Dimitra Galani (b. 14th November 1952) is a Greek singer and composer.
Galani was born in Athens. Her father had studied art and song, and her grandfather was a cantor from Epirus. In 1968, at the age of sixteen, she contributed two songs to an album by D. Moutsis and Νikos Gatsos, Ena chamogelo (a smile); that was the beginning of a long career in music. That contribution turned out to be the beginning of a long career in the history of music of both her era and Greece. She became a great performer gifted with a beautiful voice and a strong personality that has always prompted her to look into the reasons behind everything. She belongs to a “generation of leaders”, who for almost three decades have underlined and supported -each in his or her own way -quality Greek songs contributing at the same time to a colorful rainbow of great voices.
Her career currently includes well over eighty albums, and varies from pure Greek folk music to Byzantine hymns and easy listening performances.|She composes songs for herself as well as for other singers and she also composes music for television and film.As a producer she promotes young and talented artists. |
