Born in Taskent, Uzbekistan, son of Greek political refugees, he started studying music at the age of seven. Graduated from the city's Music College, having studied classical guitar and continued with jazz guitar at Kiev (Jazz Music School). During his years in the Russian Federation, he formed a rock band called "Zvezdopad" which had great success performing in Taskent and touring in many other cities. When his family returned back to Greece, he was 20 years old. Soon after that, he decided to continue his studies as a guitar player in Germany and while a student at the University of Nuremberg, he performed in many of the city's jazz clubs with several bands. Three years later, he came back to Greece for good and started working as a professional session musician. While working in many different night-clubs in Athens, he also worked as a tutor in the "Aeolian Jazz Music School"in Piraeus. He has worked with many artists: Kostas Bigalis, Tourkogiorgis, Eleni Dimou, Mando, Alkistis Protopsalti, Arvanitaki, Mitropanos, Kostas Tournas, Mitsias, Livadas and so on. In 2003 he managed to make one of his dreams come true, which was having a studio of his own. He created the V.A.P REHEARSAL AND RECORDING STUDIO and has been working there since then. He has composed various instrumental fusion pieces which he is about to release soon. He also gives private guitar lessons and lately he has formed a new band called "Foolproof apple-pie"!
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