Panayotis Leftheris was born in 1966 and grew up on the Greek island of Kythera. His deep love of music began in his childhood, when his devotion to orchestral music disturbed the peace and quiet of winter afternoons for his neighbours. Later, he took some piano lessons in Kythera from a Dutch expatriate, George Koksma, and from pianist Giannis Jonker in Athens. He went on to study advanced theory of music with Joseph Papadatos , Panayotis Adam and Giorgos Zervos. He completed his formal music education in The Netherlands, where he studied composition with Luis Adriessen , Gilius van Bergeijk, Clarence Barlow, Diderik Wagenaar and Martijn Padding. Afterwards he decided to return to his home village where, besides composing, he gives music lessons, organises concerts on the island, and runs an innovative yearly “Music Workshop†to which young musicians and composers come from all over Greece. He has recently established the label “KYTHERIOS MUSICâ€, enabling him to carry out independent productions. The energy needed to carry out these multifarious tasks, he insists, is derived from the landscapes and people of his island home.
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