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Georgia Dagaki,  is an accomplished musician​
and vocalist, one of the truly unique faces of the contemporary​
Greek Georgia Dagaki, is an accomplished musician​
and vocalist, one of the truly unique faces of the contemporary​
Greek music scene.​​
 

She was born in Athens, Greece by Cretan parents. The traditional​
folk sounds of Crete, an island with a rich musical tradition,​
lie deep within her DNA. At the age of twelve she starts​
studying the lyra -an ancient greek instrument still used mainly​
in folk music- and decides to become a musician. She goes​
into further musical studies: piano, vocals, music theory. ​

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​​At 16,Georgia is already a renowned representative of the Cretan​
folk music scene, one of the few women who have mastered​
the lyra, a predominanlty male instrument.​
Having the traditional music of Crete as a heritage and accompanied​
by her lyra, she starts exploring contemporary greek​
music paths. She is constantly experimenting with various​
sounds, from contemporary folk music to rock and jazz, creating​
a unique and personal musical identity.​
 

She collaborates with many great Greek musicians such as​ Nikos Xydakis,Vassilis Papakonstantinou, Orfeas Peridis, Vassilis​ Lekas, Yiannis Spathas, Yiannis Koutras,Goran Bregovic,Μanolis lidakis,the actor

​Nikos ​Kalogeropoulos, Evanthia Remboutsika,​
Panagiotis Kalantzopoulos, Antonis Mitzelos,​
Nikos Zoudiaris. She participated in the​

2009 European Tour of the legendary Eric Burdon, who​
incorporated Georgia’s lyra in his “Athens Traffic Live” album.​​
 

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Georgia’s distinctive sound is evident throughout her recordings·​
from her first album At the edge of this world which​
has a purely Cretan folk sound, to Secret love a German produced​
album for the european market, to her new personal​
album that is coming out shortly.​​
 

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Georgia Dagaki and her band give concerts all over Greece.​
These live performances transcend the boundaries of traditional​
music. Georgia sings and accompanies with her lyra not​
only favourite songs from her personal repertoire, but also inspired​
cover versions of songs by great Greek composers like​

Hatzidakis, Xarchakos, Moutsis, Savopoulos, Assimos,​
as well as Papakonstantinou, Zoudiaris, Pavlidis and​ many more.​
 

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