Born in 1955 in the currently occupied village Capouti of the district Morphou, where he lived until the Turkish invasion in 1974. He studied electronics in Athens, and returned to Cyprus where he lives.
His occupation with the Cypriot folk music began in 1983, and he took byzantine music lessons under Theodoulos Kallinikos, a leading Greek Orthodox cantor and researcher and interpreter of traditional Cypriot music.
He collaborated with the refugee folkloric group ‘I Adouloti’ – Shakalli, participated on a number of radio and television programmes in Cyprus as well as abroad; he also took part in traditional music festivals.
Since 1992 he has been head of the musical troupe ‘Mousa’ (Muse), which performs solely on traditional Cypriot instruments, giving concerts both in Cyprus and abroad.
Personal discography: Kypraia Foni, Ton Gennon tsai tis Lampris, Kypraia Foni – St’ agnarka ton tzeron, and Kypraia Foni – Kalos irtan oi ksenoi mas. He has also participated in other artists’ albums. As an actor, he has made theatre, cinema and television appearances.
Source: www.mousalyra.com.cy
