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He was born in Athens and grew up in Heraklion, Crete. He started his
involvement with Cretan music at the age of sixteen by playing lute and
bulgari with Andonis Xilouris («Psarandonis») at cretan music scenes and
fairs.
In 1985 he met Ross Daly. He was taught saz and tanbur by him and later on
he was a member of Ross Daly’s band «Labyrinthos» (Labyrinth) playing in
concerts, theatrical performances, in recordings and on television.
Experienced and recognizable as a teacher of saz and Constantinopolitan
lute, he has taught at the school of the «Association of the Dissemination
of National Music», at the Experimental Music High School of Palini, at
theAthens Conservatory and at the music laboratory «Labyrinthos». Many of
his students are today well-known artists of those instruments in Greece and
abroad. He has published two solo albums and has several collaborations with
musicians in bands of Greek and oriental music.
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