Formula Indie Sessions : Interview with Polymnia
What is your earliest memory connected to music?
We all grew up in musical environments. Georgia studied piano as a child, Melina was also involved in music lessons from a young age, while Myrto’s father was a musician, so she started creating music for as long as she can remember.
How did your passion for creating music begin?
Myrto started shaping melodies and lyrics as a child, long before she knew it would become a lifelong passion. Years later, bringing that early spark together with Melina and Georgia led to the birth of Polymnia, a project where we can explore our sound and share our creations with the world.
What’s the story behind your current music project?
POLYMNIA emerged from a deep, shared affection for polyphony. Our friendship began in the polyphonic choir Chores, where our distinct musical paths crossed. What united us was a common vision: to create original sound inspired from tradition and also reshape traditional songs through a contemporary perspective.
How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard your music before?
Our sound is vocal-driven, warm, and atmospheric. We often describe it as a meeting point between traditional polyphony and contemporary alternative pop. The idea of “neo-traditional” captures this bridge between the past and the present.
What is one thing you’ve learned that completely changed the way you make music? Learning to leave space, both to one another and to the silence itself. Εach voice shines, always respecting whichever melody is leading in the moment. At the same time, the pauses, the air around a phrase, can be just as expressive as the notes. Embracing that simplicity and breath has transformed the way we arrange and has allowed the emotional core of the vocals to emerge more naturally.
What tools, instruments, or software are essential in your creative process?
Our voices are the most essential “tools”, forming the core of everything we create. The contrabass also plays a central role in our sound, which will be featured in our upcoming release. Beyond that, we use minimal instrumentation, such as soft percussion, piano or keys, and subtle electronic textures, to support and highlight the vocals.
Which indie artist or song are you loving right now?
We draw inspiration from artists who blur the lines between folk, minimalism, and modern production. A great example from the Greek indie music scene is Σtella. Other Greek artists we admire include Marina Satti, Alkyone, Billie Kark, and many more.
How have your personal experiences influenced your music and artistic vision?
We all have a music background: Myrto went to music school and continued with voice studies, Melina has a bachelor in music while studying Contrabass, and Georgia has studies in piano and vocals. Since we were kids, music played a pivotal part in our lives. Growing up, we realised we love nature, the greek mountain and seas, while our travels brought us closer to the greek folcore and traditional sounds.
What emotions or messages do you hope listeners take from your work?
Our primary aim is to approach a broader audience and make even more people see that greek folklore music does not refer only to the past. Using elements of the old and combining them with modern elements, we believe that people can relate more to the lyrics and melodic lines than just listening to a genre that is considered old. Think of an old piece of furniture as it was compared to the same one refurbished, given a new life.
What’s the most important lesson music has taught you so far?
Music, as other art forms as well, is the epitome of human creativity and expression. Art has the power to educate, inspire, amuse and trigger critical thinking at the same time. When you have art in your life, you are never alone and you always have means of expression and a refuge to go to.
What is a dream venue or festival you would love to perform at?
Well, a full stadium would be nice! (laughs). We don’t really think that far. We don’t know were life will take us, but we would definetely love to work with other artists we look up to. But to answer the question more spesifically, there are some mountain/forest festivals that take place in Greece during the summer, and being so close to nature, performing with that summer breeze and people that feel the same, would be amazing! For now, we enjoy the love and great feedback we take from people, which fuels us with energy!
If you could collaborate with any artist, past or present, who would it be and why?
At the moment we have many artists that we would love to work with, mostly Greek, who have a similar or close aesthetics to us, such as Marina Satti, Miltos Paschalidis, Giannis Charoulis, Matoula Zamani, Alkyone, Nefeli Fasouli.
Where can our listeners follow and support your music? (Website,Spotify, IG, links)
You can find us on every platform under the handle @Polymnia Music:
- Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7ph8inMQJ91NJ5SpZKWKj1?si=FkypCz_aSnO4tFhhHSgGPg
- YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@polymniamusic
- TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@polymnia.music
- Instagram https://www.instagram.com/polymnia.music/
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/projectpolymnia/
Looking toward the future, what’s your dream for the next chapter of your musical journey?
We are in the process of recording 5 more songs in order to produce a full album that will be out early spring 2026, that will also include our first 2 songs, Cafe and Astro. So we hope that people will embrace it with the same love they gave us for the first two songs and maybe book some concerts during the Summer of 26 to promote it.
What do you hope listeners will discover about you along the way?
That we really love what we do and that our purpose is to share our love of art, nature and tradition with everyone.
