SOTIRIS DOGANIS

I was born in Rethymnon Crete Island.
At the age of 8 years old I was started singing traditional songs from Crete behind great artists like Kostas Mountakis and Nikos Xilouris. After that I was learn Byzantine music at the church school of Patmos Island in patriarchate style of Konstaninopolis.
I’m teacher of theology from the university of Athens and teacher of Byzantine and Greek traditional music from Music Academy of Athens.
The last 8 years I have the primary interpretation of Anna’s Bithikotsi’s music representation to singing all over the world in music plays great Greek artists songs like Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Hatzidakis, Joan Markopoulos, etc.
I was contribute with famous Greek singers like Grigoris Bithikotsis,Manolis Mitsias, Eleni Dimou, Viki Mosholiou, Mitropanos, Yanni, etc. I’m also choir conductor for Byzantine music and classical Greek music.
For my last play “Idou o Nimfios erhete” I want to thank from my heart my beloved contributor George Alevizos, Stavros Ntalas, Petros Saridakis, Serafim Pateropoulos, Kostas Tsintzas, Chris Kounis, Marios Zarkos and Anna Bithikotsi.

O Sotiris Doganis genithike ke megalose sto Rethymno. Oi mousikes tou katavoles pigazoun apo tin paradosi tis Kritikis Mousikis. Stin ilikia ton 8 eton entasete stin agkalia enos apo tous istorikoterous se Pagkritia klimaka mousikohoreftikous silogous “to Arkadi” opou simmetehontas se oles tis drastiriotites tou andronete mousika me vasi tin erminia tou rizitikou tragoudiou sto plevro kataxiomenon tou idous opos o NIKOS XILOURIS, o KOSTAS MOUNTAKIS, o THANASIS SKORDALOS k.a. Apofitise me tin idiotita tou Ierospoudasti apo tin tou Genous Patmiada Ekklisiastiki Scholi, stous kolpous tis opias kinona ta namata tou Mistiriou tis Theologias ke to Ihnos tis Vizantinis Mousikis. Stin Athina sinehizi tis spoudes tou sto Ethniko Odio apo to opio apofita os aristouhos diplomatouhos kathigitis Vizantinis ke Evropaikis Mousikis ke Orthofonias. Parallila ine ptihiouhos tis Anoteras Ekklisiastikis Scholis – Anotati Theologiki Akadimia Athinon ke teliofitos tou Tmimatos Kinonikis Theologias tis Theologikis Scholis tou Panepistimiou Athinon. Apo to 1986 ine melos tis Panellinias Omospondias Ieropsalton me decades chorodiakes simmetohes se Ellada ke exoteriko, eno ipireti ti Latreftiki Praxi apo analogiou shedon anellipos. Apo to 2000 eos simera litourgi os Archon Lampadarios ston I. Nao Ag. Trifonos Ano Glifadas. To 1995 me aformi ton panigiriko eortasmo ton 1900 eton apo ti siggrafi tou Theopnefstou Vivliou tis Apokalipseos sto iero nisi tis Patmou, simmetihe os Archon Ieropsaltis enanti ton teleton tou eortologiou parousia tou Proedrou tis Ellinikis Dimokratias, tou Prothipourgou, diethnon antiprosopion ke sissomis tis politikis, stratiotikis ke ekklisiastikis igesias tis choras. O GRIGORIS BITHIKOTSIS, o KOSTAS NIKOLOPOULOS ke i ANNA BITHIKOTSI ine oi anthropoi pou ton odigoun sto dromo tou entehnou tragoudiou ke is to exis epaggelmatika ascholite apo to 1994 me to tragoudi. I bouat “Apanemia” stin Plaka ine o protos tou ermineftikos stathmos dipla sto GIORGO ZOGRAFO, gia na sinehisi se mousikes skines ke sinavlies me tous simantikoterous ermineftes opos tous GRIGORI BITHIKOTSI, POLI PANOU, VIKI MOSCHOLIOU, GIANNI KALATZI, GLIKERIA, ELENI DIMOU, MANOLI MITSIA, LAKI CHALKIA, ARISTIDI MOSCHO k.a. Tin proti tou diskografiki doulia “CHOROS I ZOI” ipografoun sti sinthesi o diethnous fimis YANNI ke o KOSTAS NIKOLOPOULOS se