Marina Satti ( el, Μαρίνα Σάττι, ; born 26 December 1986) is a

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singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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, and

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Early life and studies

Satti was born in

Athens, Greece Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

, to a

Sudanese Arab Sudanese Arabs () are the inhabitants of Sudan who identify as Arabs and speak Arabic as their mother tongue. Part of them are descendants of Arabs who migrated to Sudan from the Arabian Peninsula, although the rest have been described as Arab ...

father and a

mother, and raised in

Heraklion Heraklion or Iraklion ( ; el, Ηράκλειο, , ) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a population of 211,370 (Urban A ...

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. She began

classical piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

training at an early age and classical vocal training in high school. She enrolled at the

National Technical University of Athens The National (Metsovian) Technical University of Athens (NTUA; el, Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο, ''National Metsovian Polytechnic''), sometimes known as Athens Polytechnic, is among the oldest higher education institution ...

to study

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without graduating. In 2008, after studying with the

baritone A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...

Panos Dimas, Satti earned a first degree in lyrical

monody In music, monody refers to a solo vocal style distinguished by having a single melodic line and instrumental accompaniment. Although such music is found in various cultures throughout history, the term is specifically applied to Italian song of ...

with honors and a first prize. One year later, she earned a second degree in advanced classical studies, while also studying

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

at the Nakas Conservatory. In 2010, she completed two semesters in

composition and also in contemporary writing & production at the

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cours ...

through a

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Career

In 2016, Satti released her single "Koupes" ("Cups"), which reached more than 24 million views on

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, and was included in Ravin &

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'' 20 Years Anniversary'' album. In 2017, her next single, "Mantissa" ("Seeress"), charted in the

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's Official Top 100 and

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's Top 40.

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named it "song of the summer." Joanna Kakissis, Athens-based correspondent for

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, described it as "the summer hit that fills a generation with hope". In 2016, Satti founded ("voices," in approximate Greek transliteration), a female, ''

a cappella ''A cappella'' (, also , ; ) music is a performance by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Ren ...

'' group performing traditional

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songs. They've performed at venues such as the

Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus is a theatre in the Greek city of Epidaurus, located on the southeast end of the sanctuary dedicated to the ancient Greek God of medicine, Asclepius. It is built on the west side of Cynortion Mountain, near modern ...

, the

Odeon of Herodes Atticus The Odeon of Herodes Atticus (Greek: Ωδείο Ηρώδου του Αττικού; also called Herodeion or Herodion; Greek: Ηρώδειο) is a stone Roman theatre structure located on the southwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. Th ...

, the

Athens Concert Hall The Athens Concert Hall (Greek: Μέγαρον Μουσικής Αθηνών, ''Mégaron Mousikis Athinon'') is a concert hall located on Vasilissis Sofias Avenue in Athens, Greece. The Hall was inaugurated in 1991 with two halls. Since then it ...

, and the

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center ( el, Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος) is a complex in the bay of Faliro in Athens which includes new facilities for the National Library of Greece (NLG) ...

. In 2017, Satti curated a series of cultural events that led to the formation of the

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

(in Greek, a word in-between "countries" and "choruses"), consisting of 150 women aged 13–55. In 2020, presented traditional songs in archeological locations. In June 2018, Satti and presented ''YALLA!'', a repertoire of world music and pop compositions, as well as renditions of

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traditional music, which was first performed at the

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Theater and then toured abroad to France, England, Switzerland, as well as to Tampere, Finland, for the 2019

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Theater

She has worked as actress or music score composer with the

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, the

Greek National Opera The Greek National Opera ( el, Εθνική Λυρική Σκηνή, ''Ethniki Lyriki Skini'') is the country's state lyric opera company, located in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center at the south suburb of Athens, Kallithea. It is a ...

, the

Athens Festival Athens – Epidaurus Festival is an annual arts festival that takes place in Athens and Epidaurus, from May to October. It is one of the most famous festivals in Greece. The festival includes musical, theatrical and other cultural events. Histor ...

, and others.

Discography

Singles

Albums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Satti, Marina 1986 births Living people Greek television actresses 21st-century Greek women singers Greek voice actresses Berklee College of Music alumni Greek people of Sudanese descent Musicians from Heraklion