Nisiotika
Nisiotika are the songs and dances of the Aegean islands with a variety of styles. Outside of Greece, it is played in the diaspora in countries such as Turkey, Australia, the United States and elsewhere.
The lyre is the dominant folk instrument along with the laouto, violin, tsampouna, and souravli with widely varying Greek characteristics.
The lyre and violin are typically played in a microtonal manor through the usage of specific articulations and string bending.
Representative musicians and performers of nisiotika include: Mariza Koch, credited with reviving the field in the 1970s, Yiannis Parios, Domna Samiou and the Konitopoulos family.
There are also prominent elements of Cretan music on the Dodecanese Islands and Cyclades.
Notable artists
Composers
- Giorgos Konitopoulos
- Vangelis Konitopoulos
- Stathis Koukoularis
- Yiannis Parios
- Nikos Ikonomidis
- Stamatis Hatzopoulos
Singers
- Glykeria
- Vagelis Konitopoulos
- Stella Konitopoulou
- Yiannis Parios
- Domna Samiou
- Mariza Koch
- Nasia Konitopoulou
Folk dances