(1934–2023) | Born in Athens. He studied piano, advanced music theory with composer I. A. Papaioannou, Byzantine music with I. Margaziotis, and attended the Simon Karas School of Traditional Music for two years (1958–1960). In 1962, after completing his studies in Athens, he received a scholarship from the British Council and pursued postgraduate studies in musicology at the University of Oxford under Egon Wellesz.
Returning to Greece in 1964, he was appointed music teacher and head of the music department at the Gymnasium–Lyceum of the Athens College, a position he held until 1988. From 1970 to 2003, he taught General History of Music at the Athens Conservatoire, and from 1975, he directed the Music Folklore Archive of the Center for Asia Minor Studies, founded by Melpo Merlier in 1930.
He published numerous musicological works (books, recordings, articles), participated in international musicology conferences giving lectures in Greece and abroad, and was a member of the International Musicological Society. In recognition of his contribution to Greece’s musical life, he was awarded by the Academy of Athens in 1991.
Source: Musical Folklore Archives of Melpo Merlie: www.mla.gr (accessed 2025)
