Martha Mavroidi

Martha Mavroidi is a singer, lutist and composer from Greece. She has been singing and playing folk lutes from her childhood, performing music from Greece and the Balkans. Later she developed an interest in contemporary music, blending elements of folk music with contemporary harmony and improvisation. With her Quartet she has performed in various venues in Europe and the USA. She is a member of the sextet “Smari” and the vocal ensemble "Yasemi". She conducts the Greek Folk Choir "Rodia" and the “Happy Hour Choir”, a workshop in the form of a vocal orchestra. She has composed music for prize-winning short and feature films. She has collaborated with dance companies composing music for productions that have been staged in venues such as Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Onassis Cultural Foundation, Seoul International Dance Festival, Theatre de Nimes, LOFFT Leipsig, Tanzhaus Dusseldorf among others. She has been commissioned to compose musical works for the Greek National Opera (“Domna’s Song” 2021, “Katalogi” 2022, “Lazarakia” 2023 for the National Opera Children’s Choir, “Synaxari” 2024) and the Greek National Theater (“Blood Wedding” by F.G.Lorca 2022). She has released six albums: The Garden of Rila (2009), Portaki (2012), Agiorgitiko (2014), Thread and Needle (2017), Magiatiko (2019), Ta Pehnidia (2024). She has published a book with compositions for vocal ensemble “Thread and Needle” (2019). Since 2013 Martha is the artistic director of Tinos World Music Festival.