poiisi ANNAS BITHIKOTSI, eno o GRIGORIS BITHIKOTSIS simmetehi filika me tin erminia tou sto tragoudi “Sto Peristeri…” To 1999 me tin ANASTASIA MOUTSATSOU simmetehi sto soundtrack tis siras :Anischira psevdi” tis ET1 erminevontas to tragoudi “Karavia ki aloga” se mousiki MARIOU STROFALI ke poiisi SOTIRI KAKISI. Apo to 2001 eos simera ine o vasikos ermineftis ton perissoteron apo 350 parastaseon – afieromata tis logotehnidos, poiitrias ke chronografou ANNAS BITHIKOTSI sta megala erga tis melopoiimenis poiisis AXION ESTI, ROMIOSINI, EPITEFIOS, EPIFANEIA, POLITIA, KAPNISMENO TSOUKALI k.a., opos ke gia tous ermineftes GRIGORI BITHIKOTSI, NIKO XILOURI ke tous poiites GIANNI RITSO, ODISSEA ELITI, GIORGO SEFERI, KOSTA VARNALI, IAKOVO KAMPANELLI, DIMITRI CHRISTODOULOU k.a. se Ellada ke exoteriko sta plesia Anagennisiakon Festival ke politistikon ekdiloseon tou esoterikou alla ke tis omogenias, kathos ke se Sofronistika alla ke chronion pathiseon Idrimata, nosokomia ke panepistimia.Orismenes apo tis simantikes stigmes tis kallitehnikis aftis porias i simmetohi sto politistiko programma Olympic Games ATHENS 2004 gia tin Afi alla ke tin poria tis Olimpiakis Flogas, opos episis o epetiakos eortasmos ton 95 hronon tou Ellinikou Proskopismou ipo tin egida tou Proedrou tis Ellinikis Dimokratias sto Megaro Mousikis Athinon. Ehi timithi gia tin prosfora tou sta politistika dromena apo Dimous, chorodies kathos ke apo ton radiofoniko stathmo tis Neas Iorkis USA HELLAS FM. Epipleon, os kathigitis Vizantinis Mousikis ke Orthofonias didaski se Mousikes Scholes stin Athina alla ke sti Scholi Vizantinis Mousikis tis Ieras Mitropolis Glifadas. Apo to 2005 ine o diefthintis ke maestros tis Andrikis Vizantinis Chorodias S. Dogani “Asma Asmaton” me tin opoia dianthise melika simantikes ekdiloseis sta plesia dimotikon politistikon drastiriotiton alla ke Ieron Mitropoleon simmetehontas episis se chorodiaka festival ana tin Ellada. Korifea stigmi i melodiki analipsi tou eortasmou ton paleochristianikon katakomvon tis Milou ton Iounio 2006 ipo tin egida tis Ieras Mitropolis Sirou ke tou Dimou Mileon, opos episis i organosi ke i apodosi tis megaliodous mousikis parastasis “Apo to Vizantio sti melopoiimeni poiisi” kata tin opoia ke se sinergasia me ti logotehni, poiitria ke hronografo Anna Bithikotsi eortastikan to Maio 2007, ipo tin egida tis Nomarhias Pirea ke tis Ieras Mitropolis Pirea, ta 50 hronia apo ti themeliosi tou Kathedrikou Ierou Naou tis Agias Triados Mitropolis Pireos alla ke ta 10 hronia Prothierarchias tou Makaristou Archiepiskopou Athinon ke pasis Ellados kirou CHRISTODOULOU, parastasi pou emele ne ine ekini pou feri tin teleftea evlogia tou Makaristou os parousia tou se mousiko dromeno. O Sotiris Doganis ehi episis tin efthini tis diefthinsis tis miktis polifonikis chorodias “Oi Melodoi” tou Politistikou Sillogou “Profitis Ilias” Dimou Glifadas. To 2007 kiklofori apo tis Mousikes Ekdoseis “SEISTRON” me ton titlo: “Idou o Nimfios erhete…” to proto tou ponima Vizantinis Mousikis. Prokite gia mia politeli kasetina 4 cd’s opou o Sotiris Doganis mas taxidevi “en chordes ke organis” mesa apo tis afigiseis ke tis erminies tou sti thematologia tis Megalis Evdomadas. Ton Aprilio 2008 en opsi tis elefsis tis Agias Periodou ton Pathon, kiklofori ena akoma prosopiko diskografiko ponima ekklisiastikis mousikis katanixis ke pali apo tis Mousikes Ekdoseis “SEISTRON” me titlo: “I Zoi en tafo..” O Epitafios Thrinos tis Agias ke Megalis Paraskevis en chordes ke organis