Artistic CV
Xanthoula Dakovanou is a singer and composer with an international career. She has so far recorded three albums in Paris and one in Athens – Trio Tzane/Gaïtani (Naïve, 2010), Xanthoula Dakovanou/La Dame et la Barque (UVM, 2015), Xanthoula Dakovanou/Lamenta, from Epirus traditions to world jazz (UVM, 2021) and RIZITUALS, inspired from cretan vocal traditions (MOUSA//UVM, 2024). She has participated as an invited singer in 13 more records across Europe as a guest performer
Her work as a composer-arranger (Lamenta, Song of Songs, Rizituals, Frosini) has received the patronage of the Ministry of Culture four times to date (2021, 2022, 2023, 2026) and has received excellent reviews from the international press, while she has been distinguished in world music charts. Her works have been presented among others at the Avignon Festival (FR, 2022), Paris La Villette (2022), Athens Epidaurus Festival (2021), Paris Théâtre du Châtelet (2011), Les Suds à Arles (2010), All Greece One Culture (2021, 2026) and and 10 more European and Asiatic countries.
The special repertoire that inspires Xanthoula are the vocal traditions of Greece, the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean and her compositions are contemporary musical works based on these traditions. She holds a degree in Byzantine music. She has collaborated with renowned artists internationally, such as Armand Amar, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Magic Malik, Richard Galliano, Jean-François Zygel, Ballaké Sissoko, Efren Lopez as well as the greek musicians Nikos Filippidis, Ourania Lampropoulou, Dimos Vougioukas, Kostas Gakis, Martha Frintzila etc. but also choreographers such as Koen Augustijnen, Rosalba Torres Guerrero and Taxiarchis Vasilakos.
Her musical works are influenced by the special perspective of psychoanalysis, shedding light on the hidden sides of the human unconscious through musical expression.
Her musical works are influenced by the special perspective of psychoanalysis, shedding light on the hidden sides of the human unconscious through musical expression.
Artistic CV
Xanthoula Dakovanou is a singer and composer with an international career. She has so far recorded three albums in Paris and one in Athens – Trio Tzane/Gaïtani (Naïve, 2010), Xanthoula Dakovanou/La Dame et la Barque (UVM, 2015), Xanthoula Dakovanou/Lamenta, from Epirus traditions to world jazz (UVM, 2021) and RIZITUALS, inspired from cretan vocal traditions (MOUSA//UVM, 2024). She has participated as an invited singer in 13 more records across Europe as a guest performer
Her work as a composer-arranger (Lamenta, Song of Songs, Rizituals, Frosini) has received the patronage of the Ministry of Culture four times to date (2021, 2022, 2023, 2026) and has received excellent reviews from the international press, while she has been distinguished in world music charts. Her works have been presented among others at the Avignon Festival (FR, 2022), Paris La Villette (2022), Athens Epidaurus Festival (2021), Paris Théâtre du Châtelet (2011), Les Suds à Arles (2010), All Greece One Culture (2021, 2026) and and 10 more European and Asiatic countries.
The special repertoire that inspires Xanthoula are the vocal traditions of Greece, the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean and her compositions are contemporary musical works based on these traditions. She holds a degree in Byzantine music. She has collaborated with renowned artists internationally, such as Armand Amar, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Magic Malik, Richard Galliano, Jean-François Zygel, Ballaké Sissoko, Efren Lopez as well as the greek musicians Nikos Filippidis, Ourania Lampropoulou, Dimos Vougioukas, Kostas Gakis, Martha Frintzila etc. but also choreographers such as Koen Augustijnen, Rosalba Torres Guerrero and Taxiarchis Vasilakos.
Her musical works are influenced by the special perspective of psychoanalysis, shedding light on the hidden sides of the human unconscious through musical expression.
Her musical works are influenced by the special perspective of psychoanalysis, shedding light on the hidden sides of the human unconscious through musical expression.