[1] Δρόμοι Archived 30 July 2012 at archive.today, a biographical coverage show from the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (in Greek)

[2] La Nuit Aux 1000 Oreilles, from the 2009 session with D. Kimm and the Ensemble Constantinople, in homage to Sappho

[3] Radart Team Improvisation

[4] Vocal improvisation workshop, at the Music Village 2009 festival

[5] Vocal improvisation workshop, at the Music Village 2010 festival

[6] ECM 2057

[8] Περί γυνής, from the album Κέρκυρα ’82: Αγώνες Ελληνικού τραγουδιού

[9] Μόνο, from the album Καρυωτάκης, 13 τραγούδια

[10] Η γάτα του Σιάμ, from the album Μίλα μου για μήλα

[11] Τεράστια φωτιά, from the album Φέρτε Τα!

[12] Free download for non commercial usage, of the album Ιστορίες αποχαιρετισμού, from the Theseum Ensemble

[13] Ah mon Dié, from the album Virgin Maries of the world

[14] Adieu paure carnavas / وا حبيبي, Cançó dels traginers, Ballo Sardo / Cavall d'Aràbia, from the album En concert

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