RESUME

She studies Flamenco theory and she has designed a flamenco course for people who want to get to know the flamenco communication and history.She collaborates with a number of flamenco dance groups, participates in concerts and shows all around Greece, Germany and Turkey, she teaches technique and flamenco singing .

Having good friends on her side, she created the flamenco choir “Los gatos negros” in Athens and since 2010 she organize the Christmas Flamenco Fiesta called “Zambomba” (www.zambomba.gr), a fiesta which unites all the flamenco artists of Greece on the stage in order to raise money for institutions with children.

She also writes her own lyrics and she works with remarkable musicians in Greece and abroad.

She is the mother of Charalambos who has been the source of her inspiration to continue.

Yota “Baron” was born in Serres (north Greece). Her influences since her childhood were including traditional greek music as almost half of her family were street musicians. She was raised in an institution of children , where she learned Byzantine Music (songs and hymns composed to the ecclesiastical forms) She studied Economins and Accounting at TEI of Athens.

She began flamenco dancing in 2000 and later she attended courses with famous maestros of flamenco dancing like Israel Galvan, Javier Baron, Rosario Toledo, Mercedes Ruiz, Blanca del Rey, Joaquin Grilo, Leonor Leal in both Greece and Spain. She started studying flamenco singing from 2004 with the intention to comprehend further and in-depth the communication between song-music and dance. In the same year, she sang for the first time alongside Maria Mortilla Gomez at the show of the “Estrella” dance studio. After that, she began attending intensive classes in Jerez de la frontera in Andalusia, with singers like Eva Rubicci, Mercedes Gomez, Mati Gomez and Jose Anillo.

Since then she had allot of singing teachers in Seville where she travels every year. Among others she had classes with Jeromo Segura, Rafael de Utrera, David Lagos, and Rosa de Algeciras.

YOTA “BARON”

TEACHINGSTUDIES

Cante Flamenco:Eva Rubicci, Mercedes Cortes, Mati Gomez, Jose Anillo

Jerez de la Frontera / Andalucia

Cante Flamenco:Jeromo Segura, Rafael de Utrera, Rosa Clavijo

Sevilla / Andalucia

Traditional Greek singing:Martha Mavroidi

Cante Flamenco:David Lagos,Sara Salado, Carmen Molina, Vicente Gelo,Juan Granados

Rhythm / Clapping:Giannis Papagiannoulis

Flamenco Theory and rhythm analysis:Torombo

Byzantine Music:Lambros Konstantinedes

Athens

Greece

Studio Playground Percussion School “PANGAIA”Flamenco dance school La Arachi Kali, Flamenco dance school Plaza de Baile, Flamenco dance school De palo y madera Studio Flamenco Pellizco

Germany

Various flamenco dance schoolsLaboratorio de la guitarra Flamenca / BochumPeña Cultural “Pata Negra” / BerlinStudio Flamenco “La Martina” / Dortmund

Cyprus

Dance scholl Philippa Stilianoudi

Netherlands

Peña “La buleria” / AmsterdamPOPEI / Eindhoven

Moca Nek / rap + regae singerCollaboration of rthe album «Meres Kales»

Collaboration in performances for numerous flamenco schools in Greece La arrachi Cali, Estrella, Pellizco, Studio flamenco + Percussion Taconeo, Studio Playground, De palo y Madera,Dance School Stella Pappa,Dance School Vasia Tsoeidaki,Dance School Fokas Evaggelinos

Collaborations with numerus guitaristsSpyros Karvelas, Roland Hoffmann,Panos Kartimbelis, Giorgos Valiris,Cris Lopez, David Rey Delgado,Fran de Fran, Valle Monge,Ulrich Gottwald “el Rizos”

Collaborations with flamenco singersRafael de Utrera, Juan Granados, Carmen Molina, Rafael Prada Moreno

Collaborations in tablao with the dancers:Giota Peklari, Gani Demetsiha,Kleio Dertilli, Ilektra Chrisanthou,Flora Toukala,Niovi Kiorpe,Dimitra Karagianni, Isabella Galaiou,Seda Karayilan, Thetis Missiou,Maria Mandragou, Giorgos Kyrkillis,Carmen Lopez

COLLABORATIONS

Rafael Cortes / guitaristGermany

“Fuera de” / Flamenco dance groupGreece / Cyprus

Adolfo Vega / Flamenco dancerAthens

Marcos Jimenez / Flamenco dancerGreece / Cyprus

Irene la Sentio / Flamenco dancerAthens

Compañia de Marco Vargas y Chloe BruleThessaloniki

Zabel ensembleIstanbul - Turkey

Marios Strofalis / pianistAthens

Manuel Cazas / guitaristTablao flamenco / Athens

KROTALA / percussion ensembleAthens

Sami Amiris / pianistStudio recording

Grupo flamenco “Cadenas”Greece

Dance group +ritmoAthens

Modern dance group “ ‘Eldor “Collaboration in a performance for the Association of Greek Choreographers

PROJECTS CONTACT

www.yotabaron.gr

info@yotabaron.gr

Solo FlamencoA traditional flamenco performance for small stages, based on dancing, singing and flamenco guitar.

Latino MediterraneoMusic concert based on songs and music from Latin America, Andalucia and Monmarte.

Contributors:Cante: Martha Moreleon, Yota “Baron”Piano: Marios Strofalis

Silencio bandaMusical and dancing project based on both classic flamenco songs and mainstrem music as seen through a jazz-flamenco point of view.

Contributors:Cante: Yota “Baron”: VocalsPiano: Markos ChaidemenosElectric Bass: Panagiotis MpourazanisSaxophone: Sam MarlieriPercution: Giannis PapagiannoulisDance: Pinelopi Kokkinou

Zambomba FlamencaA Christmas Flamenco Fiesta which gathers flamenco artists from all around Greece in order to raise money for institutions with children.Website: www.zambomba.gr