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Oleander is a beautiful but equally dangerous flower.
Few of its leaves are enough to lead to death.

This is the story of a youth's death. Upon witnessing his beloved marrying another, he lays down beneath the oleander blossom for his final sleep. Everything the song narrates is seen through a death dream.
"Oleander's Blossom" is a folk song originating from the Epirus region in Greece. It is performed by Athena Katsanevaki and Eleni Eljona Sinjari on vocals, along with Theodore Koumartzis on a Lyre of Olympus, masterfully handcrafted in Greece by the LUTHIEROS family.

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📽️ Directed by Nikolaos Koumartzis.
The video shooting took place in the SEIKILO Museum of Ancient Music, Thessaloniki (Greece).

🎙️ About Athena Katsanevaki
Athena Katsanevaki has studied Musicology, Byzantine Music, and Violin, with a Ph.D. in Historical Ethnomusicology. Since 1990, she has repeatedly conducted intensive fieldwork in more than 200 little communities in the area of Northwestern Greece and abroad, among Greek speakers and bilingual or other language ethnic groups.
She has been involved with traditional singing and performance regarding the collaboration of the voice with the vocal techniques found in the traditional singing in different areas in Greece in a way that doesn’t abuse the contemporary personality of the singer but embodies traditional music through voice. She founded the vocal lab “Echo.” She has also collaborated with composers of contemporary European music, trying to find ways to embody traditional vocal styles in contemporary societies.
She has lectured for many years at the University of Macedonia and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, both in Greece. The Academy of Athens has praised her research and fieldwork, and her work was presented at various international conferences. She is affiliated with MOISA (The International Society for the Study of Greek and Roman Music and its Cultural Heritage).

🎙️ About Eleni Eljona Sinjari
Eljona – Eleni Sinjari is a versatile artist with studies on piano and vocals. With participation in many festivals, recordings and activities from classical music orchestras and chamber music ensembles (as pianist), book presentations (as composer and singer), children & mixed choirs (as conductor, accompanist, and choral arranger), vocal ensembles (as a vocalist and acapella arranger), theatrical performance (as actor and singer) as well as large jazz and rock's scenes (as singer and keyboard player).
She collaborates with the Contemporary Conservatory of Music in Thessaloniki, the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, and the Municipal Conservatory of Kalamaria, where she teaches piano, choir lessons, acapella groups, and chamber music.

🎙️ About Theodore Koumartzis
Theodore is the youngest brother of the Koumartzis family. Being part of the family's endeavor since its early stage, he soon came to be an inspiring top-notch lyre player, constantly learning and experimenting with musicians around the world.
He is the founder of the PAUSIS Project, a curator at the SEIKILO Museum of Ancient Music in Greece (Thessaloniki), and an integral part of LUTHIEROS Music Instruments.
🌱 Listen to Theodore's music at    • Ancient Lyre on Mount Olympus - "Awak...  


🇬🇧 Lyrics in English
In the oleander blossom,
I lay myself down to sleep.
A quick rest to take,
and I had a great dream.

My love is getting married.
She's holding it against me,
and takes my enemy,
for my stubbornness.

And to their joy, they invite me,
hold on, my poor heart,
and they ask me to marry them,
to join two little bodies together.

I bought them gold wedding rings,
hold on, my poor heart,
and silver candles I brought,
there is no trust.


🇬🇷 Original Lyrics in Greek
Original title "Στης Πικροδάφνης τον Ανθό" (eng. "Oleander's Blossom")

Στης πικροδάφνης τον ανθό
έγειρα ν’ αποκοιμηθώ,
λίγο ύπνο για να πάρω,
είδα όνειρο μεγάλο.

Παντρεύεται η αγάπη μου,
το κάνει για γινάτι μου
και παίρνει τον εχθρό μου,
για το πείσμα το δικό μου.

Με κάλεσαν και στη χαρά,
βάστα καημένη μου καρδιά,
άιντε για να πάω να στεφανώσω,
δυο κορμάκια να ενώσω.

Βάζω τα στέφανα χρυσά,
βάστα καημένη μου καρδιά,
και λαμπάδες απ’ ασήμι,
δεν υπάρχει εμπιστοσύνη.


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