Musician. He graduated from the Experimental Music High School of Pallini. He studied oud with A. Apergis, I. Arvanitis, V. Tzortzinis and K. Papadopoulou, and attended masterclasses with distinguished musicians such as Necati Celik, Yurdal Tokcan, Yildiran Guz (Turkey), Simon Shaheen (Palestine), Ara Dinkjian (Armenia) and Charbel Rouhana (Lebanon).
He served as the oud specialist instructor in the postgraduate programme at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He taught various instruments at the University of Macedonia, the Epirus Technological Educational Institute, the Music High School of Thessaloniki, the “Tetraktys” Music School in Stavroupoli, and, together with Ross Daly, at the “En Chordais” Conservatory. He also participated as performer–instructor in the music workshops held in Agios Lavrentios, Pelion.
He collaborated in discography and live performances with numerous composers, singers and musicians, including Socrates Sinopoulos, Katerina Papadopoulou, the baroque orchestra L’Arpeggiata, Domna Samiou, Chronis Aidonidis, Petroloukas Chalkias, Nedyalko Nedyalkov, Derya Turkan, Psarantonis, Savina Yannatou, Ross Daly, Eleftheria Arvanitaki, George Dalaras, David Lynch, among others.
He is a member of the ensembles Λωξάντρα (Loxandra), Νότιο Τόξο (Notio Toxo), Aoutar Duo, Tania Giannouli Trio and Kostas Theodorou Quintet.
Source: Kyriakos Tapakis (2024)
