Greek Music Express: Roads to Tradition – Giota Vei | 07 Dec. 2023

Composer and ethnomusicologist Eleni Karaindrou writes the following about Giota Vei: “She was born in Platystomo, Lamia and has lived in Athens since she was seventeen years old. She was introduced to folk singing by her grandmother. In the years between then and her first public appearance, she found and learned folk songs from all over Greece. Some of them, rare and unpublished, were entrusted to her by folklorists and ethnomusicologists. This treasure trove (around 600 songs), which her practiced memory and innate technique helped her to acquire, was kept persistently by Giota Vei away from easy commercialism”.